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News: Recording

Scottish Bassist And Composer Euan Burton Releases "Too Much Love" The Deluxe Edition With Two Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks

June 13, 2015

Whirlwind Recordings announces the release of the Too Much Love – Deluxe Edition album from Euan Burton & Occurrences. Too Much Love was released in November of 2014 to critical acclaim and the new Deluxe Edition contains an additional two bonus tracks that were previously unreleased. It’s available as a digital album only on the Whirlwind ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Tommy Smith

April 27, 2015

All About Jazz is celebrating Tommy Smith's birthday today! Award-winning Scottish saxophonist-composer-educator Tommy Smith is a creative force in improvised music performing in settings from solo to symphonic concerts and is one of Europe’s leading musicians. He has recorded 24 solo albums as a leader for Blue Note, Linn and his own label Spartacus Records and ...

Article: Rediscovery

Masqualero: Masqualero

by John Kelman
January 8, 2015

MasqualeroMasqualeroOdin1983 Despite plenty of evidence to the contrary, there are still those who think that Norwegian musicians can't play “real jazz" (whatever that is), and that what they do play is something consistently (and erroneously) categorized as “Nordic Cool." Submitted for your approval is today's Rediscovery: the self-titled debut from Masqualero, ...

Album

Mira

By Arild Andersen

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2014
Track listing: Bygone; Blussy; Alfie; Rossetti; Reparate; Raijin; Le Saleya; Kangiten; Mira; Eight and More; Stevtone.

Album

Mira

By Tommy Smith

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2014

Album

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: American Adventure

By Tommy Smith

Label: Spartacus Records
Released: 2014

Album

Whispering of the Stars

By Tommy Smith

Label: Spartacus Records
Released: 2014

Article: Live Review

Enjoy Jazz Festival 2014

by Adriana Carcu
November 28, 2014

Enjoy Jazz Festival Heidelberg, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Germany October 2 -November 15, 2014 Here are the festival numbers: 80 shows in almost seven weeks on 25 stages, performed by 250 musicians from 35 countries. Beyond the numbers there are many names: quite a few well known, a fair amount of established artists ...

Article: Extended Analysis

Mike Pope: Cold Truth Warm Heart

by John Kelman
July 22, 2014

Cold Truth Warm Heart isn't Mike Pope's first album as a leader (it's his third), but in the 12 years since The Lay of the Land (Whaling City Sound, 2002), the bassist has, in addition to some serious life-changers, forged a relationship with two musicians of unequivocal significance. First appearing on Joe Locke's State of Soul ...

Article: Album Review

Tommy Smith/Brian Kellock: Whispering of the Stars

Read "Whispering of the Stars" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
June 30, 2014

Tommy Smith is known best for his directorship of the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra. The group has emerged as one of the finest of big bands with offerings like the classic In the Spirit of Duke (Spartacus records, 2013), a tribute to Duke Ellington, Rhapsody In Blue (Spartacus Records, 2006), an extended and stunning remake of ...