Increasingly esoteric. An ever-narrowing niche. More exclusive than ever before. Are these statements that bring a light to your eye and a spring to your step? Well, you’re in luck because the 2014 Nielsen Music U.S. Report has announced that… Read More ›
Here they are – my favourite 10 CDs of 2014. I hope you have found something in the Festive 50 to interest you. And if there are some you don’t know maybe you’ll be tempted to find out more about them…. Read More ›
We’re getting close now… The second best 10 of the 50 CDs I have most enjoyed listening to in 2014, in ascending order. The top 10 tomorrow: 20 Marcin Wasilewski Trio w/ Joakim Milder Spark Of Life (ECM 379 2957) Full review here 19 Keith Jarrett,… Read More ›
The next 10 of the 50 CDs I have most enjoyed listening to in 2014, in ascending order. Numbers 20-11 tomorrow: 30 Michael Wollny Trio Weltentraum (ACT 9563-2) Full review here 29 Mark Turner Quartet Lathe Of Heaven (ECM 378 0663) Full review… Read More ›
The next 10 of the 50 CDs I have most enjoyed listening to in 2014, in ascending order. Another 10 tomorrow: 40 Jean Toussaint 4 Tate Song (Lyte Records LR022) Full review here 39 Chick Corea Trio Trilogy (Stretch Records/Concord Jazz CJA3568502) Full review… Read More ›
Here we go – the 50 CDs I have most enjoyed listening to in 2014, in ascending order. They’ll be 10 a day over the next five days: 50 Arabella Sprot Quintet Kafka’s Dance (Arabella Sprot) Full review here 49 The Nels Cline… Read More ›
The winners of the mainly mainstream British Jazz Awards, masterminded by Big Bear Music, were announced last week. They are as follows: Trumpet: Steve Waterman Trombone: Mark Nightingale Clarinet: Alan Barnes Alto saxophone: Soweto Kinch Tenor saxophone: Karen Sharp Piano:… Read More ›
In the first of a new category of monthly posts, here is a list of gigs across the English Midlands for the next month. I don’t claim it’s comprehensive at all – these are just the gigs I know about and/or… Read More ›
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