Review of Album Interview: Brad Mehldau Trio: Seymour Reads The Constitution!

Album Interview: Brad Mehldau Trio: Seymour Reads The Constitution!

Brad Mehldau | Jeff Ballard | Larry Grenadier

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★

Brad Mehldau's teasing talent for setting a mood of fascinating expectation and then unhurriedly revealing its multiple implications has been...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2018

Review of e.s.t: e.s.t. Live in Gothenburg

e.s.t: e.s.t. Live in Gothenburg

Dan Berglund | Esbjörn Svensson | Magnus Öström

Editor's Choice

ACT

Rating: ★★★★★

Considered by the pianist himself as one of the best concerts he ever played (with good reason), Live in Gothenburg...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Review of Mike Westbrook: Starcross Bridge

Mike Westbrook: Starcross Bridge

Mike Westbrook

Hatology

Rating: ★★★★

Wait 40 years for a solo piano recording from Mike Westbrook, then, stone me, two come along virtually at once....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2018

Review of Petter Eldh: Projekt Drums Vol 1

Petter Eldh: Projekt Drums Vol 1

David Byrd-Marrow | Eric Harland | Gard Nilssen | James Maddren | Johannes Lauer | Jonas Kullhammar | Kathrin Pechlof | Kit Downes | Maria Schneider | Nate Wood

Editor's Choice

Edition EDN1173

Rating: ★★★★

The branding doesn’t help, but studio-based music made since the 1990s, sometimes labelled as Nu-jazz or Jazztronica, to the jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2021

Review of Jeremy Ledbetter Trio: Gravity

Jeremy Ledbetter Trio: Gravity

Javier Suárez | Jeremy Ledbetter | Juan Carlos Segovia | Larnell Lewis | Rich Brown | Yonathan ‘Morocho’ Gavidia

CaneFire Records/Self-release

Rating: ★★★★

Toronto pianist Jeremy Ledbetter is something of a local legend on his native Canadian scene. A virtuosic and versatile pianist,...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: September/2024

Review of Training + Ruth Goller: Threads to Knot

Training + Ruth Goller: Threads to Knot

Johannes Schleiermacher | Max Andrzejewski | Ruth Goller

Squama Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

For nearly two decades, Ruth Goller has been turning heads as an East London-based improvising electric bassist for Melt Yourself...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2025

Review of Vincent Peirani: Thrill Box

Vincent Peirani: Thrill Box

Emile Parisien | Michael Wollny | Michel Benita | Michel Portal | Vincent Peirani

ACT

Rating: ★★★

Thrill Box refers to Peirani's instrument, the accordion, which – remarkably – he seems able to wrest a astonishing range...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2013

Review of Liran Donin's 1000 Boats: 8 Songs

Liran Donin's 1000 Boats: 8 Songs

Ben Brown | Chris Williams | Josh Arcoleo | Liran Donin | Maria Chiara Argirò | Ranjana Ghatak

Editor's Choice

Cavalo Records

Rating: ★★★★

Led Bib's lyricism can be lost in their reputation for attack. Their bassist Liran Donin, though, is all melody and...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2018

Review of Abbie Finn Trio: On Pink Lane

Abbie Finn Trio: On Pink Lane

Abbie Finn | Harry Keeble | Paul Grainger

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

While the nation waits for our politicians’ talk of ‘levelling up’ to be matched by some action, we can take...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: February/2023

Review of Joe Henderson: The Complete An Evening with Joe Henderson

Joe Henderson: The Complete An Evening with Joe Henderson

Al Foster | Charlie Haden | Joe Henderson

Editor's Choice

Red Records

Rating: ★★★★

Joe Henderson’s position in the tenor sax canon is summed up by the title of his 1986 Blue Note recording...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2023

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