
Jack Wood and Nichaud Fitzgibbon: Movie Magic. Great Songs from the Movies (2024)
When California-based singer Jack Wood discovered Australian jazz singer Nichaud Fitzgibbon he decided to show her talents to his own audience, and she sang on two songs on his last album. This time around we find them releasing an album together, but all is not quite...

Gino Amato: Latin Crossroads (2024)
Gino Amato’s is a classically trained pianist who has worked with the Puerto Rican salsa band La Sonora Ponceña and pianist Papo Lucca, studied with Don Sebesky and Jim McNeely, formed the Steely Dan tribute group Royal Scam, and has written for big bands and Latin...
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Eric Person: Rhythm Edge [Remastered] (2007)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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...

Anne Burnell and Mark Burnell: This Could Be The Start Of Something Big (2024)
On this album Anne Burnell (vocals) and Mark Burnell (piano, keyboards, vocals) have been joined by Joshua Ramos (bass), Jim Widlowski (drums & percussion), Pat Mallinger (sax), and Fareed Haque (guitar) and the result is simply one of the most enjoyable golden...

Alkonost: Дар саламандры (2024)
Russian folk metal band Alkonost have been around since the Nineties, and they recently returned with their 15th (I think) studio album. These days they are based around the duo of Andrey Losev (guitars, keyboards) and Ksenia Pobuzhanskaya (vocals) along with multiple...

Anialator: Death Is Calling (2024)
Not to be confused with the iconic Canadian outfit led by Jeff Waters, this differently spelled Anialator has had a somewhat chequered past in that it was formed originally in the Eighties, then went dormant for a considerable period before resurfacing with a...