Review of Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society

Esperanza Spalding: Radio Music Society

Alan Hampton | Algebra Blessett | Anthony Diamond | Becca Stevens | Billy Hart | Chris Turner | Corey King | Daniel VLake | Darren Barrett | Esperanza Spalding

Heads Up

Rating: ★★★★

The New Seekers might have wanted to “teach the world to sing” but here on her fourth and most ambitious...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: March/2012

Review of Pablo Held: Glow II

Pablo Held: Glow II

Christian Weidner | Claus Stötter | Henning Sieverts | Hubert Nuss | John Schröder | Jonas Burwinkel | Niels Klein | Pablo Held | Phillip Gropper | Robert Landfermann

Pirouet

Rating: ★★

Pianist Pablo Held is perhaps one of the best known young jazz musicians on the Cologne jazz scene, and over...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2018

Review of Craig Taborn: Avenging Angel

Craig Taborn: Avenging Angel

Taborn

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

If solo piano can be a rewarding gig because of the wealth of harmonic possibilities that the keyboard can offer...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2011

Review of Paul Horn: In India/Cosmic Consciousness – Paul Horn In Kashmir

Paul Horn: In India/Cosmic Consciousness – Paul Horn In Kashmir

Chunilal Kaul | Gopal Krishnan | Gopal Verma | Haffar Hyder Khan | JN Shivpuri | Paul Horn | Rajinder Raina | Satya Dev Pawar | Vinay Bharat-Ram

BGO Records

Rating: ★★★★

It is interesting that even before the vocals kick in on this double album’s track ‘Arti (Prayer Song)’ – the...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: October/2013

Review of Mark Guiliana: MARK

Mark Guiliana: MARK

Mark Guiliana

Edition Records

Rating: ★★★★

You can’t get much more contemporary than the singular drummer-composer Mark Guiliana. Yet he often seems contrary in his musical...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2024

Review of Janel & Anthony: New Moon In An Evil Age

Janel & Anthony: New Moon In An Evil Age

Anthony Pirog | Devin Hoff | Dr Ali Analouei | Janel Leppin

Cuneiform

Rating: ★★

Here's a pair of very different releases from the wondrous Cuneiform label, both of them featuring cellist Janel Leppin and...

Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: October/2024

Review of Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Begins

Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Begins

Bernard ‘Pretty’ Purdie | Billy Nichols | Brian Jackson | Burt Jones | Chariie Saunders | Chuck Rainey | Cornell Dupree | David Barnes | David Spinozza | Eddie Knowles

Editor's Choice

BGP Gilbox

Rating: ★★★★

Even casual observers will not have failed to notice the considerable amount of GSH material now available on CD. Yet...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2013

Review of Wayne Shorter: Native Dancer

Wayne Shorter: Native Dancer

Airto Moreira | Dave McDaniel | Herbie Hancock | Milton Nascimento | Roberto Silva | Wagner Tiso | Wayne Shorter

Columbia/Legacy

Rating: ★★★★

Native Dancer represented Shorter's growing fascination with Portuguese and Brazilian culture following his marriage to his Portuguese wife Ana Maria...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2017

Review of Patrick Cornelius: While We're Still Young

Patrick Cornelius: While We're Still Young

Gerald Clayton | Jason Palmer | John Ellis | Kendrick Scott | Miles Ozaki | Nick Vayenas | Patrick Cornelius | Peter Slavov

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

US alto-saxophonist Cornelius is a semi-regular visitor to Britain, often at the behest of bassist Mike Janisch and it’s on...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2016

Review of Album Interview: Charles Lloyd And Maria Farantouri: Athens Concert

Album Interview: Charles Lloyd And Maria Farantouri: Athens Concert

Charles Lloyd | Eric Harland | Jason Moran | Maria Farantouri | Reuben Rogers | Socratis Sinopoulos | Takis Farazis

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

This must have been one hell of a night. How rarely does the atmosphere at a concert come over as...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: October/2011

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