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Delfeayo Marsalis, Kalamazoo CD Review.

Delfeayo Marsalis has released ‘Kalamazoo’ (An Evening With Delfeayo Marsalis), his first live recorded CD on Troubador Jazz Records. For such an established musician,...

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Ben Sidran live at Ronnie Scotts – Jazz, poetry and existentialism

This review is a re-write, and this is not because I was lost for words, but because technology failed me (yet again), in fact it has done so a few times this year! ...

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“Nighthawks” – the album launch at Kansas Smitty’s Bar – London East End

“A good review: for it to be good and constructive, it has to have some negative words in it…”. This is NOT a quote of mine, but nevertheless a quote from a fellow writer...

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CD Review | Thomas Fonnesbæk, Justin Kauflin – Synesthesia

So you think you know what a piano-bass jazz duo sounds like? Well, maybe you don’t unless you’ve heard this extraordinary pair, because bassist Thomas Fonnesbæk plays like...

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Philip Catherine, Selected Works 1974-1982 5CD Box Set | CD Review

Celebrating his 75th Birthday, Warner Music France has released a limited edition 5CD box set of music by guitarist Philip Catherine. Titled “Philip Catherine Selected Works...

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Monk Misterioso – a journey into the silence of Thelonious Monk

Magical gig by Filomena Campus et al – the perfect conclusion to the EFG London Jazz Festival Another busy and packed EFG London Jazz Festival has concluded. One of the sold...

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CD Review | Peter Horsfall “Nighthawks”

Rating: 2017 gets garlanded by another beauty: Peter Horsfall’s elegant dark debut album “Nighthawks” (APP Records), 38 minutes and 25 seconds of musical poetry, an album...

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Fiona Ross – “Black, White and a Little Bit of Grey” CD Peer Review by Ola Onabulé

Editors note: Next to our regular series of album reviews written by the Jazz In Europe review team, we have introduced the idea of “Peer Reviews”. To launch this we have...

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Yuri Honing’s CD Goldbrun: Harmonious Political Statement

The CD “Goldbrun” by Dutch Jazz saxophonist Yuri Honing is a political statement. He has made the album because he’s worried about the future of Europe. It is a great part...

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TJP | Peace and Love CD Review

Rating: When it comes to repertoire most albums I receive for review contain either original material, Standards or a mix of both. Every now and then you see a treatment of a...

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Uri Gurvich “Kinship” CD Review by Fiona Ross | CD Parties in Paris & Barcelona

Saxophonist and composer Uri Gurvich describes his third album ‘Kinship’ as an exploration of the different meanings behind the word kinship – celebrating the positives,...

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