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Jazz Album Reviews

Patrick Naylor

Organza

Although recognisably in the lineage of the jazz organ trio tradition Naylor's group also brings a very contemporary sensitivity to the music. This is expressed via the intelligent original writing.

John-Paul Muir

Home Now

Josephine Davies

Satori : Weatherwards

Henrik Jensen

Above Your House

Michael Chillingworth

Friday The Thirteenth

Perfect Stranger

Unfinished Business

Glasshouse

Silence is a Flower

Jazz Mann Recommended Listening

Scarla O’Horror

Semiconductor Taxidermy For The Masses

An absorbing and rewarding listening experience. I particularly like the melding of conventional jazz instrumentation with the electronics & synths to create a distinctive and convincing group sound.

Asha Parkinson’s Kalpadruma

Possession

Another ambitious cross-genre work from Parkinson. Once again she skilfully combines her many musical, literary and political influences to create a unique ensemble sound.

Loz Speyer’s Inner Space

Live in Leipzig

Captures the Inner Space quintet at the top of their game, delivering music at the cusp of structure and improvisation and striking just the right balance between the two.

Norma Winstone and Kit Downes

Outpost of Dreams

The ten tunes are immaculately selected and embrace elements of jazz, folk and classical music, ingredients that bring out the best of this highly talented duo.

Live Jazz Reviews

Bryan Corbett

Bryan Corbett’s Instrumental Groove Unit, Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester, 12/12/2024.

Terence Collie

Terence Collie Trio & Guests, Brecon Jazz Club, The Muse Arts Centre, Brecon, 10/12/2024.

N’Famady Kouyate Band

N’Famady Kouyate Band, The Muse Arts Centre, Brecon, 30/11/2024.

King Heron

King Heron, Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester, 28/11/2024.

Christelis / Stylianides / Crowley / Glaser

Christelis / Stylianides / Crowley / Glaser, The Green Note, Camden Town, London, 15/11/2024 (Part of EFG London Jazz Festival).

Chube

Chube, Music Spoken Here, The Marr’s Bar, Worcester, 14/11/2024.

Jazz Mann Features

Guildhall Jazz Festival, Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 20-24 November 2024.

Ian Mann enjoys this 'Festival within a Festival' and a wide ranging series of musical performances from jazz students and alumni of The Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

EFG London Jazz Festival 2024, Second Sunday, 24/11/2024.

On the final day of the Festival Ian Mann enjoys an Australian Jazz Showcase, the improvised music event Moment's Notice and the sounds of the Deschanel Gordon Trio.

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