Seven Hills (Edition EDN 1041) The Finnish-born pianist came to our notice in the UK earlier in this century when Warner Jazz France released two albums by him. Then Warner just axed their jazz stuff and Tuomarila was forced to… Read More ›
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Cheltenham Jazz Festival review: more gigs in brief
Cheltenham Jazz Festival, Cheltenham UK 03/04/05-05-2013 In between the concerts I have reviewed in more depth elsewhere on thejazzbreakfast I also enjoyed: Marius Neset Quartet, Parabola Arts Centre: The Norwegian saxophonist had played a magnificent set two nights before at… Read More ›
CD review: Marius Neset
Birds (Edition Records EDN1040) It’s 25 March and the CD that could still stand on 31 December as the most impressive jazz release of 2013 is available for purchase. Yippee! And should you have any doubts, I’d listen to the… Read More ›
CD review: Kenny Wheeler, Norma Winstone, London Vocal Project
Mirrors (Edition Records EDN1038) Trumpeter Kenny Wheeler provides musical settings of poetry by Stevie Smith, Lewis Carroll and WB Yeats, singer Norma Winstone is the featured vocalist and the 24-strong London Vocal Project is the choir, directed by Pete Churchill…. Read More ›
CD reviews in brief: Rudresh Mahanthappa, Trichotomy, Neon Quartet, Gilad Atzmon, Zoe Schwarz
Rudresh Mahanthappa Gamak (ACT): A fine example of what cutting edge jazz in New York sounds like at the moment. The second generation Indian-American alto saxophonist continues to pursue his path of applying some of the ideas in Indian classical music to… Read More ›
Dave Douglas and Gary Burton among first names announced for Cheltenham
In these dreary days at the arse end of January, here are some reasons not just to be cheerful but to be downright ecstatic. The first big names have been revealed for this year’s Cheltenham Jazz Festival (1-6 May), and… Read More ›
Exciting news for vinyl jazz junkies
Adam Sieff of Gearbox Records has sent me a copy of an email he’s sending out to vinyl dealers, and I thought you might all be interested. I have at least one friend who, in the face of too many… Read More ›
CD review: Ivo Neame
Yatra (Edition Records EDN1035) Pianist and saxophonist Ivo Neame seems to have leapt up not just to the next level, but a good few levels, since his last album (and his first for Edition), Caught In The Light Of Day…. Read More ›
CD review: Daniel Herskedal & Marius Neset
Neck Of The Woods (Edition Records EDN1034) If you think a saxophone and tuba duo album sounds a bit hard core and unrelenting, think again. From the opening title track, which sets Neset’s lustrous tenor saxophone against a bass line… Read More ›
CD review: Troyka
Moxxy (Edition Records) Not to be confused with the ’60s Canadian rock band of the same name, this trio of guitarist Chris Montague with Joshua Blackmore on drums and Kit Downes on keyboards goes from strength to strength, with this… Read More ›
CD review: Dave Stapleton
Flight (Edition Records EDN1032) The pianist, composer and head of Edition Records, has enlisted the brilliant Danish saxophonist Marius Neset together with Dave Kane on double bass, Olavi Louhivuori on drums and the Brodowski String Quartet. At the beginning the… Read More ›
CD review: Phronesis
Walking Dark (Edition Records EDN1031) At the start of the opening title track of this fourth disc from the Anglo-Scandinavian piano trio, there is a moment when, so fidgety are Jasper Hoiby’s double bass and Anton Eger’s that I thought… Read More ›
CD review: McCormack & Yarde Duo
Places And Other Spaces (Edition Records EDN1028) I start out being a little unsure about this. Both players are clearly highly skilled both as players and composers. But there is something strange about the opening track, D-Town, credited to both…. Read More ›
Kairos 4tet wins MOBO jazz award
Congratulations to Adam Waldmann’s Kairos 4tet for last night winning a 2011 MOBO Award in the jazz album category. Here they are playing a tune from the winning recording, their second CD, Statement Of Intent, available now on Edition Records:… Read More ›
CD review: Marius Neset
Golden Xplosion (Edition Records EDN1027) There have been lots of lovely jazz CDs released in the last few months, but it’s been a while since a disc has leapt from the speakers and pinned the listener against the wall in… Read More ›
CD review: Kairos 4tet
Statement of Intent (Edition Records) From the first soprano saxophone-stated bustling melody with a Middle Eastern tinge, into the beautifully articulated double bass solo and on to the determinedly building piano solo that opens this disc – it’s the title… Read More ›
CD review: Meadow
Blissful Ignorance (Edition Records EDN1025) What an absolute joy this trio disc is. Tore Brunborg, the Norwegian saxophonist, John Taylor, the British pianist, and Thomas Stronen, the Norwegian drummer, together for the first time in a recording studio, and striking… Read More ›
