by Kev Rowland | Oct 5, 2025 | Reviews
I admit it has been years since I last played ‘Balls to Picasso’, probably not since just after it was originally released in 1993, and this reissue with additional elements and some re-recorded sections has really expanded on the original. I have been a fan of...
by Kev Rowland | Oct 5, 2025 | Reviews
Before I start on the music I must comment on the presentation of this double disc set as it is delightful. The digipak opens out with a CD on each side and then in the middle is an extensive booklet containing poems and drawings, along with sleeve notes from...
by Kev Rowland | Oct 5, 2025 | Reviews
There are certainly times when I feel totally unqualified when it comes to writing a review, and this is one of those as there is just too much music in the world, too little time to investigate it all, so consequently none of us can say we have heard all there is to...
by Kev Rowland | Oct 5, 2025 | Reviews
I am not going to provide any background to these two classic bluesmen, as if you don’t know who they are then your musical education has been sadly lacking. It is their first collaboration together since their 2017 Grammy Award winning ‘TajMo’ and expect this to also...
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...
