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Jazz Album Reviews

Henrik Jensen

Above Your House

“Above Your House” sees Jensen continuing to develop as a writer and a player, this time in the relatively exposed setting of the piano trio. He rises to the challenge with aplomb.

Michael Chillingworth

Friday The Thirteenth

Perfect Stranger

Unfinished Business

Glasshouse

Silence is a Flower

Edison Herbert

All I Need

Scarla O’Horror

Semiconductor Taxidermy For The Masses

Asha Parkinson’s Kalpadruma

Possession

Jazz Mann Recommended Listening

Norma Winstone and Kit Downes

Outpost of Dreams

The ten tunes are immaculately selected and embrace elements of jazz, folk and classical music, ingredients that bring out the best of this highly talented duo.

John Escreet

the epicenter of your dreams

A fiercely intelligent recording featuring inventive original writing, imaginative interpretations of outside material and some excellent playing.

Ben Carter Quintet

Pulsar

“Pulsar” is successful on its terms but it’s also a recording that exhibits considerable potential for the future, not just for Carter but for all the members of this talented young quintet.

Steven Nichols

From Dust

An assured debut from Nichols, who impresses as both a player and a writer. Although young his quintet have been working together for a number of years and have established an impressive rapport.

Live Jazz Reviews

James Allsopp Quartet plays Stan Getz

James Allsopp Quartet, ‘Plays Stan Getz’, Shrewsbury Jazz Network, The Hive Music & Media Centre, Shrewsbury, 12/10/2024.

Ben Partridge’s Sixways

Ben Partridge’s Sixways, Corn Exchange Jazz Club, The Corn Exchange, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, 10/10/2024.

Greg Sterland / Sabina Turvey Quartet

Greg Sterland / Sabina Turvey Quartet, Brecon Jazz Club, The Muse Arts Centre, Brecon, 08/10/2024.

Steve Waterman’s Latin Jazz Quartet

Steve Waterman’s Latin Jazz Quartet, Jazz at Progress, Progress Theatre, Reading, Berkshire, 27/09/2024.

Renato D’Aiello Trio

Renato D’Aiello Trio, Kidderminster Jazz Club, St. Ambrose Parish Centre, Kidderminster, Worcs. 04/10/2024.

Kim Cypher Quintet

Kim Cypher, “Catching Moments” Album Launch, The Taproom, Dunkertons Cider Co., Cheltenham, 03/10/2024.

Jazz Mann Features

Wall2Wall Jazz Festival, Abergavenny, Sunday Community Afternoon, 29/09/2024.

Ian Mann enjoys an afternoon of free events in Abergavenny including street music, a youth jazz ensemble, an acapella choir and the Jazz Lounge Piano Trail.

Brecon Jazz Festival 2024, Jazz & Film Weekend, Sunday August 18th 2024.

The final day of the 2024 Brecon Jazz Festival and a screening of the film "Django", plus related live music performances from Gareth Evans and from Afternoon In Paris with guest Mike Hatchard.

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