Jeremy Pelt, Woven, HighNote *****
Jeremy Pelt's best album in years draws together classic balladry and contemporary touches that keep his hard bop style firmly connected to both...
Callum Allardice, Elementa, Earshift Music ***1/2
Elegiac jazz-rock from the heart delivered by Callum Allardice and his highly empathetic quartet
Robin Verheyen, Liftoff, InnerVoice Jazz **** recommended
Robin Verheyen can make the saxophone speak. His originals make sense and the trio's strong version of 'Over the Rainbow' is very convincing...
Book review – Song for Someone: The Musical Life of Kenny Wheeler by Brian Shaw and Nick Smart, Equinox Books
A review of a textbook calibre biography of Kenny Wheeler
John Zorn, The Bagatelles vol. 1 – Mary Halvorson Quartet, Tzadik ****
Guitar duelling is part of the Bagatelles appeal
Macha Gharibian, Phenomenal Women, Rue Bleue Meredith Records ***1/2
Maya Angelou inspired - the genre melting latest from singer-songwriter Macha Gharibian
GIG OF 2025, Live review – Ian Shaw and Dana Masters, Pizza Express Jazz Club, London ****
The latest show in Ian Shaw's Pizza Express Jazz Club residency featuring guest singer Dana Masters proved a very collaborative performance, the two...
Track of the Week: Willow’s Song/This West
''Though the ear choose not to hear, In the heart I echo, clear: Savage power I exercise, Transformed I am, to mortal eyes''...
Terje Gewelt, Then and Now, Resonant Music **** recommended
''Tears and fears and feeling proud'' - A wonderful Karin Krog version of Joni Mitchell classic 'Both Sides Now' stands out on this...
Album of the Week: Thomas Marriott, Screen Time, Imani Records ****
TV and film gems suavely delivered by jazz trumpeter Thomas Marriott and a strong band.
Oh People, Part-Time Elegance, April ***
A certain acoustic alchemy from pre bebop loving Danish quintet old souls Oh People is an active ingredient.
Thoughts on lo-fi beats to study, lo-fi beats to study to and how Perfect Strangers fits in
Greg Sanders on Lophae's Perfect Strangers approach to the phenomenon of lo-fi beats to study, lo-fi beats to study to.
The creative sound of Xhosa Cole – hear the saxist’s FreeMonk band
''A genius is the one most like himself'' – Thelonious Monk. Xhosa Cole is alert to that wisdom
Elam Friedlander, Sound-Elements, Cellar Live ***1/2
Bassist Elam Friedlander hits the ground running. Sound-Elements includes some fiery playing from Abraham Burton on supreme form.
Believe, beleft, below themed
Defrazzle yourself. Themed for e.s.t., some great playlist picks today from Brian John McBrearty, Rumer and Ebba Åsman new in the blend.
Album of the Week: Carl Allen, Tippin’, Cellar Live **** recommended
Any album - as far as committed bop heads are concerned - that begins with a Charlie Parker number as Tippin' does is...
Track of the Week: OMW by Taber Gable
Vamps to die for, shades of Bob James and the Pat Metheny Group in the blend. Aching for a new Robert Glasper in...
Krokofant, 6, Is It Jazz? ***
No one is pining for the fjords. Krokofant are only a spitting distance away after all. 6 isn't at all hush laden or...
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