Review of Will Vinson: Perfectly Out of Place

Will Vinson: Perfectly Out of Place

Gonzalo Rubalcaba | Jamey Haddad | Jeff Ballard | Jo Lawry | Matt Penman | Mike Moreno | The Mivos Quartet | Will Vinson

5Passion

Rating: ★★★★

From his superb debut, It's For You, through live recordings such as Live at Smalls, Vinson has maintained the golden...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2016

Review of Noah Haidu: Infinite Distances

Noah Haidu: Infinite Distances

Ariel de la Portilla | Jeremy Pelt | John Davis | Jon Irabagon | Mark Ferber | Noah Haidu | Peter Brendler | Sharel Cassity

Cellar Live

Rating: ★★★

The Posi-Tone label's Marc Free is probably the most prolific producer in jazz today and he kindly keeps this writer...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: April/2017

Review of Stirrup+6: The Avondale Addition

Stirrup+6: The Avondale Addition

Fred Lonberg-Holm

Cuneiform Rune

Rating: ★★★

Here cellist and lynchpin of the Chicago scene, Fred Lonberg-Holm, combines two long-running projects: his trio Stirrup featuring bassist Nick...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2020

Review of Christian McBride & Inside Straight: Live at the Village Vanguard

Christian McBride & Inside Straight: Live at the Village Vanguard

Carl Allen | Christian McBride | Peter Martin | Steve Wilson | Warren Wolf

Editor's Choice

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

McBride sets a good example for contemporary definitions of ‘inside playing’ and ‘straight-ahead feel’. His quintet also contains a cross-section...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Review of The Impossible Gentlemen

The Impossible Gentlemen

Adam Nussbaum | Gwilym Simcock | Mike Walker | Steve Swallow

Basho Records

Rating: ★★★★

While this group opens a new chapter in the stylistic evolution of Gwilym Simcock by placing him alongside the rhythm...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2011

Review of Peter Brötzmann & Paal Nilssen-Love: Chicken Shit Bingo

Peter Brötzmann & Paal Nilssen-Love: Chicken Shit Bingo

Paal Nilssen-Love | Peter Brötzmann

Trost

Rating: ★★★

Reeds hero Peter Brötzmann and powerhouse drummer Paal Nilssen-Love enjoyed a long association – from Nilssen-Love’s tenure in Brötzmann’s Chicago...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2024

Review of Vazesh: Tapestry

Vazesh: Tapestry

Hamed Sadeghi | Jeremy Rose | Lloyd Swanton

Earshift

Rating: ★★★

Iranian-born, Sydney-based Hamed Sadeghi trained as a Persian classical musician in Tehran and plays the tar, a long-necked lute with...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: December/2024

Review of Eliane Elias: Dance Of Time

Eliane Elias: Dance Of Time

Eliane Elias

Concord Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

Following on from Bossa Nova Stories (2009), Light My Fire (2011), I Thought About You (2013) and Made in Brazil...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2017

Review of Alexander von Schlippenbach: Schlippenbach Plays Monk

Alexander von Schlippenbach: Schlippenbach Plays Monk

Alexander von Schlippenbach | Alexander Von Schlippenbach

Intakt

Rating: ★★★

German pianist Schlippenbach is best known as one of the original architects of European free jazz, but he's...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2013

Review of Kenny Drew: Four Classic Albums Introducing The Kenny Drew Trio/This Is New/Talkin' & Walkin'/Pal Joey

Kenny Drew: Four Classic Albums Introducing The Kenny Drew Trio/This Is New/Talkin' & Walkin'/Pal Joey

Art Blakey | Curly Russell | Donald Byrd | G.T. Hogan | Hank Mobley | Joe Maini | Kenny Drew | Lawrence Marable | Leroy Vinnegar | Philly Joe Jones

Avid

Rating: ★★★

Though he recorded in the region of four-dozen albums under his own name, nowadays Kenny Drew is perhaps best known...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2013

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