Jake Leckie: Planter of Seeds
Beth Goodfellow | Cathlene Pineda | Darius Christian | Jake Leckie | Nadav Peled | Randal Fisher
"Jake Leckie creates rootsy acoustic organic funky folk-jazz for the people!" So says Leckie’s own website, and who can disagree?...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2024
Henrik Jensen: Above Your House
Dave Smith | Esben Tjalve | Henrik Jensen
Congratulations to Oliver Weindling for keeping the Babel label going for 30 years, marked by this release, his first for his...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2024
The Necks: Bleed
Chris Abrams | Lloyd Swanton | Tony Buck
What can I say? What is there to say? It’s The Necks. You’ll either get it – and like it...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: November/2024
Atlanticus: Oceanic
Jack Kendon | Milo Fell | Peter Fraize | Terry Seabrook
This is a UK-US collaboration, the local element headed by Brighton-based keyboardist Seabrook alongside drummer Fell and brass player Kendon,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/2024
Steve Coleman and Five Elements: Poly Tropos/Of Many Turns
Jonathan Finlayson | Rich Brown | Sean Rickman | Steve Coleman
Although he has made a string of notable studio recordings over a four-decade career, Steve Coleman scales creative heights on...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/2024
Scott Colley, Edward Simon & Brian Blade: Three Visitors
“In this time and space, with improvisation as the constant, the three of us come together to visit and explore...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: December/2024
Kim Cypher: Catching Moments
This is a celebratory third collection of tracks from saxophonist, singer, composer, bandleader and broadcaster (she hosts The Big Jazz...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: December/2024
Andrew Hill Sextet + 10: A Beautiful Day, Revisited
Pianist-composer Andrew Hill made a string of brilliant albums for Blue Note from the 1960s to the 1980s, with releases...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/2024
Vince Guaraldi: You’re (Not) Elected Charlie Brown
Glenn Cronkhite | Mel Martin | Pat O’Hara | Seward McCain | Tom Harrell | Vince Guaraldi
As with Guaraldi’s It Was a Short Summer (reviewed in Jazzwise May 2024) this new release is an amalgam of...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2024
Peter Somuah: Highlife
Peter Somuah is a Ghanaian trumpeter and bandleader based in the Netherlands, who grew up in Accra playing in highlife...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: February/2025
Follow us
Jazzwise Full Club
- Latest print and digital issues
- Digital archive since 1997
- Download tracks from bonus compilation albums throughout the year
- Reviews Database access
From £9.08 / month
Subscribe
Jazzwise Digital Club
- Latest digital issues
- Digital archive since 1997
- Download tracks from bonus compilation albums during the year
- Reviews Database access