Jazz Reviews
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Keith Jarrett - Roma
6th Nov 2026
Recorded live at Rome's Santa Cecilia Hall on July 12th, Roma is the fifth and final instalment from Keith Jarrett’s 2016 European tour. This solo performance features ten improvised movements and a two-song encore, highlighting Jarrett’s masterful ability to captivate audiences single-handedly across a broad spectrum of musical styles.
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Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Ananta: Spirit Of Coltrane
30th Oct 2026
Ananta: Spirit of Coltrane is the latest Impulse! release from Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. The album acts as a tribute to John Coltrane, an evergreen influence for Atwood-Ferguson, and features an illustrious line-up of side-musicians.
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Miguel Atwood-Ferguson (violin, viola, recordingarranger, percussion), Joel Ross (vibraphone), Brandee Younger (harp), Javier Santiago (piano), Karl McComas-Reichl (bass), Justin Brown (drumkit), Andres Renteria (percussion), Immanuel Wilkins (altosaxophone), Flying Lotus (synthesizer, sounddesign), David Virelles (piano), Morgan Guerin (bassclarinet), Liza Wallace (harp), Ryoma Takenaga (bass), Marcus Gilmore (drumkit), Aja Monet, Peter Jacobson (cello), Shabaka, Shabaka Hutchings (altoflute, bassclarinet), Azar Lawrence (sopranosaxophone), Devin Daniels (altosaxophone), Elena Pinderhughes (flute), Jeff Parker (guitar)
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Samara Joy - Live at the Blue Note L.A.
23rd Oct 2026
Live at the Blue Note L.A. is Samara Joy's first live recording and it sees the twenty-six year-old joined by her touring septet to take on the California venue. The content of this EP is energetic and exciting with Joy and Co. on fine form in front of a lively and receptive audience.
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Keith Jarrett - At the Deer Head Inn
21st Oct 2026
In advance of Keith Jarrett's new album Roma being released next month, we take a look back at one of his previous live albums. At the Deer Head from 1992 features Jarrett alongside Gary Peacock and Paul Motion to perform a selection of standards at the Pennsylvania club.
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Fearless Five with Joe Lovano - Corners
16th Oct 2026
Corners sees four young Italian musicians join ECM regulars Enrico Rava and Joe Lovano in a record that covers almost as much ground as Rava's eclectic career. The talent of the musicians, both young and old, can be heard in every track speaks not only to past successes of European jazz, but also to the future.
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Village Vanguard - Landmark Albums
14th Oct 2026
An historic setting for jazz fans across the world, the Village Vanguard lives up to its name. Located in the Greenwich Village neighbourhood of New York, this club has stood at the forefront of development in jazz for nearly 70 years and this article takes a look at an album recorded in each of the 8 decades since jazz found a home in the Village Vanguard.
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Jan Prax - Traces of Light
9th Oct 2026
Jan Prax is one of Europe’s most spoken about young saxophonists. Traces of Light is the the latest outing for his quartet and it takes you on a journey that is both varied and exciting, while showcasing exactly why Prax comes so highly recommended.
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Dave Holland - Freedom Call
2nd Oct 2026
Released for Dave Holland’s eightieth birthday, Freedom Call gathers eighteen previously unheard live performances by his Sextet, Quintet and Prism. Across three double albums, intricate ensemble writing, rhythmic elasticity and muscular jazz-rock reveal contrasting sides of Holland’s artistry. Presto’s exclusive vinyl edition includes a signed postcard, poster and obi strip.
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John Coltrane - Blue Train
29th Sep 2026
Marking John Coltrane’s centenary, this review revisits Blue Train, the 1957 hard-bop landmark recorded as he emerged from personal crisis and found renewed artistic focus. Joined by Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller and a formidable rhythm section, Coltrane pushes familiar blues and bebop structures towards the harmonic breakthroughs soon to follow.
