Limited edition 12″, 180-gram LP with HIGH-RES download code now available for pre-order (ships July 13): here TWIO by Walter Smith III Twio from tenor saxophonist and composer Walter Smith III features longstanding musical partners Harish Raghavan on double bass and Eric Harland on drums, with guests Joshua Redman
Henry Spencer and Juncture performing at EFG London Jazz Festival in 2017 (left) playing music from the album, The Reasons Don’t Change. Henry will be appearing at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London on June 6th and 7th 2018. More details and tickets: here Trumpet player and composer Henry is
Doubtless CD, Download here and pre-order LP 180 Gram Limited Edition here “Under it’s guise of artless, improvised freedom, this is highly sophisticated music, requiring an impressive level of virtuosity from all concerned.” Jazz Views Doubtless by Jure Pukl As New York-based saxophonist and composer Jure Pukl enthuses, Doubtless is pretty much a family project/album
Some nine years since saxophonist Julian Siegel began collectively bouncing ideas off pianist Liam Noble, double bassist Oli Hayhurst and drummer Gene Calderazzo, the Julian Siegel Quartet release another absorbing and intrinsically crackling set of mostly original compositions in Vista. Julian Siegel – tenor and soprano saxophone, bass clarinet Liam Noble
Andre Canniere’s The Darkening Blue will make their first appearance in the southwestern areas of England next week. On 14 May they appear at St Lawrence Chapel as part of Ashburton Live in Ashburton and on 15 May they’ll be at St Ives Jazz Club. Andre Canniere – trumpet Rick
Here’s a reminder of saxophonist & composer John O’Gallagher‘s Live in Brooklyn (2016) recorded as part of Seeds Brooklyn’s intimate, weekly concert series – a popular venue for many leading contemporary artists with Johannes Weidenmueller (bass) and Mark Ferber (drums). Earlier this year, John was appointed senior lecturer for the jazz faculty