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Jazz Album Reviews

Mark Holub Anthropods

Abundant Shores

Anthropods continue to mature and develop as a unit. The unusual instrumental configuration makes for a distinctive group sound and each member is a fully integrated part of the ensemble.

Andrew Baker

Warmi

Charlotte Keeffe Right Here, Right Now Quartet

ALIVE! in the studio

Glasshouse

Blurring The Lines

Kjetil Mulelid

Agoja

Ross Hicks

Three Elms

Billy Marrows + Grande Famila

Penelope

Jazz Mann Recommended Listening

Q3

Water Speckled Midnight

There will be many listeners who will enjoy Q3’s brand of contemporary melodic jazz, music that borrows from the tradition, but which never gets subsumed by it.

David Preston

Purple / Black Vol. One

Preston's memorable melodic themes form the basis for music that is simultaneously accessible and adventurous and which is rich in terms of colour, texture and atmosphere.

The Gaz Hughes Trio

Nuclear Bebopalypse

This is the sound of a trio of musicians having musical fun, revelling in the language of bebop but making it sound relevant for the 21st century.

Martin Sjostedt & Stockholm Jazz Orchestra

Horizon

A very impressive offering from Sjostedt and the SJO, with the leader’s multi-faceted compositions and arrangements bringing out the best of one of the world’s leading contemporary jazz big bands.

Live Jazz Reviews

Partikel with Natalie Rozario

Partikel with Natalie Rozario, Shrewsbury Jazz Network, The Hive Music & Media Centre, Shrewsbury, 13/04/2024.

Kareem Kandi World Orchestra

Kareem Kandi World Orchestra, Cave Romangan, Nice, France, 09/03/2024.

Emma Rawicz

Emma Rawicz Quintet, The Spin at The Tap Social, Botley, Oxford, 28/03/2024.

Alex Clarke Quartet

Alex Clarke Quartet, Kidderminster Jazz Club, St. Ambrose Parish Centre, Kidderminster, Worcs. 05/04/2024.

Iain Ballamy’s IBQT

Iain Ballamy’s IBQT, Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester, 04/04/2024.

Arbenz + Hart + Pursglove = Conversation

Arbenz + Hart + Pursglove = Conversation, Progress Theatre, Reading, Berkshire, 22/03/2024.

Jazz Mann Features

Poetry & Jazz Improvisation, Black Mountain Jazz, Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 24/03/2024.

"Evocative and thought provoking". Ian Mann reports on a night of words and sounds from poets Ric Hool. Lyndon Davies & Graham Hartill and instrumentalists Ben Thomas, Ross Hicks & Ian Williams.

BMJazz Katz - “Work, Play, Inspire!”

Ian Mann enjoys a performance by Black Mountain Jazz Club's youth ensemble BMJazz Katz and their tutors at the Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 10/03/2024.

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