368 articles
Derek Ansell
Derek Ansell, who sadly died in December 2024, wrote fiction, biography and features. His Workout: The Music of Hank Mobley was published by Northway Publications and was reprinted. His The Bradgate Heiress was published by Creativia. His jazz and music writing for Jazz Journal and Newbury Weekly News expanded to cover classical music and theatre reviews.
Reviewed: Jaden Evans | Kalya Ramu | Fred Hersch, Steve LaSpina, Jeff Hirshfield | Dann Zinn | Donna Brooks | Bill Evans
Jaden Evans: Evans On Evans (Shamus Records)
Jaden Evans is only 16 as I write this, and he has done his own trio date with...
Reviewed: Simon Moullier | Frank Sinatra | Dafnis Prieto | A Plane To Catch | Otis Rush | Sara Oschlag
Simon Moullier: Elements Of Light (Candid 33441)
The basic quartet here of Moullier with piano bass and drums is a strong post-bop unit. Moullier’s fleet...
Jazz Revolutionary: The Life And Music Of Eric Dolphy
This is a thoroughly comprehensive, complete biography of Dolphy’s life and music. After an informative foreword by Jeff Schwartz and an introduction by the...
Obituary: Benny Golson
One of the last survivors of the golden age of bebop - the 1950s - tenor saxophonist and composer Benny Golson died on Saturday,...
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Reviewed: Anders Malta | John Wright | Charlie Parker | Jerome Sabbagh
Anders Malta: Introducing Anders Malta Almost Big Band (April APR 13)
Young Anders Malta, a student in 2016, heard the visiting Ernie Wilkins Almost Big...
Gabriela Martina: States
Swiss singer works out her states of mind and the states of America through a mixture of Latin waltz, pastoral ballad, rock, funk and rap
Ray Charles: The Best Of
Long-playing vinyl collection covers late the 50s and early 60s and illustrates Charles's range, from pop to blues, jazz, R&B and gospel
Gianfranco Menzella: Dedicated To Bob Berg
Italian saxophonist Menzella leads piano, bass and drums in an authoritative tribute to the playing and repertoire of the late Bob Berg
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Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
Another reprise of one of Coltrane's post-Vanguard chillout albums, here adding two additional tracks, bright red vinyl and new sleeve notes
The Notebooks Of Sonny Rollins
The famously self-examining saxophonist wrote telegraphic notes on his musical and spiritual progress and how much he fancied Gene Tierney
Wayne Shorter: Introducing
The saxophonist might be best known for his work with Weather Report but there were indicators of his individuality in his earliest years
Miles Davis Quintet with Sonny Stitt: Live At The Free Trade Hall, Manchester 1960
Old and new rub shoulders at the crux of the 1960s transition as non-modal bopper Stitt and chord-averse Davis are thrown together
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