Review of Sons Of Kemet: Your Queen Is A Reptile

Sons Of Kemet: Your Queen Is A Reptile

Congo Natty | Eddie Hick | Joshua Idehen | Shabaka Hutchings | Theon Cross | Tom Skinner

Impulse!

Rating: ★★★★

An increasingly visible representative of British jazz for international audiences, Shabaka Hutchings has never been afraid to voice his opinion...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

Review of Don Byas Quartet: The Complete 1946-1954 Paris Recordings

Don Byas Quartet: The Complete 1946-1954 Paris Recordings

Art Simmons | Bernard Peiffer | Beryl Booker | Don Byas | Jacques Dieval | Martial Solal | Mary Lou Williams | Maurice Vander | with Billy Taylor

Solid Jazz Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Were it not for the efforts of Gilles Petard's now dormant French-based Classics label in documenting the recordings of Don...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2013

Review of Jarrod Lawson

Jarrod Lawson

Chrisopher Friesen | Ebon Bergeron | Fortnell Newton | Jans Ingber | Jarrod Lawson | Jay Koder | Joshua Corry | Leisa Hart | Maya Ayam | Steveland Swatkinds

Dome

Rating: ★★★

‘File under soul’ says the music industry of the young American singer-songwriter, yet jazz is an integral part of this...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2015

Review of Gary Burton: The New Quartet

Gary Burton: The New Quartet

Abraham Laboriel | Gary Burton | Harry Blazer | Mike Goodrick

ECM Luminessence

Rating: ★★★★

These two releases, both examples of exceptional music-making, represent the second batch of ECM’s new Luminescence vinyl reissue programme, casting...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2023

Review of Dominic Ashworth: Psyche

Dominic Ashworth: Psyche

Al Swainger | Andy Cleyndert | Brian Iddenden | Chris Gower | Craig Milverton | Derek Nash | Digby Fairweather | Dominic Ashworth | Dorian Ford | Julian Marc Stringle

Editor's Choice

Rating: ★★★★

Ashworth often records for other leaders, notably Fairweather, but seldom fronts his own albums, so this release is to be...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2019

Review of Nick Adema: Urban Chaos

Nick Adema: Urban Chaos

Alkistis Misouli | Ante Medic | Azubike Onwuka | Chen Har-Even | Joshua Herwig | Joy Shechter | Liva Dumpe | Michael Murray | Nick Adema | Noah Preminger

Zennez

Rating: ★★★

The trombonist Nick Adema wrote the compositions for his second album (following DemiLAN, released in 2021) as a musical commentary...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/2024

Review of The Dissolute Society: Soldiering On

The Dissolute Society: Soldiering On

Fini Bearman | Gustav Clarkson | Huw Warren | Joshua Idehen | Laura Jurd | Mia Marlen Berg | Mike Soper | Naomi Burrell | Phil Merriman | Raph Clarkson

Babel Label

Rating: ★★★

The Dissolute Society is a new octet led by British trombonist Raph Clarkson, of punk-jazz band WorldService Project. This debut...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: June/2018

Review of Eric Alexander: Song Of No Regrets

Eric Alexander: Song Of No Regrets

Alex Dias | David Hazeltine | Eric Alexander | Esther Lomas Sempredro | Joe Farnsworth | John Webber | Jon Faddis | Joshua Bruness | Lucas Alexander

HighNote

Rating: ★★★★

How nice to hear Eric Alexander out of his comfort zone. Even if only for a couple of tracks! Driven...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: April/2018

Review of Ben Marc: Glass Effect

Ben Marc: Glass Effect

Ben Marc | Ed Riches | Jason Yarde | Joshua Idehen | Judi Jackson | Marius Alessia | Midnight Roban | Sam Jones

Editor's Choice

Innovative Leisure IL2086

Rating: ★★★★

Ben Marc is a bassist, electronic producer and composer and the nom de plume of Neil Charles: a graduate of...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2022

Review of Stacey Kent: The Changing Lights

Stacey Kent: The Changing Lights

Graham Harvey | Jeremy Brown | Jim Tomlinson | John Parricelli | Joshua Morrison | Matt Home | Stacey Kent

Parlophone

Rating: ★★★★

Bringing Stacey Kent’s love for Brazilian music sharply into focus, The Changing Lights finds the singer’s storytelling gifts reaching ever-greater...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2013

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