Randy Weston: Blues Moses
Along with Uhuru Kwanza this is the other great orchestral work in Weston's discography. As was the case with the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
Steve Barry: In The Waves
Eric Harland | Steve Barry | Thomas Botting | Will Vinson
Steve Barry’s recent projects span classy organ trio jazz with guitarist Hamish Stuart, chamber works and free improv with koto...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2023
George Coleman: Live at Smalls Jazz Club
George Coleman | Joe Farnsworth | Peter Washington | Spike Wilner
This is the fifth album in Smalls’ Living Masters series, and the latest to receive this encomium is the venerable...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2023
Linda May Han Oh: The Glass Hours
Fabian Almazan | Linda May Han Oh | Mark Turner | Obed Calvaire | Sara Serpa
Linda May Han Oh, one of the most in-demand bass players on the scene and partner to jazz stars including...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2023
Ivo Perelman/Ray Anderson/Joe Morris/Reggie Nicholson: Molten Gold
Ivo Perelman | Joe Morris | Ray Anderson | Reggie Nicholson
It’s tempting to think of this double-horned, sax-and-’bone free-jazz unit as a tribute to – or attempted continuation of –...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2023
David Preston: Purple/Black Volume One
David Preston | Kevin Glasgow | Kit Downes | Seb Rochford
Championed in his heady youth by the likes of Ian Shaw and as likely now to be seen in the...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2023
Iiro Rantala: Veneziana
chamber ensemble comprising members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Iiro Rantala
Veneziana is a well-produced, well-executed album that more properly comes under the somewhat vague heading of ‘Light Music’, and in...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2023
Fraser Smith Quartet: Tip Top!
Fraser Smith | Rob Barron | Simon Read | Steve Brown
Birmingham-born but a Londoner now, young Smith has found a tenor style that suits him, taking his inspiration from the...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2023
Jaak Sooäär, Ara Yaralyan, Markku Ounaskari: Zula
Ara Yaralyan | Jaak Sooaar | Markku Ounaskari
Guitarist Jaak Sooäär is a leading jazz educator at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and one of the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2023
Stian Westerhus/ Teun Verbruggen: Earthbound Monochrome
Stian Westerhus | Teun Verbruggen
Together as half of experimental supergroup Warped Dreamer, Stian Westerhus and Teun Verbruggen reconnoitre offbeat realms where daredevil improvisation and...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: June/2023
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