Jessica Pavone: Silent Spills
Violist Jessica Pavone is arguably best known for her duos with pitch-shifting guitarist Mary Halvorson, where the pair – both...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: October/2016
Various Artists: Actions For Free Jazz
The phrase ‘Actions For Free Jazz' – pinched from Don Cherry and Krystzof Penderecki's ‘Actions for Free Jazz Orchestra' –...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2021
Duke Ellington: Far East Suite
With Sony giving the RCA Victor catalogue the same treatment as the Columbia/Legacy series, there could hardly be a better...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016
David Chesky: Jazz in the New Harmonic
Billy Drummond | David Chesky | Javon Jackson | Jeremy Pelt | Peter Washington
In the liner notes, there are references to projects as far apart as early Gunther Schiller Third Stream ventures and...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Ben Van Gelder: Reprise
Ben Street | Ben Van Gelder | Craig Weinrib | Mark Turner | Peter Schlamb | Rick Rosato | Sam Harris
First things first: Dutch-born, New York-based saxophonist/composer Ben Van Gelder doesn't have a dad, uncle or granddad named Rudy who...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2014
Directions In Jazz Unit directed by Bill Le Sage: New Directions in Jazz
This is a valuable addition to the three albums the Directions in Jazz Unit made, two under their own name...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Johan Lindvall Trio: This Is Not About You
Adrian Myhr | Andreas Skår Wither | Johan Lindvall
Bugge Wesseltoft, the Jazzland boss, has always had his ear to the ground for emerging talent. If he takes a...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2022
Wolfgang Haffner Dream Band: Live in Concert
German drummer Haffner (born 1965) is a regular on ACT and put this band of his ‘favourite artists’ together for...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2022
Mickey Hart: RAMU
RAMU stands for ‘Random Access Musical Universe’, Mickey Hart's personal database and, as if it were ever in doubt, what...
Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: June/2018
Eivind Aarset: Dream Logic
Glacially slow and lingering Dream Logic's 11 tracks are mostly the work of Bang and Aarset although producer Erik Honoré,...
Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: February/2013
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