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Kevin Mackenzie: PRIME Play Standards

Read "PRIME Play Standards" reviewed by Mark McKergow

by Mark McKergow
July 17, 2026

Scottish guitarist Kevin Mackenzie steps forward with the second album from his collaborative organ trio PRIME. The music swings with a deft touch, with sharp arrangement adding fuel to a burning set of well-chosen standards. Mackenzie has been a fixture in Scotland's jazz scene for more than three decades. He has worked extensively in trio formats, notably with Tom Bancroft and Phil Bancroft in Trio AAB, whose Cold Fusion (Caber Music, 1998) won the BBC Radio 3 Album Award in ...

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Joanie Pallato & Bradley Parker Sparrow, Peter Johnstone, Fareed Haque

by Cheryl K.
July 19, 2025

During this week's two-hour program of Jazz and improvised music, we start off with pianist Sonny Clark (July 21, 1931--January 13, 1963). Then onto selections from new releases by the trio Transcendence, vocalist/composer Joanie Pallatto and pianist/composer Bradley Parker-Sparrow, reed player Dave Liebman, percussionist Adam Rudolph, and drummer Billy Hart, keyboardist Peter Johnstone, guitarist Fareed Hague, and the Wild Iris Brass Band. Playlist Sonny Clark “Black Velvet" from The Art of the Trio (Blue Note) 3:23 Transcendence “Afternoon" ...