Zaccai Curtis, Sonoluminescence Vol 1, TRRcollective ****
Cut a ruggable Afro-latin riff/groove alchemy skilfully conceived and executed
Anthony Strong, And Then We Kiss…, Guaranteed **** recommended
Something inside so exceptionally Strong
Terri Lyne Carrington and Social Science, Trip the Night Fantastic, Candid ****
Message music and more engrossingly explored
Alexander Hawkins to speak at this year’s European Jazz Conference
Deep thinker erudite improviser Alexander Hawkins speaks of "the authoritarian's trap" at a major jazz concert in Cologne this autumn
Cindy Blackman Santana, Coherence, Mack Avenue *****
Hot today - a storming jazz-rock epic
Mixed reactions to new DOMi and JD Beck
Super talented and inventive - nothing has changed in that regard - but the maverick duo's misfiring latest is baffling.
Elias Stemeseder and Thomas Morgan, Io Pur Respiro, Squama **** recommended
Stillness, grace and imagination found on 'I Still Breathe'
Mali Sheard readies to tour Hayfever
Ankora saxophonist Sheard has roots in Tomorrow's Warriors and studied at the Royal Academy of Music
Hey, Laura – It’s You Again
A new version of 'You Again' turns the lamp down low
Anna Pauline, Lucky To Be Me, Storyville **** recommended
In a word delightful and new in our updated list of top jazz vocals albums this year.
Marvin Muoneké charms the Flamingo
A first time appearance by fast rising star singer trumpeter Marvin Muoneké at a Soho club with a famous name.
Van Morrison Alumni Band Lights Up the Emerald
Players associated with Van Morrison down the years continue their weekly Tuesday residency
Richard Spaven, Light of Day, Edition ***1/2
Chill and still conjure thoughts that it's a new dawn, a new day, a new life for me. And I'm feeling good.
Leo Richardson Quartet, B3 Lounge, The Bohemia, London ****
The powerful tenorist goes into the studio in the autumn. Proved timely then this home fixture that our man in Finchley unleashed
Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves honour John Coltrane’s centennial
It will be 100 years on 23 September since the world changing man from Hamlet, North Carolina was born
Alternative Guitar Summit, Honoring Pat Martino, Volume 2
The whole is greater than even the sum of the illustrious participants' parts.
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