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Who knew? That Christian McBride and Kurt Rosenwinkel, were contemporaries and friends at the Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA)? “We’ve known each other for 37 years,” McBride explained. As a teenager at the school, Rosenwinkel’s main [...]
Listening to the Shadows and Light live album again last night, I realised how easy it is to forget the sheer quality of musicianship on display in some of our favourite records. As an avid Joni Mitchell fan, I was [...]
I first saw e.s.t. when they played their first Edinburgh gig, in a crowded cellar bar. I had only gone because the promoter, an old friend, had insisted – something they’d never done before. I got the last seat, right [...]
Early Jazz: A Concise Introduction, from Its Beginnings through 1929, by Fumi Tomita. (SUNY Press, 232pp. Book review by Andy Hamilton) Fumi Tomita teaches jazz at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and was active as a bass player in the [...]
Recorded at Munich’s ‘schwere reiter’ performance space in February 2022, this inspired duo album reunites the extraordinary Catalan pianist Jordina Millà live in Munich with the equally inventive double bassist Barry Guy, a heroic figure from the first generation of [...]
Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke(Kings Place Hall One. 11 July 2024. Review by Tom Step) International jazz icons Gretchen Parlato and Lionel Loueke played their first show in London since the release of their duo album ‘Lean In’ in May [...]
Giovanni Guidi, James Brandon Lewis, Thomas Morgan, Joao Lobo – A New DayECM 2808/ 5891503. LP Review by Phil Johnson) The addition of tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis to Italian pianist Giovanni Guidi’s regular trio of bassist Thomas Morgan and [...]
Kenny Barron, Immanuel Wilkins, Steve Nelson, Kiyoshi Kitagawa, Johnathan Blake – Beyond This Place(Artwork Records/ [PIAS]. Album review by Len Weinreich) Last year, reviewing his previous album release, I described jazz master Kenny Barron as a revered pianist with formidable [...]
Ross Hicks – Three Elms(Self-Release, Bandcamp. Review by Mike Collins) Three Elms is a compelling calling card from Cardiff. Pianist Ross Hicks leads a trio completed by bassist Nick Kacal, now based in Cardiff after a couple of decades on [...]
Mark Winkler with special guest Claire Martin(Pizza Express Soho. 9 July 2024. Review by Barb Jungr) Spoiler alert, dear readers. I am a friend of Claire Martin’s and therefore also Mark Winkler as she introduced us some years ago, so [...]
