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Reviewed: Eddie Parker: Airborn | Martin Iaies: People, Places. Music For Large Ensemble | Frode Kjekstad: Stars Aligned jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/23… via @jazzjournal
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Reviewed: Dollar Brand, Don Cherry, Carlos Ward: The Third World-Underground | James Chadwick: Walrws jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/22… via @jazzjournal
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Reviewed: Ben Crosland Quintet: North York Skies | Jason Robinson: Blue Salience: For Yusef Lateef | Francesca Han: Sisyphus jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/21… via @jazzjournal
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Reviewed: Deirdre Cartwright: Organik | Marilena Paradisi & Natalino Marchetti: Blue Prelude | Evan Taylor: Exactly This jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/20… via @jazzjournal

Reviewed: Deirdre Cartwright | Marilena Paradisi & Natalino Marchetti | Evan Taylor - Jazz Journal

Deirdre Cartwright: Organik Neither organist Pete Whittaker nor percussionist Gary Hammond, being custodians of the heavy armoury in guitarist Deirdre Cartwright’s trio, lifts the lid on what in the...

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Reviewed: Afrit Nebula: What Next? | Sarah Heneghan: Tiny Sacred Gaps | thèriot: The Other jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/19… via @jazzjournal

Reviewed: Afrit Nebula | Sarah Heneghan | thèriot - Jazz Journal

Afrit Nebula: What Next?  Musicians grounded in jazz have often looked further afield to expand their repertoire, moving towards non-Western patterns, cyclical rather than linear progressions and...

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Reviewed: Lina Nyberg: Present | Space: London Concert jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/18… via @jazzjournal
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Reviewed: Sam Furlonger: Get Out And Get Under The Moon | Linda Purl: From My Heart jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/17… via @jazzjournal
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Reviewed: Emma Pilgaard: A Woman’s Voice | Tokunbo: Lost & Found | Alekos Vretos: Mediterranean Echoes jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/16… via @jazzjournal
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One More For The Road: the Sinatra Music Society lives. It was supposed to end last year but the SMS fan club rustled up another AGM in Leeds jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/16… via @jazzjournal

One More For The Road: the Sinatra Music Society lives - Jazz Journal

Approximately one year ago – 28 September 2025 but who’s counting – I attended, and reported on in these very pages, an event billed as “The 70th (And Final) AGM of the Sinatra Music Society”. It...

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Reviewed: Ron Carter & Yotam Silberstein: Duets | Kevin Fort, Andy Brown: Chiaroscuro jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/15… via @jazzjournal
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Reviewed: Tommy Smith: Four | Onmo: In Time And Spirit | Pedro Luis Ferrer: La Bunga jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/14… via @jazzjournal

Reviewed: Tommy Smith | Onmo | Pedro Luis Ferrer - Jazz Journal

Tommy Smith: Four With more than 30 albums under his belt as leader and having established and directed the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, Tommy Smith has returned to his archive and decided this...

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Reviewed: Ryan Keberle’s Collectiv Do Brasil: Here Is Donato! | Holland Court Jazz Trio: Inverted Tango | Chet Baker: Sextet & Quartet jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/13… via @jazzjournal
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Reviewed: John Wadham: Drums And Friends | Nicki Adams: Arrival | Rashaan Barber: Eternal jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/12… via @jazzjournal

Reviewed: John Wadham | Nicki Adams | Rashaan Barber - Jazz Journal

John Wadham: Drums And Friends There’s no harm in a mild case of chauvinism. Every country needs its share of national heroes, in this instance drummers that appealed to demanding American legends...

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Reviewed: Gorm Askjær Trio+: Microverse I | Elin Forkelid: Plays For Trane, Volume 2 | Ensemble neoN & Benedicte Maurseth: Always And Never The Same jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/11… via @jazzjournal

Reviewed: Gorm Askjær Trio+ | Elin Forkelid | Ensemble neoN & Benedicte Maurseth - Jazz Journal

Gorm Askjær Trio+: Microverse I Announcing their presence with the enjoyable 2020 debut Blodmånen Og Dig (“The Blood Moon And You”), Gorm Askjær’s trio took the sounds of Bill Frisell’s jazz Americ...

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Reviewed: Fumi Tomita: Yokai: Songs Of The Japanese Supernatural | Cannonball Adderley: Sophisticated Swing jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/10… via @jazzjournal

Reviewed: Fumi Tomita | Cannonball Adderley - Jazz Journal

Fumi Tomita: Yokai: Songs Of The Japanese Supernatural Despite the fashion for Japanese horror films a few years ago, most Westerners have little knowledge about Japanese myths and legends. Fumi...

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Reviewed: Justin Pierce: Sway | David Bode: Live At The 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival | Sarah Pillow: Wanderer jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/09… via @jazzjournal

Reviewed: Justin Pierce | David Bode | Sarah Pillow - Jazz Journal

Justin Pierce: Sway Dallas-based saxophonist Justin Pierce has performed with Arturo Sandoval, Bob Mintzer and Randy Brecker amongst others. His quintet’s rhythm section – pianist Sean Giddings,...

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Reviewed: Azar Lawrence: Turn The Music Up | Wadada Leo Smith: Constellations And Hemispheres jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/08… via @jazzjournal

Reviewed: Azar Lawrence | Wadada Leo Smith - Jazz Journal

Azar Lawrence: Turn The Music Up I first became aware of Azar Lawrence as a leading exponent of spiritual jazz through his early 70s period with McCoy Tyner. When work became scarce for jazz players,...

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Reviewed: Supereon: Phase I | Møster!: Bolts jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/08… via @jazzjournal
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Reviewed: Przemysław Jan Grabowski: Jazz Mysteries | Ray Lema with Ensemble Partage: Passion Congo | Krupke Trio: Hymns In A Jazz Mood Vol 3 jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/07… via @jazzjournal

Reviewed: Przemysław Jan Grabowski | Ray Lema with Ensemble Partage | Krupke Trio - Jazz Journal

Przemysław Jan Grabowski: Jazz Mysteries Pianist Przemysław Jan Grabowski abandoned his musical training at an early age. He wanted to make his own music in his own way, absorbing the influences of...

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Scarborough Jazz Festival 2026. The 23rd Scarborough Jazz Festival offered a range of effective jazz performances from such as Shirley Smart, Benet McLean, Dark Side Of The Big Band, Soft Machine, Alina Bzhezhinska and the 3D Jazz Trio jazzjournal.co.uk/2026/10/06… via @jazzjournal
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