Review of Human: Being Human

Human: Being Human

Alex Bonney | Alexander Hawkins | Dylan Bates | Stephen Davis

Babel

Rating: ★★★

Irish drummer Stephen Davis is best known, thus far, for his work with free jazz mavericks Bourne/Davis/Kane, but this is...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2013

Review of Verneri Pohjola: Bullhorn

Verneri Pohjola: Bullhorn

Aki Rissanen | Antti Lötjönen | Iida-Vilhelmiina Laine | ILmarie Pohjola | Jussi Kannaste | Teppo Mäkynen | Verneri Pohjola

Edition

Rating: ★★★★

Although this is only Pohjola's third album as a leader, he marks his debut on Edition Records with a masterpiece....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2015

Review of Dizzy Gillespie: Live At Singer Concert Hall 1973

Dizzy Gillespie: Live At Singer Concert Hall 1973

Al Gafa | Dizzy Gillespie | Earl May | Jon Faddis | Mickey Roker | Mike Longo

Fondamenta

Rating: ★★★

Rather like last year’s Hamburg radio archive album Live At Onkel Po’s (reviewed in Jazzwise 217), this is slightly underwhelming,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2018

Review of Steve Gadd Band

Steve Gadd Band

Duke Gadd | Jimmy Johnson | Kevin Hays | Michael Landau | Steve Gadd | Walt Fowler

BFM Jazz

Rating: ★★★

The big change is Hays coming in for the sublime Larry Goldings. But panic not, the change is more evolutionary...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2018

Review of Springtime: Night Raver

Springtime: Night Raver

Chris Abrahams | Dan Luscombe | Gareth Liddiard | Jim White

Joyful Noise JNR409

Rating: ★★★★

The second release from hot- off-the-ranks Australian power trio Springtime is some wild flowering: a demented torrent of sound within...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2022

Review of Théo Girard Trio: 30YearsFrom

Théo Girard Trio: 30YearsFrom

Antoine Berjeaut | Seb Rochford | Théo Girard

Discobole

Rating: ★★★

French bassist Girard turns 40 this year, and his belated solo debut imagines its tracks as staging posts on an...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2018

Review of Jonathan Finlayson: 3 Times Round

Jonathan Finlayson: 3 Times Round

Brian Settles | Craig Weinrib | John Hebert | Jonathan Finlayson | Matthew Mitchell | Steve Lehman

Pi Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

A longtime associate of Steve Coleman, trumpeter Finlayson’s two CDs to date, Moment And The Messsage and Moving Still, impressed....

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Review of The Seen: For The Sake Of Joy Of Study Of Oneself

The Seen: For The Sake Of Joy Of Study Of Oneself

Bertrand Denzler | Dominic Lash | Douglas Benford | Graham MacKeachan | Harry Broadbent | Jennifer Allum | Mark Wastell | Phil Durrant | Phil Julian | Stewart Lee

Confront Core

Rating: ★★★

In many ways, you can think of this as an affectionate paean to the history of British improv. Back in...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2021

Review of Rufus Reid: Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project

Rufus Reid: Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project

Charence Wade | Freddie Hendrix | Herlin Riley | Ingrid Jensen | Rufus Reid | Scott Robinson | Steve Allee | Tim Hagans | Vic Juris

Motéma

Rating: ★★★

Double-bass sage Rufus Reid, whose leaner and meaner years were spent with stars like Dexter Gordon, has been involved in...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: April/2014

Review of Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York: Entity

Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York: Entity

Andy Laster | Briggan Krauss | Ches Smith | Curtis Hasselbring | Dave Ballou | Ellery Eskelin | Herb Robertson | Joe Fiedler | Natsuki Tamura | Nels Cline

Libra Records

Rating: ★★★

Sixtieth birthdays in Japan are special and are celebrated as kanreki, when one cycle of life is at an end...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2020

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