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Espen Eriksen Trio - Almost There
25th Sep 2026
On Almost There, Espen Eriksen and his longstanding trio offer warm, beautifully shaped pieces built around melodies that linger. Bassist Lars Tormod Jenset and drummer Andreas Bye bring detail, space and quiet momentum to the music. It’s relaxed but never slight, and all the more rewarding for its restraint.
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Bobby Hutcherson - Dialogue
23rd Sep 2026
Bobby Hutcherson’s first released album as leader places the young vibraphonist alongside Freddie Hubbard, Sam Rivers, Andrew Hill, Richard Davis and Joe Chambers. Moving between hard bop and the avant-garde, Dialogue combines angular rhythms, shadowed blues and collective improvisation in a remarkably assured statement from Blue Note’s exploratory mid-1960s period.
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Branford Marsalis Quartet - Dedicated to You
18th Sep 2026
Branford Marsalis and Dianne Reeves revisit the standards from John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman without attempting to recreate it. Reeves brings rhythmic freedom and poise, while Marsalis’s quartet balances spacious vocal arrangements with tougher instrumental pieces. Polished but never merely reverential, Dedicated to You honours Coltrane by allowing his music to support a distinct new partnership.
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Andy Sheppard - Salt Catchers
11th Sep 2026
Andy Sheppard joins pianist Rita Marcotulli and bassist Michel Benita for the spacious, drummerless Salt Catchers. Sheppard’s lyrical saxophone melodies unfold through chamber-like interplay with Marcotulli’s adventurous harmonies and Benita’s supple pulse, ensuring this reflective ECM recording gradually reveals fresh detail with each attentive hearing.
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Anita O'Day - Anita Sings the Most
10th Sep 2026
Anita O’Day’s 1957 meeting with Oscar Peterson produced one of her finest albums: a fast-moving set displaying her extraordinary rhythmic control, quicksilver phrasing and improvisational daring. We revisit this classic album, alongside her celebrated Newport appearance, which confirmed O’Day as one of jazz’s most distinctive singers.
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Stars Aligned - Frode Kjekstad Quartet
4th Sep 2026
Norwegian guitarist Frode Kjekstad reunites with tenor saxophonist Eric Alexander for a lively set rooted in blues, hard bop and the classic Hammond-organ tradition. With Roy Powell and Frederik Villmow completing the quartet, Stars Aligned combines muscular soloing, close interplay and an unpretentious approach with the pleasure of swinging hard.
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Tuva Bergenheim - Skärgårdsjazz
28th Aug 2026
Swedish drummer and composer Tuva Bergenheim’s debut, Skärgårdsjazz, draws on summers spent in the Stockholm archipelago. Blending contemporary jazz with pop, visa and Nordic folk, its songs balance warmth with melancholy. Emmalisa Hallander’s vocals and Per ‘Texas’ Johansson’s reeds help shape an assured, concise album rooted in place and memory.
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Lennie Tristano - Lennie Tristano & The New Tristano
26th Aug 2026
Lennie Tristano remains one of jazz’s most fascinating modernists. This Classic Recording feature pairs his two landmark Atlantic albums: the fiercely chromatic, technologically adventurous Lennie Tristano and the subtler solo-piano set The New Tristano. Together, they reveal an uncompromising improviser whose influence extends far beyond his relatively small recorded legacy.
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Windflower - Ayumi Tanaka
21st Aug 2026
Another ECM delight, with Ayumi Tanaka, Thomas Morgan and Thomas Strønen recorded together for the first time in a reflective and poignant trio project.
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Ayumi Tanaka, Thomas Morgan, Thomas Strønen
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Sonny Rollins - Way Out West
19th Aug 2026
Sonny Rollins strips away the piano to cultivate a hard-bop piece of brilliance. Backed by West Coast legends Ray Brown and Shelly Manne, his playfulness and thematic brilliance shine through on every track.
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Jon Batiste and Thelonious Monk
14th Aug 2026
The Grammy-winning pianist tackles the next composer in his transformational musical series: Thelonious Monk.
