Incorporating multimedia elements from the visual arts, literature, poetry and architectures into the music, innovative pianist Myra...

Swiss label Intakt is regularly releasing some intriguing jazz music and “Human Intelligence” is yet another example. The line-up is...

If you like your jazz smooth, soulful and occasionally funky, then check out Jim’s latest album with Danish tenor saxophonist Jan...

This collection, while welcome to Billie Holiday newbies, is rather limited in scope, being based on an arbitrarily limited time period...

It’s nice to see Glasgow guitarist Jim Mullen, who played with Vinegar Joe, Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express, with Dick Morrissey and has...

The line-up is: John Surman - soprano and baritone saxophone, bass clarinet; Alan Skidmore - tenor saxophone and flute; Ronnie Scott -...

A Canterbury school teacher’s son, Mike Ratledge was born in Maidstone in Kent and grew up with classical music, He met his friend Brian...

The title is tongue in cheek alluding to the ‘urban myth’ that Jazz Sabbath’s first album in 2020 was by a lost jazz group who were...

The JAZZ IN BRITAIN site on Bandcamp is well worth checking out if you’re at that way inclined with some cracking vinyl LPs and CDs at...

Kevin Kastning once again plays various types of contraguitars on this collaboration with saxophonist Carl Clements, with whom he has...

Part Two: CD two The track listing is as follows with brief comments after each track: 1) The John Cameron Quartet – Troublemaker (1969):...

Part One: CD one I have been looking forward to something like this for a long time, a comprehensive 48 track 3 CD box set of...

Thanks to Barry Lamb and Peter Ashby for a copy of their annual report. Why is this post here? Because, for over 25 years now I have been...

Soft Machine’s second album for the Harvest label (following “Bundles”) featured a line-up of KARL JENKINS (Piano, Electric Piano,...

As I review the year 2024, here is one of many nice comments we have had: the link is: https://elegantsimplicity.com/2024/12/10/dimension...

As well as some of your feedback, I’ve been having a look back at what has been reviewed by www.dimensions-in-sound-and-space.com in...

The line-up on this recording is Elias Stemeseder: composition, spinet, synth and effects; Christian Lillinger: composition, drums, samp...

The line-up on this album is: Dee Byrne, alto saxophone, Elliot Galvin, piano and electronics, Chris Guilfoyle, guitar, Lukas Traxel,...

Liverpudlian saxist/ flautist Phil Hargreaves fronts a band with two bass players (Fran Bass on electric and Richard Harding on Chapman...

This is the fourth Kevin Kastning release to be reviewed on DISS. Previously, Kevin has played variations of a very specialised contra...