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Mar 41 min read
MYRA MELFORD SPLASH with MICHAEL FORMANEK and CHES SMITH (Intakt CD) (2025)
Incorporating multimedia elements from the visual arts, literature, poetry and architectures into the music, innovative pianist Myra...
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Mar 42 min read
CHRISTOPH IRNIGER PILGRIM - HUMAN INTELLIGENCE (Live) (Intakt CD) (2025)
Swiss label Intakt is regularly releasing some intriguing jazz music and “Human Intelligence” is yet another example. The line-up is...
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Feb 241 min read
JIM MULLEN QUARTET – FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE (Stunt CD/ DL) (2024)
If you like your jazz smooth, soulful and occasionally funky, then check out Jim’s latest album with Danish tenor saxophonist Jan...
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Feb 241 min read
BILLIE HOLIDAY – TRAVELIN’ LIGHT: CLASSIC RECORDINGS 1939-1951 (Jasmine CD) (2025)
This collection, while welcome to Billie Holiday newbies, is rather limited in scope, being based on an arbitrarily limited time period...
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Feb 201 min read
JIM MULLEN TAKES FIVE
It’s nice to see Glasgow guitarist Jim Mullen, who played with Vinegar Joe, Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express, with Dick Morrissey and has...
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Feb 142 min read
JOHN SURMAN – FLASHPOINTS AND UNDERCURRENTS (Cuneiform Records) (2025) 2 x CD/ DL
The line-up is: John Surman - soprano and baritone saxophone, bass clarinet; Alan Skidmore - tenor saxophone and flute; Ronnie Scott -...
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Feb 141 min read
MIKE RATLEDGE – R.I.P. (1943-2025)
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...
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Feb 41 min read
JAZZ SABBATH – THE 1968 TAPES (Blacklake CD & LP/ Bandcamp) (2024)
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...
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Feb 41 min read
GORDON BECK’S GYROSCOPE – PROGRESS (Jazz in Britain) (2024) (3 x CD)
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...
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Jan 301 min read
KEVIN KASTNING, CARL CLEMENTS & SOHEIL PEYGHAMBARI – TRIPLE HELIX (Bandcamp/ Greydisc) (2025)
Kevin Kastning once again plays various types of contraguitars on this collaboration with saxophonist Carl Clements, with whom he has...
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Jan 283 min read
VARIOUS ARTISTS - A NEW AWAKENING - Adventures In British Jazz 1966-1971 (Release date 21st Feb, 2025) (Cherry Red)
Part Two: CD two The track listing is as follows with brief comments after each track: 1) The John Cameron Quartet – Troublemaker (1969):...
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Jan 214 min read
VARIOUS ARTISTS - A NEW AWAKENING - Adventures In British Jazz 1966-1971 (Release date 21st Feb, 2025) (Cherry Red)
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...
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Jan 132 min read
FALLING A RECORDS: a plea
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...
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Dec 23, 20242 min read
SOFT MACHINE – SOFTS (Esoteric Recordings) (1 x LP) (Release date – 31st January, 2025)
Soft Machine’s second album for the Harvest label (following “Bundles”) featured a line-up of KARL JENKINS (Piano, Electric Piano,...
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Dec 21, 20241 min read
THE FIRST FULL CALENDAR YEAR OF DIMENSIONS IN SOUND AND SPACE
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...
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Dec 21, 20242 min read
REVIEW OF THE YEAR ON DIMENSIONS IN SOUND AND SPACE (2024) (part one)
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...
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Dec 21, 20241 min read
STEMESEDER LILLINGER with Craig Taborn - UMBRA III (Intakt Records) (17th January, 2025)
The line-up on this recording is Elias Stemeseder: composition, spinet, synth and effects; Christian Lillinger: composition, drums, samp...
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Dec 18, 20242 min read
CLEMENS KURATLE/ YDIVIDE: THE DEFAULT (Intakt Records) (Release date: 24th January, 2025)
The line-up on this album is: Dee Byrne, alto saxophone, Elliot Galvin, piano and electronics, Chris Guilfoyle, guitar, Lukas Traxel,...
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Dec 14, 20241 min read
BLOODCOG – STAGED (Bandcamp/ whi-music.co.uk) (CD/ DL) (2024)
Liverpudlian saxist/ flautist Phil Hargreaves fronts a band with two bass players (Fran Bass on electric and Richard Harding on Chapman...
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Dec 14, 20241 min read
KEVIN KASTNING - ETHEREAL VII (Greydisc/ Bandcamp) (2024) (DL)
This is the fourth Kevin Kastning release to be reviewed on DISS. Previously, Kevin has played variations of a very specialised contra...
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