AP Big Band: Plays Radiohead
Clive Deamer, drummer for Get the Blessing and sometimes Radiohead, once told me how jazz figured in the latter's thinking,...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2021
Dafnis Prieto Sextet: Triangles and Circles
Dafnis Prieto is really in a class of his own. A genius in his own right, he's not only a...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2015
Tom Rainey Obbligato: Untucked in Hannover
Rainey's acoustic quintet Obbligato's third album was taped at the back end of a European tour at Jazzclub Hannover. The...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2021
Wayne Horvitz: The Snowghost Sessions
Eric Eagle | Geof Harper | Wayne Horvitz
Like his former playing partner and fellow concept-bender John Zorn, the Seattle-based player/composer Wayne Horvitz has walked a creative line...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2019
Kamaal Williams: Wu Hen
The fuzzy boundaries of jazz are perpetually expanding; on his sophomore album, Wu Hen, Kamaal Williams roams and tests their...
Reviewed by Christine Hannigan in issue: September/2020
I Like to Sleep: Daymare
Amund Storløkken Åse | Nicolas Leirtrø | øyvind Leite
Young musicians can soar with a rising current of innovation beneath their wings, playing direct and instinctive music, if not...
Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: June/2020
Art Themen/Dave Barry Quartet: Hanky Panky
Art Themen | Dave Barry | Dave Green | Gareth Williams
Barry says a session was cancelled so instead he corralled Themen, Williams and Green, all of whom were available at...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2022
James Francies: Purest Form
Keyboardist-composer James Francies has gained quasi-wunderkind status in the past few years by way of his contributions to veterans such...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2021
Matthieu Bordenave: La Traversée
Florian Weber | Matthieu Bordenave | Patrice Moret
French tenor saxophonist Bordenave delves deep into a key chapter of jazz history that has a particular relevance to ECM:...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2020
Tigran Hamasyan: The Call Within
On his third trio album, the 33-year-old Armenian-born, LA-based pianist-composer Tigran Hamasyan intensifies the uniquely personal soundworld he developed on...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020
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