For a geezer of my vintage the great and most fruitful UK jazz explosion occurred in the late 60s-early 70s, fuelled by South African expats and musicians from the West Country and then, somewhat in ...
A crisp, swinging, well-executed programme of mainstream/modern, ‘Cleopatra’s Needle’ is a splendid advertisement for British jazz. Ronnie Ross plays some of the most inventive baritone sax I have ...
They say : Recorded in Montevideo, mixed in LA and inspired by journeys through Uruguay, Joanna Eden’s seventh studio album The Road To Paysandú reflects on new horizons, perspectives and life rhythms ...
Coming from the progressive end of pop, Brian Godding was primed for work with such jazz luminaries as Keith Tippett and Mike Westbrook The varied career path of guitarist Brian Godding, who has died ...
A refined sense of understatement defines this set throughout, the three-way communication and interplay of the trio consistently delivered in exquisite fashion. The trio might stretch out a bit on ...
This slight piece of Ellinqtonia was first issued on Stateside SL 10073, and reviewed by our Editor in May, 1964. The music was written for the Century of Negro Progress Exposition staged in Chicago ...
“The essence of me is writing songs and expressing experiences or what I see around me and just trying to spread some happiness,” declares London singer Emily Saunders. Certainly songs like Blue Skies ...
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this cheerful set is the absence of Dave Holland. Although he toured with the trio this summer, all the acoustic bass sounds here are synthesised. Were funds ...
The singer and guitarist play a mellow, cleanly recorded set of swing and Latin standards, Taylor liberally overdubbing solos This latest project sees Taylor teaming up with jazz singer Alison Burns ...
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This Franco-Japanese quartet has been together for quite a while and its members have also worked together in various off-shoots but this is the first recording they have made which is totally freely ...
Sun Ra is now totally committed to electronically-induced sound and his writing and soloing is dominated by it. Surprisingly his horns and percussion accommodate this development completely. Space ...
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