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October 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Bob James: Once Upon A Time – The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions
Bob James Once Upon A Time: The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions Resonance Records For all that has been awful about and in 2020 let’s pause for a moment to think of how lucky we have been to receive so many great archival jazz projects. Lost albums suddenly found. I guess that happens when […]Archive
October 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Charles Rumback: June Holiday (w/ Jim Baker & John Tate)
Charles Rumback June Holiday (w/ Jim Baker & John Tate) Monofonus-Press/Astral Spirits Charles Rumback divides his time between the jazz world and buddying up with folk/indie artists where he swirls colours and daubs at canvases with all of his jazz training and instincts. He’s regularly working with guitarist Ryley Walker, most recently they put out […]Archive
October 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Ulf Wakenius: Taste of Honey
Ulf Wakenius Taste of Honey ACT Music Ulf Wakenius is a Swedish jazz guitarist that worked with both Ray Brown and Oscar Peterson later in their careers as part of trios and quartets. He’s released well over a dozen albums as a leader (going back to 1984) and has collaborated and cameoed with many artists […]Archive
October 5, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Bob Mould: Blue Hearts
Bob Mould Blue Hearts Merge Records Bob Mould has, on some level, been offering variations of the same deceptively simple song throughout much of his 30 year solo career. And I mean that in the best possible way. And if the hardcore want to point to some of the stylistic variations then certainly, across the […]Archive
August 15, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Bill Frisell: Valentine
Bill Frisell Valentine Blue Note Records I can’t think of another artist – at least not straight away – where across the last 25 years I have loved everything they’ve released under their own name or as a guest, where I’ve often been anticipating the next thing, waiting with baited breath. Okay, Brian Blade, maybe. […]Archive
July 16, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Jeff Hamilton Trio: Catch Me If You Can
Jeff Hamilton Trio Catch Me If You Can Capri There’s something so pure about the great jazz trios – I’m an all-day sucker for it. And there’s always been such stateliness to Jeff Hamilton’s work as drummer and bandleader. So I was probably always going to love this – but I reckon it’s Hamilton’s finest […]Archive
July 1, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
John Scofield: Swallow Tales
John Scofield Swallow Tales ECM In John Scofield’s first trio album as a leader for the ECM label it’s to a series of reunions; Sco is back leading a trio, back with one of his favoured drummers – the great Bill Stewart – and back playing the songs of Steve Swallow (who also plays bass […]Archive
June 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Rudresh Mahanthappa: Hero Trio
Rudresh Mahanthappa Hero Trio Whirlwind Recordings Rudresh Mahanthappa is a killer alto player – you’ve maybe heard his work with Vijay Iyer, that’s where I was first introduced to his sound. But he’s gone on to make over a dozen recordings under his own name and collaborate with other leading lights in modern jazz. Here […]Archive
May 26, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Chris Dingman: Embrace
Chris Dingman Embrace Inner Arts Initiative / Chris Dingman It’s like the cue for an obscure, subversive joke – a vibraphonist named Chris Dingman, but this is not the jazz edition of Doonesbury, this is the third album by virtuoso vibes guy Chris Dingman – here he pares the sound back to that of a […]Archive
April 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Bill Laurance Trio: Live at Ronnie Scott’s
Bill Laurance Trio Live at Ronnie Scott’s Flint Music Bill Laurance’s rightful musical title might be Keyboard Wizard. A founder of the indie jazz-rock ensemble Snarky Puppy, he’s responsible for dizzying runs, weird and brilliant use of electronics and beneath all of that, the sensitivity and musicality of a pianist – so all the bells […]Archive
April 12, 2020 by Simon Sweetman