Spike enamoured
While in Sligo for the smokin' Freddie Hendrix, I stumbled entracte over to Holborn Street
Oliver Jones, the Canadian jazz pianist who found wider acclaim on turning 50, dies aged 91
Farewell to a Canadian jazz piano icon
Christ-Stéphane Boizi
Blindingly obviously a new trombone star comes knocking at the door
Freddie Hendrix at Lillies
New tunes, blistering power and tender is the night balladry.
Manchesterism – the jazz angle
Won't get fooled again, let's hope. A momentous day politically.
Randy Ingram, Sound Within, Chill Tone Records ****
Faithful qualities, fateful vision
Ascenseur pour l’échafaud pianist René Urtreger dies
Famed for his work on a classic Miles Davis film soundtrack for director Louis Malle in the late 1950s.
Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy featuring Dave Milligan, Windblown, Hudson ****
Taking a fling at a windswept and interesting listen full of bark and bite
First track from Synonym streams
A stunning interpretation of a George Michael/Aretha Franklin classic heralds a new album from Meshell Ndegeocello.
On the last train home
Share your words with a community willing to read what you have to say.
Track of the Week: Fathers, ‘Pearl’, Blue Note ****
Formed initially for a 2023 residency at the Montreal Jazz Festival before playing subsequent tours of the US and Japan, the Fathers lineup...
Kenny Barron, Ray Drummond and Ben Riley, So Many Lovely Things: Live in Brecon, Elemental Music ****
Monk, memories of Ray Drummond and Kenny Barron's Live at Bradley's trio cast a spell.
Nils Petter Molvær, Be Quiet, Edition ****
Globe trotting duets from the ambient jazz pioneer work their charms in an archetypally haunting way.
Mat Maneri Quartet, Mist, Sunnyside ***1/2
Blue and lonesome viola led dreaminess shaped through the prism of an avant consciousness
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