Category: Jazz
Album review: SoSaLa “1983 – Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival and Rathausplatz Bern”
Having the belief that it is as important to look outside Scotland, as to look within, the following album caught…
Album review: Paul Harrison “Encontros – The music of Egberto Gismonti”
Album review: Paul Harrison “Encontros – The music of Egberto Gismonti” Review by Fiona Mactaggart Encontros “…has humour,…
Album review: Germana Stella La Sorsa and Tom Ollendorff – After Hours
This is one of the loveliest studio albums I’ve heard this month and is a great antidote for the incessant…
Review of Marianne McGregor’s latest beautiful album, in Jazz in Europe, for Women in Jazz Media.
https://jazzineurope.mfmmedia.nl/2025/07/cd-review-marianne-mcgregor-make-believe/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqSO2RdR9V8
Tom Lyne with Dave Milligan: Well Mixed Blue
Scotland has long been a home for greatly talented musician-composers, although sometimes this may not always have been widely remarked…
Gabriel Latchin Trio’s ‘The Man I Love.’ Released 9th May 2025, on Alys Jazz.
On the back of his four previous successful albums, has frequent Scotland visitor Gabriel Latchin created another winner? Released earlier…
The fabulous Rose Room’s latest, beautiful album, ‘It’s Been A Long. Long Time,’ reviewed in Jazz In Europe.
https://jazzineurope.mfmmedia.nl/2025/05/cd-review-rose-room-its-been-a-long-long-time/
This morning in UK Jazz News, a review of Simon Thacker and Justyna Jablonska’s dazzling new album.
https://ukjazznews.com/simon-thacker-and-justyna-jablonska-songs-of-the-roma/
As a strong advocate for refugees’ human rights, Keyna Wilkins is a musician of interest. Here is a review of her latest album: “The New York Sessions.”
Keyna Wilkins, the Australian/ British composer, flautist, pianist and educator brings energy and intellectual vigour to all she does. Based…
Scott Murphy – a dream of form. Self-released in April 2024. Album review.
Nowadays, as Scottish jazz renown sweeps across the UK, there are some Scots who, having moved out of the UK…