Review of Arve Henriksen: The Timeless Nowhere

Arve Henriksen: The Timeless Nowhere

Arve Henriksen | Audun Kleive | Eivind Aarset | Erik Honore | Filip Friman-Henriksen | Helge Norbakken | Hilmar Jensson | Ingar Zach | Jan Bang | Kristian Isachsen

Rune Grammofon

Rating: ★★★★

This four-album box set is the equivalent of dropping a pebble of Norite into a mirror lake. Perfect undulations of...

Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: February/2020

Review of Bugge Wesseltoft: Be Am

Bugge Wesseltoft: Be Am

Bugge Wesseltoft | Håkon Kornstad

Jazzland Recordings CD 377 9432

Rating: ★★★

I was pleasantly surprised to hear Bugge Wesseltoft playing solo on a grand piano in the stylish arrivals lounge at...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2022

Review of Electric Kif: Dreamlike

Electric Kif: Dreamlike

Aaron Parks | Armando Lopez | Chris Bullock | Eric Escanes | Jason Matthews | Rodrigo Zambrano

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

Armando Lopez, drummer with Miami nu jazz quartet Electric Kif - gatherers of a big South Florida following for their...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2021

Review of Duke Ellington Legacy: Single Petal of a Rose

Duke Ellington Legacy: Single Petal of a Rose

Edward Kennedy Ellington II | Houston Person | Jami Dauber | Nancy Reed | Noah Bless | Norman Simmons | Paul Wells | Sheila Earley | Tom Di Carlo | Virginia Mayhew

Renma

Rating: ★★★

Mayhew, Simmons and Ellington (the Duke's grandson) run this Legacy band between them with Simmons as chief arranger. Mayhew is...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2012

Review of The Ramsey Lewis Trio: In Chicago + Stretching Out

The Ramsey Lewis Trio: In Chicago + Stretching Out

Eldee Young | Isaac ‘Redd’ Holt | Ramsey Lewis

Phoenix Records

Rating: ★★★

This was an era when the piano trios of Ahmad Jamal, Billy Taylor, Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner, The Three...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2013

Review of The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Bossa Nova USA

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Bossa Nova USA

Dave Brubeck | Gene Wright | Joe Morello | Paul Desmond

State of Art

Rating: ★★★

Between 1955, when he signed with Columbia, and 1966, a year before Dave Brubeck wound up his famous quartet, Brubeck...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2018

Review of Ancient Infinity Orchestra: River of Light

Ancient Infinity Orchestra: River of Light

Adam Ash | Alex Bates | Alice Spearman | Ella Russell | Elliot Roffe | Evan Rhodri Davies | Georgie Buchanan | Harley Johnson | Hugh Vincent | Isobel Jones

Gondwana

Rating: ★★★

Taping at the height of summer and basking in the West Riding sun between takes, bassist Ozzy Moysey’s 14-piece band...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: December/January/2023/2024

Review of Wayne Shorter: Celebration Vol. 1

Wayne Shorter: Celebration Vol. 1

Brian Blade | Danilo Pérez | John Patitucci | Wayne Shorter

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

It’s something of a cliché that jazz is ‘different every time’, but in the case of this quartet, it was...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2024

Review of Jason Palmer: The Cross Over: Live in Brooklyn

Jason Palmer: The Cross Over: Live in Brooklyn

Jason Palmer | Larry Grenadier | Marcus Gilmore | Mark Turner

Editor's Choice

Giant Step Arts GSA

Rating: ★★★★

These two intense live albums, recorded in August 2023 at Brooklyn’s Ornithology listening space, present two heavyweight left-field quartets playing...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2025

Review of The Fury: Live In Brooklyn

The Fury: Live In Brooklyn

Lage Lund | Mark Turner | Matt Brewer | Tyshawn Sorey

Giant Step Arts GSA

Rating: ★★★★

These two intense live albums, recorded in August 2023 at Brooklyn’s Ornithology listening space, present two heavyweight left-field quartets playing...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2025

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