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Nils Wülker: Zuversicht
by Neil Duggan
Zuversicht is album number 15 from German trumpeter Nils Wülker. The album title probably needs explanation, though that proves difficult as the word combines numerous ideas that lack a direct English equivalent, making a clean translation impossible. The concept is close to experiencing hope so strongly that we trust in the future, despite all doubts.
Django Festival Allstars: Evolution
by Pierre Giroux
There is a comforting certainty in knowing that some traditions, when treated with respect, do not fade over time but become more luminous. Evolution, by Django Festival Allstars, remains firmly rooted in its lineage. It is an album that looks forward while honouring its origins, reaffirming that Manouche jazz. When played with conviction and humility, it ...
Shai Maestro: The Guesthouse
by Neil Duggan
This is pianist Shai Maestro's second release since signing for Naive in 2025. The first, Solo: Miniatures & Tales (Naïve, 2025), was a personal exploration; in deliberate contrast, The Guesthouse is expansive, open and collaborative. Maestro describes the album as “my attempt to turn the creative chaos that lives in mind into one coherent artistic statement, ...
Tuva Halse: Reconnection
by John Eyles
Tuva Halse was born in Molde, Norway, in August, 1999. She studied at the Bekkevoll Junior High School and then at the Molde High School, simultaneously following the music programme of the Molde Kulturskole. She has composed music since childhood. She turned to jazz violin when her piano teacher from the age of 13 introduced her to jazz and encouraged ...
Sara Colman & Rebecca Nash: Ribbons Vol.1.
by Neil Duggan
With an understanding and friendship built over their long collaboration and diverse projects, British songwriting duo Sara Colman and Rebecca Nash present their first combined release, Ribbons Vol.1. The album features 10 original compositions written over a four-year period, each piece being refined at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire where they are visiting teachers.
Linda Dachtyl: Waves of Change
by C. Michael Bailey
Linda Dachtyl is a noted jazz organist who has been recording since the release of her debut recording, Blue Bop, on Tony Monaco's Chicken Coop Records in 2006. She has remained closely associated with Monaco and his label since. Dachtyl followed her debut with the well-received For Hep Cats (2008). In 2015, she released A Late ...
Darren Litzie: On My Own Time
by Don Ball
Pianist Darren Litzie's sophomore release as a leader, On My Own Time, eschews the horns of his first release and takes a simpler approach, with bassist Chris DeAngelis and drummer John Riley providing the solid rhythm backing. Litzie also wrote two-thirds of the tunes and shows an imaginative approach to composition, writing in different beat-centric genres ...
Ziv Taubenfeld / Helena Espvall / João Sousa: You, Full Of Sources And Night
by Mark Corroto
Allow me to quote the interstellar traveler Sun Ra: “They speak of cosmic rays of sound / Wavelength infinity / Always touching planets / In opposition outward bound." He may or may not have been speaking of Eric Dolphy's 1960 Prestige recording of the same name. What we do know is that Dolphy, an accomplished and ...
Biagio Marino: Pun
by Marco Iacoboni
Il chitarrista e compositore Biagio Marino presenta Pun, affiancato dalle eccellenze ritmiche di Danilo Gallo (basso) e Gioele Pagliaccia (batteria). Sebbene l'album attragga per le sue forti connotazioni post-rock e noise-rock (con riverberi di Sonic Youth e Smashing Pumpkins), si inserisce pienamente nel panorama della musica improvvisata contemporanea, offrendo una riflessione sul linguaggio e sulla struttura ...
Tomasz Stańko: Polish Radio Sessions 1970-91
by Kevin Poindexter
In post-World War II Poland, jazz served as an act of defiance against the state, a resistance to the cultural restraints imposed on society. With its improvised nature and swinging rhythms, it stood in direct opposition to the rigid structure of socialist society. Where jazz relies on individual improvisation as a form of expression, socialist society ...
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