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Chris Allard

North York Skies

By Ben Crosland Quintet

Label: Jazz Cat Records / Music Connection / ECN Music
Released: 2026
Track listing: The Optimist; North York Skies; Howardian Undulations; Ballad Of Lilla Howe; The Blakey Lions; George And Monty; Breathing Space; Fat Betty; Purple is The Colour; Vigilamus; The View From Room 12; Ain Howe Farewell.

Ben Crosland Quintet: North York Skies

by Neil Duggan
August 7, 2026

Bassist Ben Crosland's compositions are invariably rooted in strong melodies, but they are equally shaped by a sense of place. North York Skies is a heartfelt tribute to the North York Moors, celebrating the beauty, history, folklore and mythology of the upland national park in the English county of North Yorkshire. As Crosland explains, “The twelve compositions are ...

Woven In Time

By Dreamweavers

Label: Perdido
Released: 2025
Track listing: 11th Planet; Aziza Etude; Woven In Time; Driving Home; Dancing In the Flame; Frozen Light; Migration; Bossa para Rosa; De La Luz; Skyline Drive.

Dreamweavers: Woven In Time

by Neil Duggan
March 26, 2025

The group Dreamweavers is the vision of two guitarists, one who acts as the lead player and the other who predominantly acts as producer, also adding lap steel guitar and mandocello (the baritone member of the mandolin family) to the musical mix. Woven In Time is their first release and the result of their ongoing collaboration. ...

Tortugas

By Chris Allard

Label: Perdido Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Fellini's Waltz; Use Your Imagination; Waltz for Libby; Jive Coffee; Critter; Willow Weep for Me; Tortugas; See the Pyramid; Luiza; Grand Lament.

Two Masterful Duos (Night and Day)

by Geno Thackara
July 20, 2022

Sachal Vasandani and Romain Collin Still Life Edition Records 2022 While the first year of COVID-19 turned the world upside down, Sachal Vasandani and Romain Collin turned sudden isolation into figurative gold. The simple duo album Midnight Shelter (Edition, 2021) was a rich sleeper that proved to continue getting better with ...

Trudy Kerr and Geoff Gascoyne: The Rhythm of Life; Ted And Gladys

by Bruce Lindsay
August 25, 2013

Great male and female jazz vocal duos are rare as hen's teeth. Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gormé? Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan? Now there's a pair of new kids on the block--Ted and Gladys. Or is there? Check the sleeve of The Rhythm Of Life: Ted & Gladys and all is not quite as it seems. ...