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Jazz Album Reviews

Nicole McCabe

Mosaic

This is music that bristles with ideas, these finding expression both via the excellent playing and through the intricacies of McCabe’s intelligent and varied writing.

Shiver Meets Matthew Bourne

Volume 2

Martin Speake & Alyson Cawley

Tendrils

Living In Shadows

Neon Burning

Richard Fairhurst Trio

Inside Out

Ill Considered

Precipice

Andrew Woodhead

Swing You Sinners

Jazz Mann Recommended Listening

Julian Costello Quartet

And All The Birds Were Set Free

Costello has produced a set of varied and consistently melodic compositions for the quartet & their guest, vocalist Georgia Mancio, to work with. The standard of the playing is excellent throughout.

Hannah Horton

Live in Soho

Horton and her band play with verve, skill and flair and all four musicians can be proud of their contributions. The writing is intelligent, melodic, varied and accessible.

Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley

Journey to Where

There are a number of tenor sax / piano duo recordings out there, but “Journey to Where” ranks as one of the best and one of the most distinctive.

Andrew Baker

Warmi

Baker is a hugely talented and restlessly creative instrumentalist and composer with an interest in many different areas of music. The scope of the album is impressive, he clearly has ideas to burn.

Live Jazz Reviews

Bazmatron / Group Listening,

Bazmatron / Group Listening, Sy: gigs, Unitarian Church, Shrewsbury, 28/06/2024.

Hejira featuring Hattie Whitehead

Hejira – Celebrating Joni Mitchell, Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester, 27/06/2024.

Victoria Klewin

Victoria Klewin Quartet, Black Mountain Jazz, Melville Centre, Abergavenny, 23/06/2024.

The Gaz Hughes Trio

Gaz Hughes Trio, Progress Theatre, Reading, Berkshire, 21/06/2024.

Ukraine Solidarity Jazz Band

Jazz Concert in Support of Ukraine feat. Ukraine Solidarity Jazz Band, Reading Minster, Reading, Berkshire, 14/06/2024.

Brandon Allen’s Groove Band

Brandon Allen’s Groove Band, Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester, 13/06/2024.

Jazz Mann Features

BOOK REVIEW: “The Summer We Crossed Europe In The Rain” Lyrics for Stacey Kent by Kazuo Ishigoro, illustrated by Bianca Bagnarelli.

Charming collection of song lyrics written by the distinguished author Kazuo Ishiguro for the jazz singer Stacey Kent. The book also features the distinctive artwork of illustrator Bianca Bagnarelli.

Twenty five years of jazz at The Spin Jazz Club, Oxford.

As Oxford's premier jazz venue The Spin celebrates its 25th anniversary co -founder Pete Oxley talks to Colin May (via email) about the ups and downs of the clubs history.

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