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Nov 127 min read

INTERVIEW WITH RICK RAY on release of a new album “Underwater Cigarette Company” (Neurosis Records; www.rickray.net) (2024)

PHIL: First of all, thanks for sending the CD – a rarity these days. I got a message from a radio show host over here recently who...

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Nov 111 min read

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KEITH JARRETT – 50 YEARS AGO ‘TODAY’

Jazz piano wizard Keith Jarrett trumped BILLY COBHAM by releasing three albums in 1974: “Treasure Island” (7/10 rating in the GREAT ROCK...

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Nov 111 min read

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BILLY COBHAM 50 YEARS AGO ‘TODAY’

1974 was a prolific year for the famous jazz-rock fusion drummer BILLY COBHAM, with well-merited significant coverage in MARTIN C...

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Oct 242 min read

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NEIL COWLEY – ENTITY (2024) (Bandcamp)

This is the Neil Cowley Trio’s first trio album for seven years. Generally, in thematic terms, it addresses the “human push back” against...

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Oct 242 min read

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IMMANUEL WILKINS – BLUES BLOOD (2024) (Blue Note)

Saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins drew much attention with his album “Omega” in 2020. Jazzwise magazine’s response to this album was with...

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Oct 241 min read

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DEVIN DANIELS – LES GO (2024) (Sam First Records)

“Les Go” is, in alto saxophonist Devin’s own words, a “running out the gates” first year on the scene after graduation, album, and augurs...

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Oct 211 min read

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THE LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL – 15TH to 24TH NOVEMBER, 2024

As The London Jazz Festival is getting closer, it’s time to have a look at some recent releases by some of the headliners. Pianist NEIL...

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Oct 163 min read

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BILL BRUFORD – THE WINTERFOLD AND SUMMERFOLD YEARS (Cherry Red) (2024)

Bill Bruford’s outstanding jazz-rock-fusion album Feels Good to Me (1978) figures prominently in this 3 CD set, with a crack band of...

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Sep 302 min read

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ALICE COLTRANE: THE HIGH PRIESTESS OF SPIRITUAL JAZZ

So goes the title of the feature story in JAZZWISE magazine – their 300th issue, infact – congratulations! I must admit I got into Alice...

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Sep 171 min read

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LAURA JUDD & PAUL DUNMALL – FANFARES & FREEDOM (2024) (Discus Music/ Bandcamp)

This is live recording from a piece premiered at the 2023 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, and later recorded at The Vortex Club in London....

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Aug 211 min read

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DANIEL CASIMIR – BALANCE (2024) (Bandcamp)

Put on Bandcamp in digital format only, this album has attracted so much attention that there’s a vinyl pressing coming. Casimir is a...

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Aug 201 min read

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KAMASI WASHINGTON – FEARLESS MOVEMENT (2024)

I have Washington’s “The Epic” on vinyl and “Heaven and Earth” on CD already in my collection. While they could legitimately be described...

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Jul 312 min read

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FERGUS McCREADIE – STREAM (Edition Records) (2024)

The nominations of writers in All About Jazz inspired me to check out Fergus McCreadie, in particular his latest album “Stream”, already...

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Jul 241 min read

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CARLA DIRATZ & THE ARCHERS OF SORROW – BLUE STITCHES (Discus Music) (2024)

With the same band on board as “The Scale” (see separate review), I looked forward to listening to another album three years on. Although...

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Jul 241 min read

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CARLA DIRATZ & THE ARCHERS OF SORROW – THE SCALE (Discus Music) (2021)

The opener is impressive: a basic drum pattern (Adam Fairclough) grounding the opening title track into a groove as French chanteuse...

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Jul 191 min read

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RON CAINES/ MARTIN ARCHER AXIS – PRACTICAL DREAMERS (Discus Music) (2024)

This is the fifth album by Axis, seven-part suite of electroacoustic excursions, recorded this time from saxophonist Ron Caines outwards...

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Jul 161 min read

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P.S. CHARLES LLOYD’s ‘HIP’ CREDENTIALS

Some little snippets from my entry on CHARLES LLOYD in THE GREAT ROCK BIBLE: “On his early albums Lloyd’s tenor sax playing owed much to...

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Jul 161 min read

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CHARLES LLOYD – THE SKY WILL STILL BE THERE TOMORROW (2024) (2 x CD; 2 x LP) (Blue Note)

Following his successful trio of “Trios” albums last year, Charles Lloyd is back in age defying form at 86 (and I just heard BOB DYLAN,...

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Jul 162 min read

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JEAN LUC PONTY- LIFE ENIGMA (2001/ 2024) (MPS Records) (LP)

Quoting from what I wrote for THE GREAT ROCK BIBLE: “On some tracks Ponty handled all the instruments and ‘effects’ himself, with only a...

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Jul 102 min read

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SOFT MACHINE – HØVIKODDEN, 1971 – CUNEIFORM RECORDS (2024) 4 X CD & 4 x LP boxsets

Having written the first part of my review in DISS, I finally got around to listening to the rest of this ‘blast from the past’, a...

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