Bebel Gilberto: Agora
By turns hallucinatory and heart-stoppingly beautiful, Agora is quite unlike anything we’ve heard before from vocalist Gilberto. Produced by her...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2020
Archie Shepp: New York Contemporary Five Vol.2
Archie Shepp | Don Cherry | Don Moore | JC Moses | John Tchicai
A potent reminder, not only of the early days of Shepp (under whose name it was reissued on Delmark in...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2020
Helge Lien Trio: Revisited
Helge Lien | Johannes Eick | Knut Aalefjær | Knut Aalefjaer
Older and wiser, Helge Lien returns with a new trio doing what he does best, working with bass and drums...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2022
Terry Pack's Trees: Heart of Oak
Terry Pack's Trees draw their sustenance from East Sussex's rolling downlands, and Brighton-centred jazz community. Pack's generous open door built...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: October/2017
European Jazz Ensemble: 35th Anniversary Tour
The European Jazz Ensemble are more occasional playmates than permanent fixture, and, perhaps wisely, keep tricky bits to a minimum....
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2013
The Whammies: Play The Music of Steve Lacy Vol. 2
Han Bennink | Jeb Bishop | Jorrit Dijkstra | Mary Oliver | Nate McBride | Pandelis Karayorgis
This sextet, drawing on musicians from Amsterdam, Chicago and Boston, doesn’t just get its name from a Steve Lacy tune...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2013
Aaron Shragge and Ben Monder: A World Of Dew
With the trio an increasingly desirable, and financially viable, option for many musicians, the constraints of a duo can pose...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: September/2018
Christian Wallumrød: Pianokammer
But is it jazz? That's a question that many ‘jazz’ releases might draw nowadays from the more trad-minded listener and,...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2015
Chris Dave & The Drumhedz
The presence of no fewer than 15 tracks on this long-awaited debut by one of the pivotal drummers in contemporary...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018
Dave O'Higgins: Standards
Billy Higgins | Cedar Walton | Pat Senatore
Sometimes you just need a hit to the soul: and O'Higgins delivers in spades with a collection that is just...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2017
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