Kev Rowland

Eric Person: Rhythm Edge [Remastered] (2007)

by Kev Rowland | Jan 31, 2025 | Reviews

What we have here is a remastered version of an album which was released in 2007, but I didn’t hear it at the time and I am very pleased indeed to have it now as this is a delight for anyone interested in hugely complex and complicated jazz with wonderful arrangements...

Doug Ferony: Alright Okay You Win (2024)

by Kev Rowland | Jan 31, 2025 | Reviews

Ferony might be a name new to many of you, but you may recognise his face as he has been in quite a few movies, normally uncredited, such as ‘Back To School’, ‘GoodFellas’, ‘Spiderman II’, and The Irishman’. Since moving to Los Angeles in 1985, he went to acting...

Yuka Mito: How Deep Is the Ocean (2024)

by Kev Rowland | Jan 31, 2025 | Reviews

Yuka Mito is a Japanese jazz singer, and here she has been joined by a Japanese trio to work their way through seven classic numbers with a total playing time of 30 minutes. There is no doubt the band can play, with Hiroki Morioka having a wonderful touch on piano,...

Kevin Kastning / Carl Clements / Soheil Peyghambari: Triple Helix (2025)

by Kev Rowland | Jan 31, 2025 | Reviews

The latest album from Kevin Kastning (36-string Double Contraguitar, 28-string Double Contraguitar, 18-string Contraguitar, 17-string Subcontraguitar) finds him again working with Carl Clements (Tenor, Alto, and Soprano saxophones), but for the first time he has also...

Kevin Kastning & Carl Clements: Partitas, Book 1 (2024)

by Kev Rowland | Jan 31, 2025 | Reviews

Kevin Kastning (30-string Contra-Alto guitar, 28-string Double Contraguitar, 24-string Double Subcontraguitar, 18-string Contraguitar, 17-string Subcontraguitar) has returned for his seventh album with Carl Clements (Tenor, Alto, and Soprano saxophones), following on...