Unionen
Gard Nilssen | Per ‘Texas’ Johansson | Petter Eldh | Ståle Størlokken
The band’s name refers to Norway’s 91 years of unwilling royal union with Sweden before its 1905 independence, signifying the...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: February/2025
Yazz Ahmed: La Saboteuse
Following the late 2024 reissue of her debut Finding My Way Home (reviewed in Jazzwise 302) and ahead of the...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2025
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express: Super Pop Montreux ‘70
Barry Dean | Brian Auger | Jim Mullen | Keith Bailey
Early adopters in fusing jazz with R&B and the multi-hued psychedelic directions surfacing in 1967, Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll...
Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: February/2025
Camille Howard: The Empress of Boogie Woogie 1946-1956
Texas-born Camille Howard (1914-1993), real name Deasy Browning, like many of her fellow African- Americans made for Los Angeles where...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2025
Ben Webster: At The Renaissance
Ben Webster | Frank Butler | Jim Hall | Jimmy Rowles | Red Mitchell
Taped by Contemporary Records in 1960, scheduled for belated issue in 1972, then unaccountably shelved only to finally see the...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: February/2025
Peter Brötzmann/John Edwards/Steve Noble/Jason Adasiewicz: The Quartet
Jason Adasiewicz | John Edwards | Peter Brötzmann | Steve Noble
This expansive release captures the late Peter Brötzmann’s very last live performances – four half-hour sets spread over two nights...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2025
Josephine Davies & The Ensō Ensemble: The Celtic Wheel of the Year Suite
This is a landmark recording from Josephine Davies, writing for her biggest and most ambitious ensemble yet. It’s an eight-part...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: March/2025
Iúri Oliveira: Manifesto
At last year’s Festa Do Jazz in Lisbon percussionist Iúri Oliveira stood out in Duarte Ventura’s ensemble, arguably the best...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2025
Bill Bruford: The Winterfold and Summerfold Years
This three-CD boxed set of numerous Bruford projects, well-presented with accompanying liner notes, highlights the frequently strong jazz bias of...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2025
Ingi Bjarni: Hope
Anders Jormin | Hilmar Jensson | Ingi Bjarni | Magnus Trygvason Eliassen
This Icelandic pianist-composer could definitely fit the archetypal Nordic jazz mould. His music is largely restrained, melancholic and down tempo....
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2025
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