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Jazz Album Reviews

Orlando Le Fleming

Romantic Funk ; Wandering Talk

This third instalment in the Romantic Funk series represents a worthy follow up to past glories and combines intelligent rhythmic grooves with imaginative, multi faceted compositions and arrangements.

Kevin Lawlor

The Island

Glen Manby

When Sunny Gets Blue

Patrick Naylor

Organza

John-Paul Muir

Home Now

Josephine Davies

Satori : Weatherwards

Henrik Jensen

Above Your House

Jazz Mann Recommended Listening

Perfect Stranger

Unfinished Business

Even after half a century the music still sounds fresh and exciting, qualities that are enhanced by the superb playing of Sansom’s hand picked, all star, contemporary jazz ensemble.

Glasshouse

Silence is a Flower

I continue to be amazed by Glasshouse’s “spontaneous melodic improvisations”. It’s consistently astonishing that they are able to create such moments of beauty out of thin air on such a regular basis.

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.

Live Jazz Reviews

The Jazz Champions

The Jazz Champions, Jazz in Reading, Progress Theatre, Reading, Berkshire, 03/01/2025.

Soultime!

Soultime!, Jazz in Reading, Progress Theatre, Reading, Berkshire, 13/12/2024.

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.

Jazz Mann Features

Fifth Annual Bath Jazz Weekend, Widcombe Social Club, Bath, Saturday 4th January 2025.

Ian Mann enjoys 5 varied performances from Dee Byrne's Outlines, Kevin Figes' 'You Are Here' Sextet, Secret Path Trio, Nani Vazana & the new trio Molecatcher (Iain Ballamy, Rob Luft & Conor Chaplin)

Fifth Annual Bath Jazz Weekend, Widcombe Social Club, Bath, Friday 3rd January 2025.

Ian Mann enjoys the first night of the 5th Bath Jazz Weekend and live performances by quartets led by pianist Ky Osborne & trumpeter Laura Jurd plus a screening of the 1959 film "Odds Against Tomorrow

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The Duncan Lamont Song Book with Duncan Lamont Jnr, Esther Bennett & Daniela Clynes at Jazz Cafe POSK, Hammersmith, London.

Friday, January 10, 2025

Edison Herbert Trio at Jazz at The Bonded Warehouse, Stourbridge.