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March 24, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Kenny Barron / Dave Holland Trio Featuring Jonathan Blake: Without Deception
Kenny Barron / Dave Holland Trio Featuring Jonathan Blake Without Deception Dare2 Records No deception here whatsoever – it’s there in the title/s – three players absolutely giving their all making this a fantastic recording. Both Barron (piano) and Holland (bass) are masters of their respective crafts, both great band leaders too and living legends; […]Archive
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 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Ella Fitzgerald: The Complete Piano Duets
Ella Fitzgerald The Complete Piano Duets Verve Where do you start with Ella Fitzgerald? There are hundreds of albums – including dozens of very good compilations. You could start with her duets with Louis Armstrong – sure. Many people do. And fair enough. There are her songbook albums – where she showcases the work of […]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
February 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Marie Ross/Petra Somlai/Claire-Lise Demettre: Brahms – Clarinet Sonatas and Trio
Marie Ross/Petra Somlai/Claire-Lise Demettre Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas and Trio Centaur The trio of Marie Ross (clarinet) Petra Somlai (piano) and Claire-Lise Demettre (cello) are dedicated to working with historical instruments; to exploring the music via connection to period instruments – which is to say they use wood and gut-string, eschewing metal and modern valves, reeds, […]Archive
February 21, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 167
Ken Ara, Piano – Mozart: Rondo D-Dur – Klaviersonaten B-Dur, KV 570 – A-Dur, KV 331 – Fantasie D-Moll (1972) I’m always curious to look through the chuck-out bins for classical music – but it’s so often utterly fruitless. This one though? This was a good score! Solo piano – I always feel like that’s […]Archive
February 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Brad Mehldau: Mon chien Stupide (Bande originale du film)
Brad Mehldau Mon chien Stupide (Bande originale du film) Same Player Sign me up for the film straight away: A French translation of the John Fante novella (My Dog Stupid from the posthumous collection West of Rome in which a middle-aged couple with marriage troubles have a big ‘Stupid’ dog come between them – written, […]Archive
February 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Tim Ray: Excursions & Adventures
Tim Ray Excursions & Adventures Whaling City Sound If you’ve never heard of Tim Ray there’s still a chance you’ve heard him. As a hired hand he’s played and arranged piano parts for everyone from Lyle Lovett to Aretha Franklin, via Jane Siberry and Bonnie Raitt, but maybe he’s not known as a jazzer. Never […]Archive
January 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman