Melissa Aldana, Filin, Blue Note **** recommended
Will it do for Filin what the Buena Vista Social Club did for son?
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Trish Clowes and Louise McMonagle, Colour Fields, Stoney Lane ****
Dark avant-garde reveries that prove very hypnotic.
Check out a live version of Miles Mindlin’s ‘Bennett Park’ ahead of release
There's a rich stream of UK jazz guitar talent around at the moment. By Water is part of that wave.
Unheard Kenny Wheeler
Recorded at the Gateway studio in Kingston, south west London, Kenny Wheeler biographer Nick Smart pins the 1995 What Was session down to taking place a short time before Wheeler's classic Angel Song. "On What Was," Smart says, "we hear Kenny at 65 years old and still at the height of his musical powers."
Nils Wülker, Zuversicht, Warner Music Central Europe **** recommended
Instantly appealing. Tunes that steal a little piece of your heart.
Nabou, Indigo, Edition ***1/2
At times downcast and introspective. But there's a lot to like on this latest from Nabou, especially as the overall effect is so tonally appealing.
Antonio Faraò and Stéphane Belmondo Quartet, Do It! Notes Around ****
Containing an intuitive grip on style and substance. The mood is perfectly pitched, the means of expressing it suitably kind of blue in a piano and trumpet led masterclass.
What’s on – across Europe
A look around the Europe jazz clubs at a range of great action coming up.
Nathan Surquin, Ambre, ZenneZ ***1/2
Dreamy melancholia hits the spot. Feeling curious, dear reader, stray in newcomer Surquin's direction for a surfeit of listening today.
Karim Saber, Sundance, No Label **** Recommended
Outstanding from Karim Saber in the first significant UK jazz release of the year. He's changing how we think about jazz guitar in 2026
Jordan Williams, Playing By Ear, Red ***1/2
Herbie Hancock, Buster Williams, Mal Waldron and more from Philly pianist Jordan Williams.
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