Jazz Posts

Michel Reis, For A Better Tomorrow, CAM Jazz ****

Published: 5 Dec 2023. Updated: 11 hours ago.

New Abdullah Ibrahim live album to be issued

Published: 5 Dec 2023. Updated: 17 hours ago.

Sarah McKenzie, Without You, Normandy Lane ****

Published: 4 Dec 2023. Updated: 32 hours ago.

Angharad Jenkins and Huw Warren, Calennig ***1/2

Published: 4 Dec 2023. Updated: 35 hours ago.

Karim Saber plays music from his debut Transmission at the Vortex this week

Published: 4 Dec 2023. Updated: 40 hours ago.

Gigs to go to this week

Published: 4 Dec 2023. Updated: 35 hours ago.

Track of the week: Andrew Pereira, 'Curbside Dash,' Fresh Sound New Talent

Published: 3 Dec 2023. Updated: 2 days ago.

The top 10 UK/Ireland jazz of the year

Published: 3 Dec 2023. Updated: 2 days ago.

Aaron Parks Little Big, Live in Berlin ***1/2

Published: 2 Dec 2023. Updated: 2 days ago.

Erskine and Kavuma, Ultrasound, Banger Factory ****

Published: 2 Dec 2023. Updated: 3 days ago.

Muriel Grossmann, Devotion, Third Man ***1/2

Published: 2 Dec 2023. Updated: 3 days ago.

Johanna Burnheart, Bär ***1/2

Published: 1 Dec 2023. Updated: 4 days ago.

A piano sonata and even the rare sound of a theremin to feature on Ethan Iverson's upcoming album Technically Acceptable

Published: 1 Dec 2023. Updated: 4 days ago.

Anna Webber and Matt Mitchell, Capacious Aeration, Tzadik ****

Published: 30 Nov 2023. Updated: 5 days ago.

Susan Alcorn Septeto del Sur, Canto, Relative Pitch ****

Published: 29 Nov 2023. Updated: 6 days ago.

Clare Teal, Gaz Hughes and Joe Stilgoe - in the Southport Jazz Festival mix for 2024

Published: 29 Nov 2023. Updated: 6 days ago.

Gwilym Simcock and Tommy Smith in duo and Denys Baptiste playing Late Coltrane - among the highlights for the 2024 Liverpool Jazz Festival

Published: 28 Nov 2023. Updated: 7 days ago.

John Blum, David Murray, Chad Taylor, The Recursive Tree, Relative Pitch ****

Published: 28 Nov 2023. Updated: 7 days ago.

The Stance Brothers, Duktus, WeJazz ***1/2

Published: 28 Nov 2023. Updated: 7 days ago.

Track of the week: Ian Shaw and Matt Kent, 'Years'

Published: 27 Nov 2023. Updated: 8 days ago.

This week's gig choice

Published: 27 Nov 2023. Updated: 8 days ago.

The Jazz Sapiens, Remembrance: 1955 to 1963, Rezzonator Records ****

Published: 26 Nov 2023. Updated: 9 days ago.

Fergus McCreadie, Sketches, Edition ****

Published: 26 Nov 2023. Updated: 9 days ago.

Emma Johnson's Gravy Boat, Northern Flame ***1/2

Published: 26 Nov 2023. Updated: 9 days ago.

Yuhan Su, Liberated Gesture, Sunnyside ***1/2

Published: 26 Nov 2023. Updated: 9 days ago.

Palle Mikkelborg, Jakob Bro, Marilyn Mazur, Strands, ECM ****

Published: 25 Nov 2023. Updated: 10 days ago.

Rupert Cox, Search Party, Albert's Favourites ****

Published: 25 Nov 2023. Updated: 10 days ago.

Espen Berg, Water Fabric, Odin ***1/2

Published: 25 Nov 2023. Updated: 10 days ago.

Ari Hoenig, Tom Ollendorff, Conor Chaplin, Enchanted, Fresh Sound New Talent ***1/2

Published: 24 Nov 2023. Updated: 11 days ago.

Dutch trumpeter Maite Hontelé to play the gala concert at 2024's Jazzahead

Published: 24 Nov 2023. Updated: 11 days ago.

Kurt Rosenwinkel and Geri Allen, A Lovesome Thing, Motéma *****

Published: 24 Nov 2023. Updated: 11 days ago.

Jasper Høiby, Three Elements: Earthness, Edition ****

Published: 24 Nov 2023. Updated: 11 days ago.

