Bruce Lindsay, Author at Jazz Journal

Kenny Washington: What’s The Hurry

Bruce Lindsay — Sun, 01 Nov 2020 20:00:59 +0000

What’s The Hurry is an apt title for vocalist Kenny Washington’s album, for although he’s been singing professionally for many years (including a stint in the US Navy in the 1980s and 90s) this is his debut as leader. It’s also a useful description of the relaxed, laid-back, approach to singing that’s a strong feature […]

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Roberto Laneri: Musica Finta/Blues Prints

Bruce Lindsay — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 19:56:59 +0000

The subtitle to this album from saxophonist Roberto Laneri, pianist Maria Jolanda Masciovecchio and spoken word performer Alana Ferry is “a study in metamusicology”. There’s a description of the music too – “variations with themes by Schumann, Joplin, Schubert and Jelly Roll Morton” (lest there be any confusion, that’s Scott Joplin, not Janis, and Robert […]

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Thelonious Monk Quartet: Monk’s Dream

Bruce Lindsay — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:55:20 +0000

This reissue of Monk’s first album for the Columbia label – recorded in 1962 and released the following year – comes as a 180gm LP plus an accompanying CD which features the album plus half a dozen extra tracks, all of which are earlier versions of the Monk’s Dream tunes. This review is based solely […]

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Joe Downard: Seven Japanese Tales

Bruce Lindsay — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:14:48 +0000

Seven original compositions from bassist and synthesizer player Joe Downard form the track list for his debut album, Seven Japanese Tales. Each tune is apparently inspired by the short stories from Japanese writer Junichiro Tanizaki’s 1963 collection of the same name, although Downard also cites other inspirational artists including Radiohead and Ambrose Akinmusire. The seven […]

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Tubby Hayes – The Life Behind The Tenor

Bruce Lindsay — Mon, 14 Sep 2020 14:32:11 +0000

Mark Baxter, the writer and producer of the Tubby Hayes documentary, A Man In A Hurry, is the driving force behind Tubby Hayes – The Life Behind The Tenor, a limited-edition book that brings together images of Hayes memorabilia ranging from photos of toddler Edward Brian “Tubby” Hayes with his parents to a picture of […]

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John Finley: Soul Singer

Bruce Lindsay — Wed, 09 Sep 2020 16:09:30 +0000

Fifty years between starting a career in the music business and releasing your first solo album sounds like the epitome of forward planning, but it isn’t as if Toronto-based singer and songwriter John Finley has been twiddling his thumbs in the intervening years. In his youth, his band Jon & Lee & the Checkmates opened […]

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Slow Is The New Fast: Slower

Bruce Lindsay — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 10:00:14 +0000

After a debut album called Slow, Norwegian ensemble Slow Is The New Fast returns with two new members and a second album called Slower. The band is now a sextet following the addition of violinist Håkon Aase and flute player Henriette Hvidsten Eilertsen, two musicians who bring a distinctively folk feel to the front line. […]

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Erroll Garner: The Classic Trio Recordings 1949

Bruce Lindsay — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 14:52:42 +0000

This double-CD package brings together 50 tracks which Erroll Garner recorded at six sessions in Los Angeles during 1949 (although the album notes suggest that the 29 July session may have occurred in New York). The tracks are presented in session date order, from the 2 February session that produced the first three tunes to […]

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Linley Hamilton Quintet: For The Record

Bruce Lindsay — Sat, 08 Aug 2020 16:46:41 +0000

Linley Hamilton has been a key member of the Irish jazz scene for many years. He’s described as “the most prominent trumpeter in Ireland” on the press sheet for this album, but he’s more than that – he’s a bandleader, a sideman to leading performers including Van Morrison and Eleanor McEvoy, a composer, a BBC […]

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George Colligan Trio: Live In Arklow

Bruce Lindsay — Sun, 19 Jul 2020 11:52:16 +0000

The George Colligan Trio came into being at the Bray Jazz Festival in 2018 and recorded this album at the following year’s festival, in Arklow’s Methodist church. According to Colligan, the album resulted from “a magical night in a magical venue with a magical piano and a magical trio and a magical audience. … Luckily […]

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