Kit Downes: Dr Snap
I think Kit Downes did himself no harm at all relocating from London to Berlin about a decade ago; he...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2024
Emma Smith: Hat-Trick!
Emma Smith | Joe Lee | Luke Tomlinson | Samuel Watts
2024 has turned out to be quite the year for vocalist Emma Smith. In September she won Jazz Artist of...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/2024
Charles Persip and the Jazz Statesmen
Freddie Hubbard | Marcus Belgrave | Roland Alexander | Ron Carter | Ronnie Matthews
Charlie (or Charli, as he now calls himself) Persip was predominantly a big band drummer, working with Dizzy Gillespie and...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2012
Filomena Campus and Giorgio Serci: Scaramouche
Guitarist Giorgio Serci and vocalist Filomena Campus, two Sardinian musicians resident in the UK, have created a captivating cycle of...
Reviewed by Charles Alexander in issue: May/2015
Chad Fowler/Mathew Shipp: Old Stories
According to Fowler, a specialist on the relatively rare saxello, there was very little discussion between himself and pianist Shipp...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2022
Mammal Hands: Floa
Gavin Barras | Jesse Barratt | Jordan Smart | Natalie Purton | Nick Smart
Recommended to Matthew Halsall’s Gondwana Records by then- labelmates GoGo Penguin, there’s certainly common ground between these British jazz peers....
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2016
Gilad Hekselman: ZuperOctave
Aaron Parks | Gilad Hekselman | Kendrick Scott
This album – recorded as part of the ‘musig im pflegidach’ series at the titular Muri venue in Switzerland –...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: August/2019
Alexis Cuadrado: Noneto Iberico
Jazz and Spanish rhythms have connections that date back to (and probably way beyond) Jelly Roll Morton and New Orleans...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2011
Mark Turner: Lathe Of Heaven
Avishai Cohen | Joe Martin | Marcus Gilmore | Mark Turner
There may be a great divide between uptempo anthem and downtempo ballad in jazz, but over time many have bridged...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2014
Jure Pukl: Abstract Society
Damion Reid | Joe Sanders | Jure Pukl | Vijay Iyer
If you’ve heard the thoroughly recommended Rise CD by trumpeter Raynald Colom, you’ll be vaguely familiar with Jure Pukl. He's...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
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