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Nov 26, 20241 min read
NUBDUG ENSEMBLE – THIRD (Catsynth Records/ Bandcamp) (2024)
Nubdug Ensemble is the brainchild of Jason Berry, who handles some of the keyboards as well as the electronics and programming. “Third”...
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Nov 26, 20242 min read
QUARTET DIMINISHED: DEERAND (Moon June Records/ Bandcamp) (2024) (2 x LP/ CD/ DL)
Quartet Diminished was founded in Iran in 2013 by Ehsan Sadigh, who alongside woodwinds player Soheil Peghambari, pianist Mazyar Younesi...
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Nov 23, 20241 min read
MARK WINGFIELD- THE GATHERING featuring Gary Husband, Tony Levin, Percy Jones and Asaf Sirkis (Moon June) (2024)
I’m not a big fan of a twin drummer approach to be honest. The last time I saw King Crimson I remarked that the three drummers on stage...
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Nov 23, 20241 min read
THE NEIL COWLEY TRIO – LIVE AT THE EARTH THEATRE, HACKNEY, LONDON. 19th November, 2024
While the venue was not ideal for jazz music in terms of ambience and condition, in a state of disrepair, mostly steps instead of seats,...
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Nov 23, 20241 min read
DANIELSSON/ PARRICELLI/POHJOLA – TRIO (ACT label) (2024)
Already reviewed as an editor’s choice in “Jazzwise” magazine and jazz album of the month in The Guardian newspaper, “Trio” is an...
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Nov 12, 20247 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 11, 20241 min read
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 11, 20241 min read
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 24, 20242 min read
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 24, 20242 min read
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 24, 20241 min read
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 21, 20241 min read
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 16, 20243 min read
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 30, 20242 min read
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 17, 20241 min read
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 21, 20241 min read
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 20, 20241 min read
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 31, 20242 min read
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 24, 20241 min read
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 24, 20241 min read
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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