Pat Thomas: The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir
These new releases from Cafe OTO’s in-house label showcase two pianists who have proven firm favourites as performers at the...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: December/2024
Jakob Bro, Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Thomas Morgan, Andrew Cyrille: Taking Turns
Andrew Cyrille | Bill Frisell | Jakob Bro | Jason Moran | Lee Konitz | Thomas Morgan
It’s amazing to think that Lee Konitz, with his distinctively questioning, interior sound, played with Miles and Mulligan at the...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: December/2024
Album Interview: The Bad Plus: Complex Emotions
Ben Monder | Chris Speed | Dave King | Reid Anderson
The closest forerunner to the newest incarnation of the iconoclastic The Bad Plus –founder members Reid Anderson and Dave King...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/2024
Zacc Harris: Chasing Shadows
Brandon Wozniak | Bryan Nichols | Chris Bates | Pete James Johnson | Zacc Harris
Zacc Harris is a Minneapolis-based guitarist with a clean, soft-edged sound, that refers back to Metheny and before him to...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: December/2024
Al Jarreau & NDR Bigband: Ellington
Al Jarreau | Jörg Achim Keller | NDR Bigband
Lovingly performed, beautifully recorded, and possessing that singularly Jarreauesque joyousness throughout, in these and many other ways it would be...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/2024
McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson: Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’
Henry Grimes | Jack DeJohnette | Joe Henderson | McCoy Tyner
The partnership between Tyner and Henderson had developed in the studio in the years leading up to this live session,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/2024
Avishai Cohen: Ashes to Gold
Avishai Cohen | Barak Mori | Yonathan Avishai | Ziv Ravitz
It takes guts for an artist to speak out against their own government, but Avishai Cohen, the Tel Aviv-based trumpeter,...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: November/2024
Devin Daniels: LesGo!
Benjamin Ring | Chris Fishman | Devin Daniels | Jermaine Paul | Julien Knowles
Devin and his cohort met at UCLA’s Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance, and Mr Hands himself has personally mentored...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: November/2024
Caroline Davis: Portals Volume 2: Returning
Alto saxophonist-composer Caroline Davis presents the second volume of an interesting, often deeply moving reflection on grief. Invoking and celebrating...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2024
Monkin’ Around: 4 In 1
Billy Pod | Dave O’Higgins | Luke Fowler | Martin Shaw | Sean Fyfe
O’Higgins’ love for Monk knows no bounds. As if touring with Rob Luft in 2019 when they played the whole...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2024
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