108 articles
John Adcock
I've been lucky enough to write reviews for Jazz Journal since 2009. My main interests lie at the more popular end of the jazz spectrum - pop, soul, blues and funk. European jazz has, to me, never sounded more vibrant and alive than it does at the moment, which is why I enjoy listening to and reviewing it so much. That said, my biggest musical regret is never having seen Art Pepper in concert - he simply was the greatest.
Jan Lundgren, Lars Danielsson, Emile Parisien: Into The Night
For the sake of a drummer, this would have been a very different recording, showing the randomness with which wonderful music comes about. Lundgren’s...
Nils Landgren: Nature Boy
Landgren’s first solo album came out of lockdown. Unexpectedly finding himself at home and unable to travel and tour for months, he came up...
Anna Greta: Nightjar In The Northern Sky
A quick glance at the list of song titles on this album reveals the importance of nature to Anna Greta’s work. Every artist wants...
Adam Baldych Quintet with Paolo Fresu: Poetry
I last heard Adam Baldych on his New Tradition album for ACT. Poetry shows a real sense of development both in composition and playing....
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The Oscar Peterson Trio: Blues Etude / Canadiana Suite
Blues Etude marked a transition for the Oscar Peterson trio. During the recording of it, bassist Ray Brown left the group and was replaced...
HumanBeing: HumanBeing
This was such a personal project that composer and pianist Rossano Baldini was compelled to create a new identity for this work – HumanBeing.
He...
Avishai Cohen: Two Roses
Two Roses – a metaphor for the album’s fusion of jazz and the symphonic world – is the result of a process which began...
Roy Mor: After The Real Thing
Within a few bars of The Echo Song, the track that opens this album, it’s clear that Mor is an accomplished and sensitive performer...
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Art Pepper: Gettin’ Together!
In Art Pepper’s own words, this album “was even better” than the 1957 recording Art Pepper Meets The Rhythm Section – the Pepper album...
2 of Us: Live@Brass
If ever a performance defined the meaning of pared back, this is it. 2 of Us, comprised of Vito Giordano and Fabio Lannino, celebrate the...
Marcin Wasilewski Trio and Joe Lovano: Arctic Riff
The excellent Marcin Wasilewski Trio has been playing in its current form since 1993 and first recorded for ECM as part of Tomasz Stanko’s...
Trypl: Trypl
The Cotswolds seem far removed from the hustle and bustle of Latin jazz music, but the location has clearly been a wonderful inspiration on...
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