A fine new guitarist to look out for this week is Karim Saber who plays music from his debut Transmission at the Vortex on Wednesday.
REVIEW: Tristan Banks
Marlbank writes, “It's one of the best UK jazz releases of 2023 a couple of months in.” FOUR ★★★★
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REVIEW: Mark Lewandowski
Marlbank gives the bassist a big FOUR stars!
REVIEW: Matt Carter
marlbank gives a thumbs-up to the Octet.
PREVIEW: Almanaque
Marlbank’s Stephen Graham writes, “Look for Nada Para O Carnaval on the Ubuntu label in August.”
REVIEW: The W
Marlbank gives the the outstanding album a deserved Four (4) Stars!
PREVIEW: Fraser Smith
A while to release certainly but with Rob Barron the secret weapon on piano, tenorist Fraser Smith's Tip Top is a toe tapping prospect going on the teased out hors d'oeuvre unveiled this week from the saxophonist's quartet. Smith you may recall is on Joe Webb's rousing Summer Chill. Issuing label Ubuntu in their latest panegyric see Smith as a Hank Mobley, Dexter Gordon, Illinois Jacquet and Wardell Gray influencee. Birmingham-born player Smith is an alumnus of Cardiff's Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and London's Trinity Laban.
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REVIEW: PAUL BOOTH, FORTY FOUR, UBUNTU ****
“First time I heard Paul Booth was hearing him with the Steve Winwood band at the Cork jazz festival. He stood out a mile among that stellar band. A few years later in Sligo he was playing in casual circumstances at a jam session and blew everyone away…”
PREVIEW: Harry Christelis and Pedro Velasco
Marlbank is a big fan!
PREVIEW: Brandon Allen/The Stanley Turrentine Project
Marlbank gives a sneak peek at the dynamic upcoming album.
