Matthias Kirsch

Michael Mayo - Fly - ginalovesjazz.com - the jazz magazine by matthias kirsch

Slowly but surely, Michael Mayo has built up his reputation as one of the most thrilling male voices around. I saw him back in 2022 at North Sea Jazz, then he could be heard on the brilliant Terri...

Bryony Jarman-Pinto - Below Dawn - ginalovesjazz.com - the jazz magazine by matthias kirsch

Five years after her wonderful debut “Cage & Aviary”, singer, songwriter and musician Bryony Jarman-Pinto is back with “Below Dawn”, released last Friday. The album is available on limited vinyl too...

John Carroll Kirby - Blowout - ginalovesjazz.com - the jazz magazine by matthias kirsch

Producer, composer, and keyboardist John Carroll Kirby, the man who gave us the brilliant “Septet” and other soothing and calming albums such as the piano solo “My Garden” (2020) or “Conflict” (2020)...

Eddie Chacon - Sundown - ginalovesjazz.com - the jazz magazine by matthias kirsch

How do you follow up a five-paw reviewed album, an album that really caught us by surprise after so many years of being under the radar? When Eddie Chacon, one half of the duo Charles & Eddie who...

Bill Laurance & Michael League - Where You Wish You Were - ginalovesjazz.com - the jazz magazine by...

Brooklyn-based fusion band Snarky Puppy is led by bassist, composer, and producer Michael League. It’s a collective of almost 40 musicians, with pianist, keyboardist and composer Bill Laurance being...

Carmen Lundy - Fade To Black - ginalovesjazz.com - the jazz magazine by matthias kirsch

Focusing on albums we more or less overlooked in the last quarter, this is the first one we want to review: singer Carmen Lundy‘s 16th album “Fade To Black” was released in late September and right...

North Sea Jazz 2022 - Day 2. Roy Hargrove Remembered. - ginalovesjazz.com - the jazz magazine by...

It is a new experience waiting in the hallway with literally hundreds of other people, waiting to get in to the Amazon hall at Ahoy during North Sea Jazz 2022. This happened yesterday at Herbie...

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Jarrod Lawson covers The Isley Brothers - ginalovesjazz.com - the jazz magazine by matthias kirsch

In addition to his brilliant and always more than satisfying work as an original songwriter, Jarrod Lawson over the years has covered several well-chosen songs by other artists, the latest is...

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Robin McKelle in Berlin - ginalovesjazz.com - the jazz magazine by matthias kirsch

Mainly playing tracks from her most recent album “Alterations” (2020), powerhouse vocalist and brilliant songwriter Robin McKelle stopped by in Berlin last night for the last show of her European leg...

Gerald Clayton - Bells On Sand - ginalovesjazz.com - the jazz magazine by matthias kirsch

Released today on Blue Note Records, “Bells On Sand” is the second album of pianist Gerald Clayton to be released on the label. It focuses on the abstractions and impact of time. Most of the tracks...

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Cécile McLorin Salvant - Ghost Song - ginalovesjazz.com - the jazz magazine by matthias kirsch

An album about ghosts, desire, and nostalgia. That’s singer Cécile McLorin Salvant‘s latest and first for the Warner label Nonesuch Records, to be released this Friday. On vinyl too! “Ghost Song”...

Judi Jackson - Grace - ginalovesjazz.com - the jazz magazine by matthias kirsch

It’s finally here on vinyl: singer Judi Jackson‘s brilliant “Grace”. The Virginia-born singer, who now resides in London, could be heard on albums by Snarky Puppy, Ashley Henry, and Greg Spero,...