Review of Avishai Cohen: Cross My Palm With Silver

Avishai Cohen: Cross My Palm With Silver

Avishai Cohen | Barak Mori | Nasheet Waits | Yonathan Avishai

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

The questionable moral sub-text of the title, sadly all too relevant to an age in which those of a lesser...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2017

Review of Brandee Younger: Somewhere Different

Brandee Younger: Somewhere Different

Allan Mednard | Anne Drummond | Brandee Younger | Chelsea Baratz | Dezron Douglas | Marcus Gilmore | Maurice Brown | Rashaan Carter | Ron Carter

Editor's Choice

Impulse!

Rating: ★★★★

From the inventive comping in the striking album opener ‘Reclamation’ to the heavy ostinato of the final track, ‘Tickled Pink’,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2021

Review of Scott Hamilton/Karin Krog: The Best Things In Life

Scott Hamilton/Karin Krog: The Best Things In Life

Hans Backenroth | Jan Lundgren | Karin Krog | Kristian Leth | Scott Hamilton

Stunt Stu

Rating: ★★★

Hamilton continues to find new collaborators as he roams around Europe from his base in Italy. This time he’s in...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2016

Review of Eddie Parker's Debussy Mirrored Ensemble: Live In Performance

Eddie Parker's Debussy Mirrored Ensemble: Live In Performance

Alcyona Mick | Brigitte Beraha | Eddie Parker | Gareth Lockrane | Imogen Ridge | James Allsopp | James Gilchrist | Jan Hendrickse | Martin France | Rowland Sutherland

self-released

Rating: ★★★★

Eddie Parker was one of 1980s big band Loose Tubes' most colourful characters, and he hasn't lost his intuitively maverick...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019

Review of Mark Guiliana: Mischief

Mark Guiliana: Mischief

Chris Morrissey | Jason Rigby | Mark Guiliana | Shai Maestro

Edition

Rating: ★★★

The influential New Jersey drummer Mark Guiliana, who first turned heads during his five-year stint with star bassist Avishai Cohen's...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2023

Review of Grievous Bodily Calm: Cascades

Grievous Bodily Calm: Cascades

Alex Reid | Josiah Padmanabham | Matthew McGlynn | Thomas Manson | Zac Grafton

Self-release

Rating: ★★★★

This Borloo/Perth fivesome have been making waves Down Under since their debut 2018 EP, Repel, with a stack of press...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: September/2023

Review of Imogen Ryall: Sings The Charles Mingus/Joni Mitchell Songbook

Imogen Ryall: Sings The Charles Mingus/Joni Mitchell Songbook

David Beebee | Eric Ford | Imogen Ryall | Julian Nicholas | Nigel Thomas

Editor's Choice

Rubicon Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

‘A door opener for me’ is how vocalist Imogen Ryall describes Mingus, the unforeseen collaboration between Joni Mitchell and Charles...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/January/2023/2024

Review of Peter Hand: Blue Topaz

Peter Hand: Blue Topaz

David Janeway | Don Braden, | Eddie Allen | Harvie S | Houston Person | James Weidman | Peter Hand | Steve Johns

Whaling City Sound

Rating: ★★★★

Berklee-trained, the New York guitarist Hand has ranged around the wider upstate New York scene, compiling a decent discography, his...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2024

Review of Julian Lage: Speak To Me

Julian Lage: Speak To Me

Dave King | Jorge Roeder | Julian Lage | Kris Davis | Levon Henry | Patrick Warren

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Over the years since he was discovered as a 12 year-old prodigy, gigs with Gary Burton, John Zorn and Charles...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2024

Review of ENEMY: The Betrayal

ENEMY: The Betrayal

James Maddren | Kit Downes | Petter Eldh

We Jazz Records

Rating: ★★★★

Don’t let the band moniker or album title put you off. What sounds like a recording by a hardcore punk...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2023

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