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March 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Franco Piccinno: Mirror
Franco Piccinno Mirror Diapason Franco Piccinno is an Italian pianist who long ago mastered the art of taking from pop and indie music and making it sound like a late-night reverie when arranged for solo piano. These nocturnal stirrings are the work of a man finding new melodies deep within acknowledged classics. He takes from […]Archive
March 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sam Gendel: Satin Doll
Sam Gendel Satin Doll Nonesuch Records Someone said Sam Gendel plays saxophone like he’s trying to erase his instrument. I like that. And can’t improve on it. For this album of jazz standards – tweaked, or even twerked, into new shapes and sounds – you might do well to think of the producer and bassist […]Archive
March 11, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Michel Petrucciani Trio: One Night In Karlsruhe [Live]
The Michel Petrucciani Trio One Night In Karlsruhe [Live] SWR Jazzhaus The French jazz pianist Michel Petrucciani lived his life in pain. He was born with osteogenesis imperfecta, brittle bone disorder. He was one of the greats of jazz piano across the 1980s and early 1990s – despite being in enormous pain whenever he played. […]Archive
March 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Joey Alexander: Warna
Joey Alexander Warna Verve When is a child prodigy out in the world as a legitimate superstar talent transcending the tender years? The answer is different, case by case. The answer, sometimes, never arrives. Child actors, child stars across different media; we are wowed by their abilities but the caveat is the age, the mention […]Archive
March 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. McCoy Tyner
The great McCoy Tyner has died. Aged 81. His family has confirmed the death but not the cause of yet. Tyner was one of the most prolific and influential jazz pianists of the modern era, best known for his contributions to the classic John Coltrane Quartet (appearing on the albums A Love Supreme, Ballads, Crescent, […]Archive
March 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Tenderlonious: Think Twice (ep)
Tenderlonious Think Twice (ep) 22a Music / 22a Ed “Tenderlonious” Cawthorne released a killer record last year called Hard Rain and he followed it up with this EP – another oblique Bob Dylan reference… Flautist, saxophonist, bandleader turned label-owner, beatmaker and producer, Tenderlonious has parked his future-jazz 22archestra to the side and now seems more […]Archive
February 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Sweetman Podcast # 209: Lucien Johnson
Welcome to episode 209 of Sweetman Podcast with support from our sponsors – T Leaf T and Yeastie Boys . Now – as you probably know, as well as the usual platforms (this site, soundcloud, iTunes/Apple) you can now get to Sweetman Podcast on Spotify – follow it there and have it saved in your […]Archive
February 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Jon Christensen
Jon Christensen has died, aged 76. The Norwegian drummer was one of the greats of Euro jazz working with Jan Garbarek, Bobo Stenson, Tomasz Stanko and many others. It wasn’t just European jazz artists that he worked with – though he was a staple of the ECM label. That of course meant he worked with […]Archive
February 18, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Buddy Rich Big Band: Just In Time – The Final Recording
The Buddy Rich Big Band Just In Time – The Final Recording Gearbox He was Baby Traps; almost a circus freak, playing drums at 18 months old, a star by the age of four and from vaudeville and circus tricks to the golden era of the big band and to backing Sinatra – or Sinatra […]Archive
February 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis: Jazz For Kids
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra & Wynton Marsalis Jazz For Kids Blue Engine Records Wynton Marsalis has given much to the world of music but in his role as educator and leader of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra he is continuing to build a world of music; to entertain and educate in equal measures. […]Archive
February 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman