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John Donaldson: We Were Together, I Forget the Rest
by Neil Duggan
Pianist John Donaldson reunites an exceptional cast of long-time collaborators for We Were Together, I Forget the Rest, a deeply personal album written in memory of his late wife, Agatha Coffey. The musicians featured on the recording represent relationships forged across Donaldson's five-decade career. Vocalists Norma Winstone and Rebecka Edlund are joined by drummer Jeff Ballard, saxophonist Iain Ballamy, guitarist Rob Luft, trumpeter Graeme Flowers and bassist Tom Mason. Many of these professional partnerships have evolved into enduring friendships ...
Continue ReadingJanette Mason: ReWired
by Neil Duggan
Rewired is an acoustic trio album from the highly versatile pianist Janette Mason. She has proved to be a standout performer across jazz, pop and rock genres, having worked with Oasis, Robert Wyatt, Seal and Pulp. She is accompanied by her equally adaptable long-time collaborators: bassist Tom Mason (Lizz Wright, Jamie Cullum) and drummer Eric Ford (Partikel, Ronnie Laws). Together they cover songs from the 1940s to the present day. Mason arranged and co-produced the songs, which all ...
Continue ReadingEdrix Puzzle: Coming Of The Moon Dogs
by Chris May
There are precious few records out there that one feels confident in recommending to connoisseurs of cosmic jazz-rockers The Comet Is Coming, but Coming Of The Moon Dogs is one of them. The disc is the first full-length album from Edrix Puzzle, another British band who are stretching the definition of jazz while being audibly across its history. Edrix Puzzle is a quintet comprising drummer and drum programmer Nathan Curran, bass clarinetist and saxophonist Martin Slattery, acoustic ...
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