Claude Deppa, Robert Mitchell and Will Gregory among the line-up for January's Bath Jazz Weekend

Published: 23 Nov 2023. Updated: 12 days ago.

Mads Vinding trio feat. Dado Moroni & Niclas Campagnol, Quiet Yesterday, Storyville ****

Published: 22 Nov 2023. Updated: 13 days ago.

Nye Banfield to debut

Published: 22 Nov 2023. Updated: 13 days ago.

Joey Alexander, Continuance, Mack Avenue ****

Published: 21 Nov 2023. Updated: 14 days ago.

Track of the week: Adam Bałdych and Leszek Możdżer, 'Passacaglia'

Published: 21 Nov 2023. Updated: 14 days ago.

Selected gigs for this week

Published: 20 Nov 2023. Updated: 15 days ago.

Andreas Toftemark Quartet, La Gare, April ****

Published: 19 Nov 2023. Updated: 16 days ago.

Loren Stillman, Time and Again, Sunnyside ****

Published: 18 Nov 2023. Updated: 17 days ago.

Kenneth Jimenez, Sonnet to Silence, We Jazz ***1/2

Published: 17 Nov 2023. Updated: 18 days ago.

Nikki Iles and the NDR Big Band, Face to Face, Edition ****1/2

Published: 17 Nov 2023. Updated: 18 days ago.

Mareike Wiening, Reveal, Greenleaf Music ****

Published: 16 Nov 2023. Updated: 19 days ago.

Doxas Brothers, Kindred, Justin Time Records ****

Published: 15 Nov 2023. Updated: 20 days ago.

Track of the week: 'Omission' by Julian Lage

Published: 15 Nov 2023. Updated: 20 days ago.

First Fergus McCreadie solo piano recording to be released this month

Published: 14 Nov 2023. Updated: 21 days ago.

Stacey Kent, Summer Me, Winter Me, Naïve ***1/2

Published: 14 Nov 2023. Updated: 21 days ago.

Gigs to go to this week

Published: 13 Nov 2023. Updated: 22 days ago.

Nitai Hershkovits, Call on the Old Wise, ECM ****

Published: 11 Nov 2023. Updated: 24 days ago.

The Saturday morning listen: David Hazeltine, 'Blues de Troye,' Cellar Live

Published: 11 Nov 2023. Updated: 24 days ago.

Jazz nominations at the Grammys are announced

Published: 10 Nov 2023. Updated: 25 days ago.

Empirical to release their first album in 8 years

Published: 10 Nov 2023. Updated: 25 days ago.

Dock in Absolute, [Re]Flekt, CAM Jazz ***1/2

Published: 9 Nov 2023. Updated: 26 days ago.

Verneri Pohjola, Monkey Mind, Edition ***1/2

Published: 8 Nov 2023. Updated: 27 days ago.

Lage Lund, Most Peculiar, Criss Cross ****1/2

Published: 7 Nov 2023. Updated: 28 days ago.

Track of the week: The Gate by Mary Halvorson

Published: 6 Nov 2023. Updated: 29 days ago.

Selected gigs this week

Published: 6 Nov 2023. Updated: 29 days ago.

Trio Grande, Urban Myth, Whirlwind ****

Published: 5 Nov 2023. Updated: 30 days ago.

The Saturday morning listen: Butcher Brown, Solar Music, Concord Jazz

Published: 4 Nov 2023. Updated: 31 days ago.

Mike De Souza, Chrysalis, Fresh Sound New Talent ****

Published: 3 Nov 2023. Updated: 32 days ago.

Being & Becoming, Ars Memoria, More is More ****

Published: 2 Nov 2023. Updated: 33 days ago.

Bliss Quintet, Glasshouse, Jazzland ***1/2

Published: 1 Nov 2023. Updated: 34 days ago.

Track of the week: Paul Dunmall Quintet with Ed Puddick and the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Big Band, 'Soultime,' Stoney Lane

Published: 31 Oct 2023. Updated: 35 days ago.

Gig selection for this week

Published: 30 Oct 2023. Updated: 36 days ago.

Kevin Sun, The Depths of Memory, Endectomorph ****

Published: 29 Oct 2023. Updated: 37 days ago.

The Saturday morning listen: Harper trio, Passing By, Little Yellow Man Records

Published: 28 Oct 2023. Updated: 37 days ago.

Marius Neset, Geyser (Live at Royal Albert Hall - BBC Proms), ACT ***1/2

Published: 27 Oct 2023. Updated: 39 days ago.

