Anna Pauline, Lucky To Be Me, Storyville **** recommended
In a word delightful especially the Karla homage 'Just One Song' and new in our updated list of top jazz vocals albums...
Marvin Muoneké charms the Flamingo
A first time appearance by fast rising star singer trumpeter Marvin Muoneké at a Soho club with a famous name.
Van Morrison Alumni Band Lights Up the Emerald
Players associated with Van Morrison down the years continue their weekly Tuesday residency
Richard Spaven, Light of Day, Edition ***1/2
Chill and still conjure thoughts that it's a new dawn, a new day, a new life for me. And I'm feeling good.
Leo Richardson Quartet, B3 Lounge, The Bohemia, London ****
The powerful tenorist goes into the studio in the autumn. Proved timely then this home fixture that our man in Finchley unleashed
Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves honour John Coltrane’s centennial
It will be 100 years on 23 September since the world changing man from Hamlet, North Carolina was born
Alternative Guitar Summit, Honoring Pat Martino, Volume 2
The whole is greater than even the sum of the illustrious participants' parts.
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
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
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