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Matty Bannond
Matty Bannond is a 39-year-old music journalist, fiction author and copywriter. He was born and raised near Manchester, UK. He now lives in Germany. Matty writes for publications and websites including Jazz Journal, The New York City Jazz Record and Free Jazz Collective. Instagram: bannond_m
Reviewed: Artemis | Sasha Berliner | Matt Carmichael
Artemis: Arboresque (Blue Note Records)
Nature and environmental beauty inspired this third Blue Note release from all-female quintet Artemis. The title means “tree-like”. The album...
Ralph Moore, Dave Kikoski, Markus Schieferdecker and Joris Dudli in Cologne
One friendly patron jabs a finger at evidence of this street-level club’s raunchy past - red lightbulbs, wall-length mirrors and glittery golden frills hung...
Reviewed: Rachel Eckroth and John Hadfield | Julia Hülsmann Quartet | Nicola Miller
Rachel Eckroth and John Hadfield: Speaking In Tongues (Adhyâropa Records)
Religious and scientific mysteries inspired this duo release from pianist Rachel Eckroth and percussionist John...
Reviewed: Ambrose Akinmusire | Nicole McCabe | Marta Warelis, Toma Gouband and Sakina Abdou
Ambrose Akinmusire: Honey From A Winter Stone (Nonesuch 0075597905984)
Heart-rending low tones and soul-splitting high notes characterise Ambrose Akinmusire’s trumpet voice. But you don’t get...
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Caroline Davis: ‘I think it’s important to build an altar for people we’ve lost’
Milky smoke from an incense stick is pirouetting around a dozen porcelain cats and one bowl of dry-roasted peanuts. Alto saxophonist Caroline Davis lights...
Kate Kortum and the Juilliard All Stars at Chris’ Jazz Café, Philadelphia
Kate Kortum’s band is rattling the wood-panelled walls of this L-shaped venue - but the singer is nowhere to be seen. Her four college...
Christian McBride Quartet at the Village Vanguard, NYC
Christian McBride’s left hand is lolling on the shoulder of his double bass. It stirs only to push chunky-framed spectacles higher up his nose....
Reviewed: DD Jackson | Christopher Parnis | Naomi Moon Siegel
DD Jackson: Poetry Project (ddjackson.com)
Who among us did not launch an eccentric project during lockdown? DD Jackson certainly did. When poet George Elliott Clarke...
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Kaisa’s Machine at LOCH in Wuppertal
As evening blurs into night, technicoloured lettering slithers around the concrete bulk of LOCH in Wuppertal. A sandwich board crouches in the shadow of...
Reviewed: Zachary Bartholomew | Timotej Kotnik | Nicole McCabe
Zachary Bartholomew: Balancing Act (zacharybartholomew.com)
This is the first album Zachary Bartholomew has released as a band leader – but he hasn’t been lazing around...
Ambrose Akinmusire Quartet at Cologne Jazz Week
The American trumpeter cooled down a hot Cologne, following the less is more principle, while his drummer rattled the hardware energetically
Ellie Lee: Escape
Korean pianist Lee debuts with a quartet including saxophonist Steve Wilson and bassist Steve LaSpina in a set of swinging post-bop
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