Guardian Music — (FogHorn)The Leeds pianist/composer Matthew Bourne might investigate anything from elliptical avant-funk to improvisation on a stageful of wrecked upright pianos, but his trio with bassist Dave Kane and drummer Steven Davis always show their affecti... more info

Totally Fuzzy — jazzlover said... A new cycle - :::Jazz Europe Express::: - just started! Jazz from Portugal. Carlos Bica & Azul - Look What They've Done To My Song (2003) http://jazzarchives.blogspot.com Pinhead said... Red Red Wine On A Sunday #65 Live - Skyway (... more info

All About Jazz — ECM catalog by c ^2a^2 e'|a1/2OE A labor of love for all concerned, especially editor Kenny Inaoka and contributor Nobu Stowe, this lavishly illustrated catalog traces all of the albums released by the ECM label both in Europe and Japan and also pr... more info

All About Jazz — After making a name for himself with some excellent albums featuring his electric guitar playing (notably 2009's Things to Come) Rez Abassi decided to move into a different direction forming an all acoustic quartet that was featured at the Newport Ja... more info

Guardian Music — Appreciation of the saxophonist's work came just a few years after his untimely death in 1970They called him "Bicycle Horn" for his wild, atonal sound back in his hometown of Cleveland in the 1950s. In an era in which a good deal of jazz was getting ... more info

Guardian Music — (Babel)London pianist Richard Fairhurst released his first album on Babel at 19. By the standards of that label, he is untypically close to the core traditions of jazz. But on his first new album in four years, Fairhurst reappraises the classic piano... more info

Guardian Music — (ECM)Tel Aviv pianist Anat Fort made her debut for ECM six years ago, with no less a drummer than Paul Motian in the band. In fact, it was Motian's enthusiasm for her graceful folksiness (via Keith Jarrett and Israeli traditional songs) with free-ja... more info

All About Jazz — Bologna has been loving jazz since 1958. All the greatest musicians played at its Jazz Festival, the most ancient one in Italy: m: Chet Baker, m: Duke Ellington, m: Ella Fitzgerald, m: Sarah Vaughan, m: Keith Jarrett, m: Miles Davis... more info

Guardian Music — (Sony)As with last year's Kind of Blue 50th-birthday extravaganza, this 40th-year equivalent for Bitches Brew is more of a luxury gift than an essential. The electric sound and thundering Latin-rock grooves might have broken with the cool-jazz trad... more info

Guardian Music — (Concord Jazz)Paris-raised pianist Jacky Terrasson has made a few flashy albums since he won the Thelonious Monk Piano Competition in his adopted New York in 1993. But this set feels warmer, more musical and more mindful of its materials than previo... more info