Barry Witherden, Author at Jazz Journal The genuine article since 1948 Tue, 13 May 2025 16:01:19 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-Swann-CS-logo-for-site-icon-Customing-Site-Identity.jpg Barry Witherden, Author at Jazz Journal 32 32 Marvin Muoneké Quartet, Taunton https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2025/05/13/marvin-muoneke-quartet-taunton-2/ Tue, 13 May 2025 16:01:18 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=132535 Trumpeter and singer Muoneké has become a favourite at this venue in Taunton’s Paul Street: as ever he charmed the audience (most of whom, including me, had seen him before) and impressed everyone with the wit and inventiveness of his playing and singing. Since I first saw him in 2023 his reputation in the South […]

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]]> Reviewed: Miķelis Dzenuška + Victory Boulevard | Karl Latham https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2025/04/29/reviewed-mikelis-dzenuska-victory-boulevard-karl-latham/ Tue, 29 Apr 2025 14:23:56 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=131647 Miķelis Dzenuška + Victory Boulevard: The Fish Suite 02024 (Jersika Records JRA023-00-1100 – LP) My knowledge of the Latvian jazz scene is lamentably sparse but it was, arguably, broadened by the information sheet inside the sturdy cover of this LP which relates to a different album by a different band. For more info about the […]

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]]> Reviewed: Natsuki Tamura, Satoko Fujii & Ramón López | Kira Kira | The Jazzmen https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2025/02/15/reviewed-natsuki-tamura-satoko-fujii-ramon-lopez-kira-kira-the-jazzmen/ Sat, 15 Feb 2025 12:01:43 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=130226 In a previous column I reviewed a couple of albums by Satoko Fujii, commented on the astonishing statistics of her output (over 100 albums as leader in 29 years, plus her work as a member of various co-operative groups) and speculated that more would be released before my review appeared. Here are two of them! […]

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]]> Reviewed: Natsuki Tamura & Satoko Fujii | Satoko Fujii Quartet https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2025/01/10/reviewed-natsuki-tamura-satoko-fujii-satoko-fujii-quartet/ Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:26:44 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=128861 Satoko Fujii – pianist, composer, leader of several bands and winner of several awards around the world, dubbed “The Ellington of Free Jazz” by Cadence magazine – has released well over a 100 albums as a leader since her recording debut in 1996, ranging from solo to big-band sessions. There will probably have been several […]

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]]> Reviewed: Erroll Garner | Ilario Ferrari | Satori | Chube, live in Taunton https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/10/05/reviewed-erroll-garner-ilario-ferrari-satori-chube-live-in-taunton/ Sat, 05 Oct 2024 08:42:49 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=122618 Erroll Garner: Concert By The Sea (Waxtime 772361 LP) My baptism into live jazz began with concerts by three legendary pianists at what was then called the New Victoria Cinema/Theatre. I saw Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner and Dave Brubeck, all within a few weeks. Not a bad start. Brubeck’s quartet was disappointingly off-form, Peterson was, […]

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]]> Nicola Farnon Trio at CICCIC, Taunton https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/09/23/nicola-farnon-trio-at-ciccic-taunton/ Mon, 23 Sep 2024 11:02:24 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=121485 Singer and bassist Farnon led Dave Newton (p) and Phil Johnson (d) in a set including GAS classics and Stevie Wonder’s For Once In My Life

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]]> Matthew Bourne: Harpsichords https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/09/15/matthew-bourne-harpsichords/ Sun, 15 Sep 2024 09:00:00 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=120572 Yorkshire experimentalist Bourne and colleagues improvise on distressed harpsichords, both unadorned and with electronic processing

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]]> Espial: The Act Of Noticing https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/09/06/espial-the-act-of-noticing/ Fri, 06 Sep 2024 09:18:04 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=119868 Saxophone, piano, vibes and percussion play mellifluous, impressionistic, mostly improvised music in Seaford, East Sussex

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]]> Ron Caines, Martin Archer, AXIS: Practical Dreamers https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/08/28/ron-caines-martin-archer-axis-practical-dreamers/ Wed, 28 Aug 2024 16:55:43 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=119468 No tubas or banjos, but an electro-acoustic framework and real-time laptop improvisations, all topped off with saxophone

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]]> Lakecia Benjamin: Phoenix Reimagined (Live) https://jazzjournal.co.uk/2024/08/20/lakecia-benjamin-phoenix-reimagined-live/ Tue, 20 Aug 2024 09:01:00 +0000 https://jazzjournal.co.uk/?p=118993 Energised US altoist convincingly recycles tonal Trane and more with guests including John Scofield, Randy Brecker and Jeff “Tain” Watts

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