Jim McNeely with the Frankfurt Radio Big Band, Expeditions, Sunnyside **** recommended
Luck out. Listen up. It's a trip
Ayumi Tanaka, Thomas Morgan, Thomas Strønen, Windflower, ECM ***1/2
Does Windflower stand out enough in a crowded field?
Cory Wong and Joshua Redman, On A Random Tuesday (Live at The Blue Note) featuring Joshua Redman, Roundwound Media ****
One of the best live albums that I have come across this year. Wong & Redman hit it off big time
Henry Threadgill, Vijay Iyer, Dafnis Prieto, Fifteen, Nonesuch **** recommended
Stirring avant-garde adventure
Mads Mathias, Just the Way You Are, Mingus Records ***
Familiar fare, in the large part winningly conveyed
Swansea International Jazz Festival 2026: Nicolas Meier, Claire Martin, Georgina Jackson & Hejira
An attractive spread of leading British jazz acts are included in the Swansea mix
Track of the Week: a new version of How Deep Is The Ocean
A luminous Irving Berlin interpretation is this week's choice
Denise Donatelli, Take My Breath Away, Savant
Is this new one as good as Whistling in the Dark?
Nicole Yvette’s debut Say Yes is album of the week
An ideal introduction
The Monk thread to the batch of new Jon Batiste piano albums works best
Monk magic and Jon Batiste magnetism win the day
A Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee walking the blues away playlist
Walk on Sonny Boy, walk on
Greg Abate Quartet, In The Moment, Summit ***1/2
A popular visitor to English jazz clubs, the bebopper keeps it real
Jazz clubs I’d most like to visit
The Vanguard, Keystone Korner, Fasching, Arthur's and Zig-Zag
Norma Winstone, Gilles Peterson Presents Norma Winstone Live at Maida Vale, BBE *****
Extraordinarily compelling - you'll want to play this all the time
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