Kirk Knuffke: Cherryco
Adam Nussbaum | Jay Anderson | Kirk Knuffke
The in-demand cornetist's recent ventures include Michael Formanek's ECM album The Distance, Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family and collaborations with...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2017
Nicolas Meier World Group: Magnificent
Demi Garcia Sabat | Kevin Glasgow | Nicolas Meier | Richard Jones
Magnificent? Perhaps. But sumptuous, certainly. Containing no fewer than 3 CDs, Magnificent captures Meier’s work not only during lockdown but...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Bill Evans Trio: Explorations
Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Scott Lafaro | Scott LaFaro | Teddy Kotick
Following up the expanded publicdomain reissue of Portrait In Jazz on their Poll Winners label (see Jazzwise 151), EJC have...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2012
Human Feel: Gold
Andrew D'Angelo | Chris Speed | Jim Black | Kurt Rosenwinkel
Seattle-raised reeds-player Andrew D'Angelo met saxophonist Chris Speed and drummer Jim Black in high school, and formed the Human Feel...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2019
Dominique Di Piazza: Living Hope
Dominique Di Piazza | Grégory Privat | Nicolas Viccaro | Stéphane Chasse
Arriving to great acclaim as one third of John McLaughlin's 1990s trio alongside Indo-jazz drum deity Trilok Gurtu, electric bassist...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: March/2017
Raul de Souza Generations Band: Plenitude
Alex Corrêa | Christope Schweizer | Glauco Solter | Matheus Jardim | Raul de Souza
I was just typing up my review of this album last month when the sad news came through of de...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2021
Headhunters: Survival Of The Fittest/Straight From The Gate
If ever there was an appropriate title for a tune, then it is surely ‘God Made Me Funky’, the high...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2012
FAB Trio: History Of Jazz In Reverse
Barry Altschul | Billy Bang | Joe Fonda
As he showed on his heart-stopping Vietnam-themed releases, Bang, who lived through the horrors of that war as a teenage...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2012
Ntjam Rosie: At The Back Of Beyond
According to established protocol, jazz has composers, and soul music songwriters. Yet the link between the two is melody, and...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2013
Florian Weber: Lucent Waters
Florian Weber | Linda May Han Oh | Nasheet Waits | Ralph Alessi
Florian Weber, the 41-year-old German pianist/composer, has had some inspirational teachers since he swapped jazz for his childhood classical training...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2019
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