I used to switch the lights off and listen to the Velvet Underground in the pitch black darkness, as teenagers must. The dark sound world of improvising trio Ill-Considered makes me want to do the same. With characteristic intensity, the [...]
This album is the result of a visit to Austria by composer/arranger Ed Puddick immediately before lockdown in early January 2020 to record with the Upper Austrian Jazz Orchestra (UAJO). The UAJO is in its 28th year and is known [...]
It’s most unusual to review a single track by a solo artist, but at 27 minutes long this could easily be described as an EP – or even a short album. Kris T Reeder, sometimes known as KT Reeder is [...]
Rudy Van Gelder died in 2016 aged 91, the most famous resident of Englewood Cliffs, NJ, just across the Hudson River from the top end of Manhattan. His fame was of course a result of the studio he built there [...]
The 28th of Jon Turney’s weekly selection (introduced HERE) is a bittersweet Art Pepper ballad that epitomises his last years. From the rich clutch of recordings that preserve Art Pepper’s glorious late style this studio session grabbed me first, and [...]
For the last 25 years, saxophonist Julian Siegel has been establishing himself as a first-rate player in a variety of ensembles, including his own quartet. While this excellent recording is now four years old, its release cements Julian’s position in [...]
John McLaughlin’s decision to retire from touring in 2017 was greeted with shock and sadness by his legions of fans. In an interview he stated “God bless my mother; I inherited music from her but I also inherited arthritis!” After [...]
