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Jazz Album Reviews

Various Artists

Live from Band on the Wall

This fund raising compilation in aid of the Band on the Wall in Manchester features a series of exceptional live performances recorded at the venue. Artists include Gregory Porter and Snarky Puppy.

Fini Bearman

La Loba

Glasshopper

Fortune Rules

Patrick Cornelius

Acadia : Way of the Cairns

Berardi / Foran / Karlen featuring Pascal Schumacher

Haven

Joshua Jaswon Octet

Silent Sea

Judith & Dave O’Higgins

His ‘n’ Hers

Jazz Mann Recommended Listening

Mulo Francel

Crossing Life Lines

This album represents a substantial piece of work as Francel and his colleagues embrace a variety of musical styles, bringing a tangible jazz sensibility to the music of Central and Eastern Europe.

Rob Barron

From This Moment On

A swinging, unpretentious, unapologetically mainstream recording, but the quality of the playing, the arrangements and the production all combine to ensure that it stands out from the pack.

Blueblut

Andenborstengurteltier

The trio’s open mindedness, allied to their distinctive, possibly unique, instrumental line up, gives Blueblut a sound that is very much their own, and one that they are still continuing to develop.

WorldService Project

Hiding in Plain Sight

There’s a visceral power about the performances on “Hidden in Plain Sight” that is hugely exciting, and an intensity and commitment that is highly convincing.

Live Jazz Reviews

Archipelago

Archipelago - Livestream from The Star & Shadow Cinema, Newcastle for EFG London Jazz Festival, premièred 14/11/2020.

Henry Lowther’s Still Waters

Henry Lowther’s Still Waters, Livestream from Karamel, 16/11/2020 (Part of EFG London Jazz Festival).

Total Vibration

Total Vibration, Livestream from The Green Note, Camden, 15/11/2020 (Part of EFG London Jazz Festival).

Nathaniel Facey Quartet

Nathaniel Facey Quartet, Livestream from The Green Note, Camden, 13/11/2020 (Part of EFG London Jazz Festival).

Zoe Gilby

Zoe Gilby Trio, Wall2Wall Virtual Jazz Festival, 2020, Abergavenny.

Fergus McCreadie and Luca Manning Duo

Fergus McCreadie and Luca Manning Duo, Wall2Wall Virtual Jazz Festival 2020, Abergavenny.

Jazz Mann Features

New Switzerland - Julie Campiche, Ikarus, Trio Heinz Herbert - EFG London Jazz Festival Livestream, 14/11/2020.

Three distinctive, almost unclassifiable, acts featuring some of Europe’s most adventurous young musicians, demonstrating just how creative, vibrant & distinctive the contemporary Swiss jazz scene is.

“Jass to Jazz”, A three video discussion on the History of Jazz, Wall2Wall Virtual Jazz Festival 2020, Abergavenny.

Vocalist Debs Hancock discusses the History of Jazz with jazz journalists John Hellings and Nigel Jarrett.

Jazz Mann News

Tim Garland - “Winter Encounters”, online concert series, December 2020.

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Saxophonist Tim Garland will present three online concerts during December. His guests include Norma Winstone & Kit Downes, Liane Carroll & Jason Rebello and Ayanna Witter-Johnson & Jason Rebello.

Barbican announces continuation of its new Live from the Barbican concert series in spring 2021.

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

The Barbican has announced that a newly curated edition of Live from the Barbican will return early next year. This will replace the originally planned & announced concert season in spring 2021.

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra 25th Anniversary Concert - Livestream from Perth Concert Hall, on Saturday 5th December 2020.