Who needs another album of Gershwin interpretations? Well, it turns out we do. Pianist Gabriel Latchin’s The Man I Love is something of a revelation right from its opening moments. The pointillist delicacy of his introduction to ‘Summertime’ – like [...]
Anything by trumpeter Kenny Dorham instantly commands attention, and this Record Store Day release, on vinyl from Resonance Records, immediately moved to the top of my wish list. Resonance has a flair for finding and releasing rare sessions, unheard since [...]
This set of rare and rather amazing soul classics has a lot going for it straight out of the gate. To start with, it comes courtesy of Ace Records, a magnificent label to be celebrated for its lovingly curated compilations, [...]
Zena James took command of the jazz room at the Bull’s Head on a wintry Friday night with an admirable collection of songs and a crack trio to help her deliver them — Dominic Ashworth on guitar, Mike Bradley on [...]
“I originally started the festival because I found there were many similarities, to me, between the beautiful east Kent coast and the classic film Jazz on a Summer’s Day at the Newport Jazz Festival,” says Herne Bay Festival Director Kai [...]
Zev Feldman’s Jazz Detective record label keeps cracking cold cases, and with some great results. This time it’s a slice of classic Sun Ra recorded in 1976 and ’77 at Joe Segal’s Jazz Showcase in Chicago. At this point in [...]
Los Angeles-based, platinum-awarded jazz singer, songwriter and lyricist Mark Winkler’s new album The Rules Don’t Apply is released in the UK on 28 June, and he is performing at Pizza Express Soho on 9 July to launch it, in the [...]
The album Smokin’ At the Half Note, which featured Wes Montgomery and the Wynton Kelly Trio recorded live in 1965 at the eponymous New York club, was a 24 karat classic. It’s dizzying to realise that Kelly’s trio, with Paul [...]
