Yilian Canizares

Yilian Canizares – Invocacion

There are so many influences in this album; Cuban, Jazz, Venezuelan, Swiss, it’s hard to note from each song what track goes into which category. Indeed, they don’t. It’s all too easy these days to want to brac...
Stephanie Trick Paolo Alderighi

Stephanie Trick and Paolo Alderighi return to the UK

After opening the EFG London Jazz Festival to sensational acclaim in 2016, they returned in 2017 to star in the Steinway two-pianos festival with UK audiences clamouring for more of the stylish variety, collect...
Sarah Elizabeth Charles

Sarah Elizabeth Charles – Inner Dialogue

It's not easy to pin down exactly the type of artist that Sarah Elizabeth Charles is. Her vocal work is so adaptable and diverse that she doesn’t necessarily slip seamlessly into the jazz category. Whilst her d...
Lauren

Halie Loren – Butterfly Blue

Halie Loren’s ‘Butterfly Blue’ is a lovely example of gentle vocal jazz that never fails to warm the soul. There’s a pretty, wandering melody that runs through the veins of the entire album, scatty riffs that f...
Carol

Carol Welsman – Alone Together

This well thought out, intricate jazz album from Carol Welsman, the Canadian born singer-songwriter, is another jewel in her (rather full) crown. Her 11th studio album brings the listener traditional, straight ...
Bourbon Street in the early morning. The renown nightlife destination is in the heart of the French Quarter.

The French Quarter: A Blend of Contradictions

To most visitors, the French Quarter is New Orleans: bawdy and elegant, vibrant and laid back, historic and eclectically modern all at the same time. Cramped streets, hidden gardens and quaint townhouses with t...
Paceo

Anne Paceo – Circles

Paceo’s album ‘Circles’ is a trance-like movement, a journey from her upbringing n the Ivory Coast through floating African melodies and then jazzy Parisian saxophones, textured trumpets and organic electronic ...
Mike del Ferro

Mike del Ferro – A Musician Well Travelled

A look at del Ferro’s worldly musical outlook, and how he has helped the development of jazz internationally, in some farflung locations. Mike del Ferro has performed in over 100 countries, which when you look...
Cornbury Festival

Cornbury Music Festival – Another great year

With its highly civilised, family-friendly vibe, with a tent selling home-made cake, and general level of cleanliness, Glastonbury or Reading it isn’t. (There was even a pop-up Waitrose, for goodness’ sake.) Bu...
Dan Siegel

Dan Siegel – Communicating with Music

There are many ways of looking at a life in music, or even just a hobby that involves music. For some it is a form of artistic expression, for others it a means of reaching out to others. Jazz pianist Dan Siege...
Shana Tucker

Shana Tucker – The emergence of an original talent

The singer-songwriter and renowned cello player Shana Tucker has been credited with creating her own sub-genre of music. Chambersoul draws on her love of jazz, classical, pop music, world music and movie soundt...
Omar Sosa

Omar Sosa – Real Live

This is a true embodiment of Sosa’s work, humble yet flawless in its approach and execution. He states in the cover of the CD: ‘there are concerts where you feel so good, you never want to forget. This one at M...