by Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here “Johnson plays the kind of tenor I love to hear. Not too many notes, not too few, but each one reflecting the mood of the piece whilst, at the same time, reflecting the mood of Congo Square as it was then and is now.” Read the complete review here.
by Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here “The album’s full title – The Complete, Legendary, Live Return Concert at The Town Hall NYC November 4, 1973 – marks the release of all the material recorded at the New York Town Hall concert almost fifty years ago. In the pre-digital age it wasn’t viable to market a … Read More
By Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here A debut solo piano album recorded live at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem by an interesting pianist who appears to have developed his own take on jazz piano. Read more here.
by Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here “A debut solo piano album recorded live at the National Jazz Museum in Harlem by an interesting pianist who appears to have developed his own take on jazz piano.” Read the full review here.
By Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here “It shows its roots in the cover versions but there’s energy in those tracks and the originals keep those levels up.” Read the full review here.
By Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here Another fine recording from ‘over there‘ by a group of musicians who maybe aren’t household names ‘over here‘ but certainly should be on the strength of this album alone. Read more here.
By Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here Another fine vocalist capable of putting her stamp on a good tune and maybe improving a not so good one. Read more here.
by Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here “A belter! Those were words that sprung to mind when Willie Jones III kicked off the opening track (Oak Cliff) followed by a ‘no prisoners taken’ solo by Loftis, with Chin and Wheeler digging in. This was comparable with anything from the Blue Note label back in the day.” … Read More
By Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here A nicely balanced programme by a band that doesn’t kick the door down when it knows that a cool swinging approach does away with brute force and gets a better, more tasteful, result. Read more here.
By Lance Liddle, Bebop Spoken Here This album is a collection of spoken word and jazz on the theme of transformation, metamorphoses, big changes of all kinds, including the creation of life itself, the changes in the life of a transgender person, normal life after being in prison, changes for people of colour, the climate … Read More
