JJ received late notice, this afternoon, that the finals of the 10th BBC Young Jazz Musician competition, recorded yesterday, ...
Alain Gerber is a noted writer on jazz but also, to the wider French public, a highly acclaimed writer of fiction. He has already combined real musicians with fiction in books concerning such names as ...
Despite reviewing all three albums which singer Lauren Bush has released so far, I knew next to nothing about her, and so in ...
The quartet gig which John Surman had at Ronnie Scott’s this past June (reviewed 12/06) was memorable enough in itself. What made the evening extra special was the fact that long-time ECM aficionados ...
The Definitive Collection 1977-2000 (Robinsongs Robin5BX74) A five-CD box seems an appropriate tribute to keyboard master ...
The two Jasons, violinist Anick and pianist Yeager have a history going back to their teenage years when they jammed together ...
David Haney: four albums on Cadence and New York Jazz Stories Pianist David Haney’s put out a number of albums this time ...
Three partly related themes this month: the squirts of album releases from busy record labels; the number of albums recorded ...