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Jazz Album Reviews

Stuart Henderson Quintet

Back To Blue Note

Guest contributor Trevor Bannister recommends jazz listeners to check out the talents of trumpeter and bandleader Stuart Henderson and his latest quintet release "Back To Blue Note".

Orlando Le Fleming

Romantic Funk : The Unfamiliar

Joe O’Donnell

Gael’s Vision - 40th Anniversary Edition

Jeff Williams

Road Tales - Live At London Jazz Festival

Night Repair

Slow Stone

Ben Rosenblum Nebula Project

Kites and Strings

Monocled Man

Bernabe Jurado EP

Jazz Mann Recommended Listening

Django Bates

Tenacity

Released in a landmark year for both its creator and for its inspiration this sounds like a landmark album. Bates puts his own stamp on Charlie Parker’s music more emphatically than ever before.

Will Vinson / Gilad Hekselman / Antonio Sanchez

Trio Grande

The sound of three huge individual talents coming together to create something that is even greater than the sum of its parts.

Pat Metheny

From This Place

There is some excellent writing and some exceptional playing here, and it's particularly satisfying to see Gwilym Simcock representing the UK on the world jazz stage.

Origin Story

Good Friday

A highly impressive statement of intent. This is a fiercely interactive trio and the playing and writing combines a real sense of fun and joyousness with a New York informed confidence and attitude.

Live Jazz Reviews

Alan Barnes / Dave Newton Quartet

Alan Barnes / Dave Newton Quartet, Livestream from The Boileroom, Guildford, Surrey, 12/01/2021.

Tim Garland

Tim Garland - Winter Encounter No. 1, featuring Tim Garland, Norma Winstone and Kit Downes Livestream from Oak Gable Studios, 06/12/2020.

Nigel Price Quartet

Nigel Price Quartet, Livestream from Brecon Jazz Club, The Muse Arts Centre, Brecon, 08/12/2020.

Emma-Jean Thackray

Emma-Jean Thackray, Livestream from Total Refreshment Centre, 13/11/2020 (Part of EFG London Jazz Festival).

Moostak Trio

Moostak Trio, Livestream from The Green Note, Camden, 22/11/2020 (Part of EFG London Jazz Festival).

Hedvig Mollestad and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra.

Hedvig Mollestad and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra ; “Maternity Beat”, Livestream from Molde Jazz Festival for EFG London Jazz Festival.

Jazz Mann Features

John Russell (1954 - 2021) - An Appreciation by Alex Ward and Stephen Vitkovitch

Musician Alex Ward and record label owner Stephen Vitkovitch have written a tribute to their friend, guitarist, improviser and organiser John Russell, who sadly passed away on January 18th 2021.

A Tribute to Celia Mur, Jazz / Flamenco Singer from Spain - by Lynne Gornall of Brecon Jazz.

Lynne Gornall pays tribute to jazz / flamenco singer Celia Mur, who died in 2019, and recalls Celia's performance at the 2013 Brecon Jazz Festival, footage of which has recently become available.

Jazz Mann News

Grand Junction announces a digital season of music, poetry and talks performed at St Mary Magdalene’s Church in Paddington, and live streamed for online audiences.

Tuesday, January 26, 2021

One of London’s newest arts venues, Grand Junction, has announced details of a multi-arts digital season, 'Comfort and Courage', taking place from 3 - 27 March 2021. Press release attached.

Vocalist Svetlana Receives Jazz Road Grant - Will Tour in the USA in February 2021 with her band The New York Collective.