Review of James Brandon Lewis: MSM Molecular Systematic Music Live

James Brandon Lewis: MSM Molecular Systematic Music Live

Aruan Ortiz | Brad Jones | Chad Taylor | James Brandon Lewis | Kirk Knuffke

Editor's Choice

ANTI-Records

Rating: ★★★★

For the past decade American saxophonist James Brandon Lewis has been gathering an impressive head of creative steam through his...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2023

Review of Kris Davis & Craig Taborn: Octopus

Kris Davis & Craig Taborn: Octopus

Craig Taborn | Kris Davis

Pyroclastic

Rating: ★★★★

Piano duos have been around for a while but recent iterations – Kaja Drachsler-Eve Risser: Craig Taborn-Vijay Iyer; Kris Davis-Benoit...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

Review of Angel Bat Dawid: A Requiem For Jazz

Angel Bat Dawid: A Requiem For Jazz

Angel Bat Dawid | Dr Charles Joseph Smith | horn section and choir | Jeremiah Hunt | Knoel Scott | Marshall Allen | Norman W Long | Vincent Davis | Xristian Espinoza

International Anthem

Rating: ★★★

Angel Bat Dawid was one of the highlights – along with Ben Lamar Gay – of Chicago label International Anthem's...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2023

Review of Irène Schweizer/Hamid Drake: Celebration

Irène Schweizer/Hamid Drake: Celebration

Irène Schweizer

Intakt

Rating: ★★★★

Swiss pianist Irène Schweizer has been a towering figure of European free jazz for six decades – often compared with...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2021

Review of Charlie Parker: The Charlie Parker Collection

Charlie Parker: The Charlie Parker Collection

Al Haig | Art Blakey | Art Taylor | Barney Kessell | Billy Bauer | Bud Powell | Buddy Rich | Charlie Parker | Cozy Cole | Curly Russell

Editor's Choice

Acrobat ACSCD

Rating: ★★★★★

‘We would emphasise that this does not purport to be a complete or definitive anthology [but] a reasonably comprehensive and...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: September/2021

Review of Daniel Herskedal: Voyage

Daniel Herskedal: Voyage

Bergmund Waal Skaslien | Daniel Herskedal | Eyolf Dale | Helge Andreas Norbakken

Edition

Rating: ★★★★

You wouldn’t normally associate the tuba with words such as serene, fragile, understated or even flexible. In jazz, at least,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2019

Review of Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs, Dave Balen: Higher Deeper

Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs, Dave Balen: Higher Deeper

Dave Balen | Paul Dunmall | Philip Gibbs

Winged Heart Records (CD)

Rating: ★★★

Saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Paul Dunmall has chalked up over a century of albums since his first session as a leader...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2020

Review of Stan Kenton: Four Classic Albums

Stan Kenton: Four Classic Albums

Archie LeCoque | Bill Mathieu | Bill Perkins | Bill Robinson | Bill Trujillo | Billy Catalano | Bob Fitzpatrick | Charlie Mariano | Clive Acker | Don Fagerquist

Avid AMSC

Rating: ★★★

With his penchant for bombast, it was quite a challenge for Stan Kenton to take on the romantic and ballad...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Review of Red Price, Ray Warleigh & Chris Pyne with the Johnny Burch Trio: Groovin' High: Jam Session at The Hopbine 1965

Red Price, Ray Warleigh & Chris Pyne with the Johnny Burch Trio: Groovin' High: Jam Session at The Hopbine 1965

Alan ‘Buzz’ Green | Chris Pyne | Johnny Burch | Ray Warleigh | Red Price | Ron Mathewson

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★

For those not in the know, the Hopbine was a 1930s boozer in North Wembley where tenorist Tommy Whittle hosted...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2017

Review of Donny McCaslin: I Want More

Donny McCaslin: I Want More

Chris Bullock | Donny McCaslin | Jannek Zechner | Jason Lindner | Jody Redhage Ferber | Joyce Hammann | Lois Martin | Mark Guiliana | Sara Caswell | Tim Lefebvre

Editor's Choice

Edition

Rating: ★★★★

The hyphenated word ‘boundary-breaking’ is often thrown around so casually as a description of a band’s music these days that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2023

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