Review of ICP Tentet: Tetterettet

ICP Tentet: Tetterettet

Alan Silva | Bert Koppelaar | Gilius Van Bergeyk | Han Bennink | John Tchicai | Michel Waisvisz | Misha Mengelberg | Peter Bennink | Peter Brötzmann | Tristan Honsinger

Corbett Vs. Dempsey

Rating: ★★★

For the ICP Tentet's debut album, a crack team of Dutch improvisers from the Instant Composers Pool are bolstered not...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2019

Review of Ahmed Abdul-Malik and Chick Ganimian: Oud Vibrations

Ahmed Abdul-Malik and Chick Ganimian: Oud Vibrations

Ahmed Abdul-Malik | Charles “Chick” Ganimian

Fingertips

Rating: ★★★

Yusuf Lateef's 1957 album Prayer To The East is often cited as one of the first eastward investigations in jazz,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2012

Review of Joey Alexander: Eclipse

Joey Alexander: Eclipse

Eric Harland | Joey Alexander | Joshua Joshua Redman | Reuben Rogers

Motéma

Rating: ★★★

Even Mozart, the quintessential musical child prodigy, couldn't lay claim to two Grammy-nominated albums by the age of 14. Bali-born...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2018

Review of Tina May meets Enrico Pieranunzi: Home Is Where The Heart Is

Tina May meets Enrico Pieranunzi: Home Is Where The Heart Is

Enrico Pieranunzi | Tina May | Tony Coe

Rating: ★★★

May is a favourite of mine, a genuine jazz vocalist who can illuminate and transform familiar themes in often quite...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2015

Review of Nat King Cole Trio: Zurich 1950

Nat King Cole Trio: Zurich 1950

Irving Ashby | Jack Costanzo | Joe Comfort | Nat King Cole

TCB

Rating: ★★★

Cole's 1950 European tour had opened in the UK to mixed reviews. Commentators and audiences found his vocals too saccharine...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2017

Review of Ray Gelato And The Giants: Original Flavours

Ray Gelato And The Giants: Original Flavours

Alex Garnett | Anders Janes | Andy Rogers | Danny Marsden | Gunther Kurmayr | Oli Hayhurst | Ollie Wilby | Ray Gelato | Sebastiaan de Krom | Sebastiaan De Krom

Double Scoop

Rating: ★★★

Bandleader Ray Gelato has been earning his daily crust for many years with his Giants, touring widely, their music and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2015

Review of Evan Parker/Daunik Lazro/Joe McPhee: Seven Pieces: Live at Willisau 1995

Evan Parker/Daunik Lazro/Joe McPhee: Seven Pieces: Live at Willisau 1995

Daunik Lazro | Evan Parker | Joe McPhee

Clean Feed

Rating: ★★★★

In 1995, three of our finest saxophonists – one British, one French and one American – toured Germany, France and...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: March/2017

Review of The Awakening: Hear, Sense And Feel

The Awakening: Hear, Sense And Feel

Ari Brown | Arlington Davis Jnr | Frank Gordon | Ken Chaney | Reggie Willis | Richard Evans | Steve Galloway

Black Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Although the legacy of John Coltrane, Phaorah Sanders and Yusef Lateef has been well documented in the past few decades,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2020

Review of Redman/Mehldau/McBride/Blade: RoundAgain

Redman/Mehldau/McBride/Blade: RoundAgain

Brad Mehldau | Brian Blade | Christian McBride | Joshua Redman

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★

What could be the first supergroup of the post-pandemic era is actually the reincarnation of Joshua Redman's original mid-1990s quartet....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2020

Review of The Jack Davies Big Band: The Jack Davis Big Band

The Jack Davies Big Band: The Jack Davis Big Band

Alex Munk | Andy Greenwood | Ed Hilton | Jack Davies | James Opstad | Joe Wright | Jon Ormston | Josh Arcoleo | Kieran McLeod | Martin Speake

V&V Music

Rating: ★★★★

This trio of releases from 26-year-old trumpeter-and-more Jack Davies constitute an impressive calling card. Davies won the Deutsche Bank award...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2012

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