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Jazz Album Reviews

Brian Molley Quartet with Krishna Kishor

Intercontinental

“Intercontinental” builds on the core strengths of the BMQ and finds them successfully exploring new musical areas. It will be interesting to see where their musical journey takes them next.

Espen Eriksen Trio featuring Andy Sheppard

In The Mountains

Andrew Lisle / John Edwards / Kit Downes

Multi-directional

Emma Rawicz

Incantation

Phil Robson

Portrait in Extreme

Martin Archer Trio

See You Soon Or See You Sometime

James Kitchman

First Quartet

Jazz Mann Recommended Listening

Cleveland Watkiss

The Great Jamaican Songbook Vol. 1

This isn’t a jazz album, but nevertheless it’s a damn fine record and still a recording that I can happily recommend to any fan of good music.

Nicolas Meier World Group

Magnificent

This triple album is an impressive piece of work that showcases the diverse aspects of Meier’s talent – virtuoso guitarist, skilled bandleader, gifted composer and astute song interpreter.

Estraven

Ignored Advice

Eminently accessible thanks to its strong melodies it’s also an album that stands up to repeated listening, there’s always something new to pick up on. A band to look out for during 2022.

Kit Downes / Petter Eldh / James Maddren

Vermillion

The writing is consistently intelligent and it's interesting to compare & contrast the differing styles of Downes & Eldh within the overall ‘chamber music’ aesthetic that informs this particular CD.

Live Jazz Reviews

The Plague Doctors Cure All

The Plague Doctors Cure All, The Queens Head, Monmouth, 22/06/2022.

Chris Batchelor’s Zoetic

Chris Batchelor’s Zoetic, The Hive Music & Media Centre, Shrewsbury, 11/06/2022.

Matt Carmichael

Matt Carmichael Quintet, Kidderminster Jazz Club, The Corn Exchange Room, Kidderminster Town Hall, Kidderminser, Worcs. 09/06/2022.

Bass 12 Brass Band

Bass 12 Brass Band, Black Mountain Jazz, The Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 29/05/2022.

Oxley-Meier Guitar Project

Oxley-Meier Guitar Project, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ludlow, Shropshire, 28/05/2022.

Alex Hitchcock Quartet

Alex Hitchcock Quartet, Jazz at Progress, Progress Theatre, Reading, Berkshire, 13/05/2022.

Jazz Mann Features

Monday at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 02/05/2022.

Ian Mann enjoys a varied programme of music on the final day of the Festival with performances by Moses Boyd, Gabrielle, Brian Jackson and Myra Melford's Fire And Water Quintet.

Sunday at Cheltenham Jazz Festival, 01/05/2022.

Ian Mann enjoys a varied day of music and performances by Geogia Cecile, Elles Bailey, Penguin Cafe, Electric Lady Big Band, Laura Jurd Ensemble, Gary Bartz & Maisha and Robert Plant & Saving Grace.

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