Amy’s everything: Amy Gadiaga: All Black Everything
Amy Gadiaga | Christ-Stéphane Boizi | Joseph Oti | Luke Bacchus | Simon Lamb | Tom Waters
All Black Everything has been an awfully long time coming, but it’s been well worth the wait. Singer, bassist, composer,...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: June/2024
Gilad Hekselman: Life, At The Village Vanguard
Eric Harland | Gilad Hekselman | Larry Grenadier | Shai Maestro
The Israeli NYC-based guitarist-composer Hekselman has earned a fast-growing international reputation mixing a spacey Frisell-like Americana vibe with his own...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2024
Max Light: Chaotic Neutral
Caleb Curtis | Julian Shore | Max Light | Steven Crammer | Walter Stinson
In 2019, guitar-star judges, including Pat Metheny, John Scofield and Lionel Loueke, embraced the precocious arrival of Max Light, one...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2024
Doubling down on bass: Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer: But Who’s Going To Play The Melody?
Chrstian McBride | Edgar Meyer
Team up one of the world’s leading classical bassists with his counterpart from the jazz environment, and the results should...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2024
Ivo Perelman: Truth Seeker
Ivo Perelman | Mark Helias | Tom Rainey
Like any significant improviser who has grown from the fertile soil of history, Ivo Perelman has notable references. The Brazilian...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2024
Tineke Postma: Aria
Ben Monder | Robert Landfermann | Tineke Postma | Tristran Renfrow
The initial inspiration for Tineke Postma’s eighth own-name release was the expressive singing of singer Maria Callas. Hence the explorations...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2024
John Edwards/Emil Karlsen/Dominic Lash: Action Theory
Dominic Lash | Emil Karlsen | John Edwards
Dominic Lash is best known as an improvising double bassist with strong ties to the likes of Alexander Hawkins and...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2024
Jasper Høiby 3Elements: Like Water
Chaerin Im | Jamie Peet | Jasper Høiby
Jasper Høiby’s 3Elements is a project, rather than a band as such, and Like Water is its second album following...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: July/2024
David Murray: Francesca
David Murray | Luke Stewart | Marta Sanchez | Russell Carter
At Kahil El Z Bar’s concert at the Flagey Jazz Festival in Brussels at the start of the year, David...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2024
Avery Sharpe Double Quartet: I Am My Neighbor’s Keeper
In common with many listeners, I discovered Avery Sharpe’s work during his two-decades-plus as bassist with McCoy Tyner, hearing him...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2024
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