It has been a long time since so much attention has been paid in the Netherlands to the release of a jazz album as there has been for “Rollins in Holland”. The double...
The moment pianist Leo Blanco and violinist Alexis Cardenas began making music together, they knew they created a special energy. There was just one barrier to these two...
It’s that time of year again where we all start to wind down, relax and look forward to some time out over the holiday period. This year, however, is like no other and we have...
One of jazz’s most powerful tenor saxophonists, George Coleman, is heard at his freewheeling, unfettered best on The George Coleman Quintet in Baltimore, a hitherto unheard live...
Scottish pianist Fergus McCreadie has scored an early hit with his trio’s second album more than a month before it is officially released. A video featuring the album’s title...
I first saw the wonderful pianist Ignasi Terraza performing with magnificent trumpeter Andrea Motis at the Duc des Lombards in Paris a couple of years ago and I have been...
WDR Big Band bassist John Goldsby will release a series of trio recordings featuring his rhythm section colleagues’ from the WDR Big Band, Billy Test and Hans Dekker. The...
The great bassist and composer Charles Mingus had his diehard supporters and detractors. His explosive intermingling of devil may care attitude, imposing character and aggressive...
“Fig free” is the sixth album by the Polish guitarist Przemyslaw Straczek who has already notched up a remarkable touring history crossing the continents of Europe, Asia and...
After their successful release titled “Jackson-Trip”, Rüdiger Baldauf and his band mates entered the studio for the next round, namely their unique take on The...