Review of AP Big Band: Plays Radiohead

AP Big Band: Plays Radiohead

Aarón Pozón | Alejandro Mateos | Ernesto Millán | Fran Sánchez | Guillermo Baez | Javier Martínez | Jordi Bailarín | Jorge Vistel | Juan Pedro ‘Pucho’ Martin | Luis Soler

Youkali Music

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Dafnis Prieto Sextet: Triangles and Circles

Dafnis Prieto Sextet: Triangles and Circles

Dafnis Prieto | Felipe Lamoglia | Johannes Weidenmueller | Manuel Valera | Mike Rodriguez | Peter Apfelbaum

Dafnison Music

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Tom Rainey Obbligato: Untucked in Hannover

Tom Rainey Obbligato: Untucked in Hannover

Tom Rainey

Intakt

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Wayne Horvitz: The Snowghost Sessions

Wayne Horvitz: The Snowghost Sessions

Eric Eagle | Geof Harper | Wayne Horvitz

Songlines

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Kamaal Williams: Wu Hen

Kamaal Williams: Wu Hen

Kamaal Williams

Black Focus

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of I Like to Sleep: Daymare

I Like to Sleep: Daymare

Amund Storløkken Åse | Nicolas Leirtrø | øyvind Leite

Rune Grammafon

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Art Themen/Dave Barry Quartet: Hanky Panky

Art Themen/Dave Barry Quartet: Hanky Panky

Art Themen | Dave Barry | Dave Green | Gareth Williams

Trio

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of James Francies: Purest Form

James Francies: Purest Form

Bilal Peyton | Burniss Traviss | Elliott Skinner | Immanuel Wilkins | James Francies | Jeremy Dutton | Joel Ross

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Matthieu Bordenave: La Traversée

Matthieu Bordenave: La Traversée

Florian Weber | Matthieu Bordenave | Patrice Moret

ECM

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Tigran Hamasyan: The Call Within

Tigran Hamasyan: The Call Within

Tigran Hamasyan

Editor's Choice

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★

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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