Review of Sanah Kadoura: Duality

Sanah Kadoura: Duality

Flavio Silva | Joanna Majoko | Jonathan Michel | Michael King | Parham Haghighi | Rachel Therrien | Sanah Kadoura | Stacy Dillard | Virginia MacDonald

Self release

Rating: ★★★

Duality, from New York-based, Lebanese-Canadian drummer Sanah Kadoura continues on a mission she began with 2018 debut Hawk Eyes: to...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: April/2023

Review of Julian Shore: Filaments

Julian Shore: Filaments

Alexa Barchini | Andrew Hadro | Billy Buss | Godwin Louis | Jeff Miles | Julian Shore | Kurt Ozan | Kurt Rosenwinkel | Noah Preminger | Phil Donkin

Tone Rogue Records

Rating: ★★★

A record that exudes a life force a hothoused young virtuoso would struggle to find in music school, Filaments has...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: February/2013

Review of Tord Gustavsen Trio: The Other Side

Tord Gustavsen Trio: The Other Side

Jarle Vespestad | Sigurd Hole | Tord Gustavsen

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

This album had me at hello, which in the case of The Other Side consists of the rolled, bluesily meditative...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2018

Review of Ingrid Laubrock: Contemporary Chaos Practices

Ingrid Laubrock: Contemporary Chaos Practices

Amirtha Kidambi | Bohdan Hilash | Chris DiMeglio | Christa Robinson | Clara Warnaar | Dan Peck | Dana Jessen | Dominic DeStefano | Elena Moon Park | Elizabeth Fleming

Intakt

Rating: ★★★★

Ingrid Laubrock, as both an improvising tenor-soprano saxophonist and composer, has gone from strength to strength since moving to New...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Review of Nordic Circles: Winter Rainbow

Nordic Circles: Winter Rainbow

Anders Ljungberg | Anders Thoren | Helge Lien | Per Orvang | Tore Johansen

AMP Music Records

Rating: ★★★★

Nordic Circles is not a group per se, rather the first instalment of what is intended as an ongoing project...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2016

Review of Tom Green Septet: Tipping Point

Tom Green Septet: Tipping Point

James Davison | Misha Mullov-Abbado | Sam James | Sam Miles | Scott Chapman | Tom Green | Tommy Andrews

Spark!

Rating: ★★★★

Tom Green’s Septet is a very close-knit working band, in a personal as well as artistic sense, and this is...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2020

Review of Janne Mark with Arve Henriksen: Pilgrim

Janne Mark with Arve Henriksen: Pilgrim

Arve Henriksen | Esben Eyermann | Gustaf Ljunggren | Henrik Gunde Pedersen | Janne Mark | Jesper Uno Kofoed

Rating: ★★★

The Jutland-born vocalist Janne Mark's musical background is in religious song and since 2000 she's been a regular singer at...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2018

Review of Hideto Sasaki-Toshiyuki Sekine Quartet + 1: Stop Over

Hideto Sasaki-Toshiyuki Sekine Quartet + 1: Stop Over

Hideto Sasaki | Kei Narita | Noriyasu Watanabe | Takashi Kursaki | Toshiyuki Sekine

BBE Music

Rating: ★★★

This is the sixth release in BBE's J Jazz Masterclass Series, curated by Tony Higgins and Mike Peden. The ‘J’...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2020

Review of Somi: Holy Room – Live at Alte Oper with Frankfurt Radio Big Band

Somi: Holy Room – Live at Alte Oper with Frankfurt Radio Big Band

Somi

Editor's Choice

Self-release

Rating: ★★★★

Were it not for lockdown, we may never have got to hear this remarkable live album by vocalist and songwriter...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2020

Review of Pablo Held Trio: Investigations

Pablo Held Trio: Investigations

Jonas Burgwinkel | Pablo Held | Robert Landfermann

Edition

Rating: ★★★★

The Cologne-based Pablo Held has been wowing critics in his native Germany and beyond for about 10 years now. Even...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2018

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