Ineza With Alex Webb & the Copasetics, Women’s Words, Sisters’ Stories, Copasetic Foundation ***1/2
Abbey Lincoln, Billie Holiday songs and thoughtful copasetically shaped originals from on-the-up jazz singer Ineza.
Ganavya, Daughter of a Temple, Leiter ****
Extraordinary spiritual jazz and beyond influenced by Alice and John Coltrane - a listening journey of weight and significance.
Rasmus Sørensen’s At The Right Time REVIEWED plus the latest PODCAST and today’s PLAYLIST
Rasmus Sørensen's At The Right Time
Album of the Week: Kitti, Somethin’ in the Water (Rebecca’s Records) PLUS today’s playlist
Tender and ballsy at the same time there's a lot of strong soul, blues and jazz feeling throughout this stormer from Scottish singer...
Hard bopper Brandon Woody, a young player steeped in Baltimore jazz history, is a new Blue Note signing
Baltimore trumpeter-composer Brandon Woody has signed to Blue Note, the venerable jazz label has just made public online. His debut featuring his band...
Is end-of-year best-of list itis even curable?
A best-of list won’t change your life unless you have measured out your life with coffee spoons There ain’t any headline prize anyway,...
John Hart, Love Is, SteepleChase ***1/2
Bebop and beyond in an acoustic connoisseur level guitar, cornet, bass setting led by US player John Hart.
Jon Batiste’s Beethoven Blues + Kitti’s I Walk Away – track of the week
Beethoven’s instant familiarity is a stumbling bock You get the jazz language fed in with bluesy licks and great instrumentalism from the multi-Grammy...
Thomas Fonnesbæk, In Rome, Storyville ****
Blue Waltz tunes are part of the spell. Another chance to hear the empathy and intuition that modern mainstreamers Thomas Fonnesbæk and the...
Lars Danielsson, Verneri Pohjola, John Parricelli, Trio, ACT ****
An album of hope and humanity that does not pall.
Live review: Conrad Herwig at the Pizza Express Jazz Club
Live highlights this year included a rare sighting of trombone deity Conrad Herwig at the Pizza Express Jazz Club.
Myles Sanko Launches Let It Unfold oozing sheer soulfulness at Ronnie’s ****
Live highlights in 2024 also included a very soulful showing from Myles Sanko in the new look Ronnie Scott's. It's our gig of...
Track of the Week: ‘Take a Swing at the Moon’ sung by Gabi Hartmann
French singer Gabi Hartmann continues to ride the crest of a wave.
Gigs tonight – Mary Coughlan, Jamie Cullum, Kim Cypher and more
Check out some of the Monday night action dotted around
Album of the Week: United (Edition) by Lionel Loueke and Dave Holland
Our new album of the week. And Dave Holland is appearing at the London Jazz Festival which begins this week.
Mulatu Astatke and the Hoodna Orchestra, Tension, Batov ****
Once heard, never forgotten. Sorted. A case of discovering the music of Mulatu Astatke not via the radio or on a promo. But...
Top 10 UK Jazz Albums in 2024
1 Superlocrian Hills & Valleys (Spark) 2 Ezra Collective Dance No One’s Watching (Partisan) 3 Ian Shaw and Tony Kofi An Adventurous Dream...
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