Track of the week: Loren Stillman 'Unsung' Sunnyside

Published: 26 Oct 2023. Updated: 40 days ago.

Jure Pukl, Melt, Whirlwind ****

Published: 25 Oct 2023. Updated: 41 days ago.

Matt Ridley, The Antidote: Live At The London Jazz Festival, Ubuntu ****

Published: 24 Oct 2023. Updated: 42 days ago.

Gigs this week

Published: 23 Oct 2023. Updated: 43 days ago.

Sylvie Courvoisier, Chimaera, Intakt ****

Published: 22 Oct 2023. Updated: 44 days ago.

Brian Melvin, Søren Lee, Mads Søndergaard, Tranesformation, Storyville ***1/2

Published: 22 Oct 2023. Updated: 44 days ago.

Weekend choice from the new releases: Tom Berkmann, Journey, Whirlwind ****

Published: 21 Oct 2023. Updated: 45 days ago.

The Saturday morning listen: Three Elements, 'Earthness,' Edition

Published: 21 Oct 2023. Updated: 45 days ago.

Tuva Halse Quintet, Two, Jazzland ***1/2

Published: 20 Oct 2023. Updated: 46 days ago.

Kevin Hays, Ben Street, Billy Hart, Bridges, Smoke Sessions ****

Published: 20 Oct 2023. Updated: 46 days ago.

Helge Lien Trio and Tore Brunborg, Funeral Dance, Ozella ****

Published: 19 Oct 2023. Updated: 47 days ago.

Carla Bley has died aged 87

Published: 18 Oct 2023. Updated: 48 days ago.

John Scofield, Uncle John's Band, ECM ****

Published: 17 Oct 2023. Updated: 49 days ago.

Johnny Hunter, A Consequence in Three Parts, Efpi ****

Published: 17 Oct 2023. Updated: 49 days ago.

Gig selections this week

Published: 16 Oct 2023. Updated: 50 days ago.

Track of the week: Ambrose Akinmusire, 'Owl Song 1,' Nonesuch

Published: 15 Oct 2023. Updated: 51 days ago.

The Saturday morning listen: Art Hirahara, Echo Canyon, Posi-tone

Published: 14 Oct 2023. Updated: 52 days ago.

Chris Batchelor's Zoetic, Telling the Tale ****

Published: 13 Oct 2023. Updated: 53 days ago.

Alex Hitchcock, Dream Band: Live in London, Whirlwind ****

Published: 12 Oct 2023. Updated: 54 days ago.

Swing jazz guitar in focus this autumn with the release of Harry Diplock Trio and Friends

Published: 11 Oct 2023. Updated: 55 days ago.

Legendary trumpeter Gerard Presencer pops up on the upcoming release La Gare

Published: 11 Oct 2023. Updated: 55 days ago.

Jerome Sabbagh, Vintage, Sunnyside ***1/2

Published: 10 Oct 2023. Updated: 56 days ago.

Nikki Iles collaborates with the NDR Big Band on Face to Face to be released by Edition this autumn

Published: 9 Oct 2023. Updated: 57 days ago.

New electronics-informed direction for JD Allen on upcoming album with his UK trio

Published: 9 Oct 2023. Updated: 57 days ago.

Gigs to go to this week

Published: 9 Oct 2023. Updated: 57 days ago.

Tori Freestone and Alcyona Mick, Make One Little Room An Everywhere ****

Published: 8 Oct 2023. Updated: 58 days ago.

Shake Stew, Lila, Traumton ***1/2

Published: 8 Oct 2023. Updated: 58 days ago.

The Saturday morning listen: Doxas Brothers, 'Wildcat,' Justin Time Records

Published: 7 Oct 2023. Updated: 59 days ago.

Shalosh, Tales of Utopia, ACT ****

Published: 6 Oct 2023. Updated: 2 months ago.

Angelika Niescier, Tomeka Reid, Savannah Harris, Beyond Dragons, Intakt ***1/2

Published: 6 Oct 2023. Updated: 2 months ago.

Shuteen Erdenebaatar, Rising Sun, Motéma Music ****

Published: 5 Oct 2023. Updated: 2 months ago.

Miho Hazama, m_unit: Beyond Orbits, Edition ***1/2

Published: 4 Oct 2023. Updated: 2 months ago.

Track of the week: Rymden, 'The Mountain,' Jazzland

Published: 3 Oct 2023. Updated: 2 months ago.