by Kev Rowland | Oct 5, 2025 | Reviews
Small Blue is a piano trio in the modern jazz tradition comprising David Beebee (piano), Marianne Windham (bass) and Martin Pyne (drums), but while one would imagine the bandleader and composer would be Beebee it is actually Pyne, who normally is more well-known as an...
by Kev Rowland | Sep 30, 2025 | Reviews
Following up on the success of his debut release, ‘Latin Jazz Sessions’, composer Ron Rieder presents eight of his new pieces arranged for a jazz octet by percussionist-producer Ricardo Monzon. The music ranges from sambas, mambos and a tango to Afro-Cuban jazz...
by Kev Rowland | Sep 30, 2025 | Reviews
Here we have the latest album by jazz collective Madre Vaca which is the third I have reviewed of theirs. The last was 2023’s ‘Knights of the Round Table’, which was written solely by drummer Benjamin Shorstein and there was a total of ten musicians involved as well...
by Kev Rowland | Sep 29, 2025 | Reviews
Crest Of Darkness was formed in 1993 by bassist/singer Ingar Amlien (Conception), and it was his desire to produce music combined with his devotion to the LaVey’s Church Of Satan ideology and his interest in vampirism which formed the foundation. The line-up has been...
by Kev Rowland | Sep 29, 2025 | Reviews
While I am fully aware of Canadian outfit Spaced Out, I believe this is the first time I have reviewed an album by bassist Antoine Fafard, who has had a long-established solo career. The idea for this album stemmed all the way back to 2016 as after the release of...
