David Binney: Anacapa
The saxophonist-composer David Binney's seventh release for the Dutch-based recorded-in-Brooklyn label Criss Cross, Anacapa, sounds like it could be the...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2014
Quentin Angus: The State Of Things
Can Olgun | Desmond White | Michael Mayo | Nate Smith | Quentin Angus
Jazz musicians have long exercised the right not to make jazz, and Australian guitarist Quentin Angus, previously noted for his...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2022
Vazesh: The Sacred Key
Hamed Sadeghi | Jeremy Rose | Lloyd Swanton
Jeremy Rose impressed with the Vampires and with his conceptual album Iron in the Blood from 2015, he emerged as...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2022
Various Artists: Jazz At Berlin Philharmonic XIII: Celebrating Mingus 100
Live tributes to the departed greats are now the lifeblood of the mainstream circuit, which is doubtless why jazz is...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2022
Omara Portuondo: Magic Negra
In 1958 a 25-year-old singer named Omara Portuondo, a former dancer at the Tropicana Club, broke away from the all-female...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2015
Mads Vinding/Jean- Michel Pile/Marilyn Mazur: Composing
Jean-Michel Pilc | Mads Vinding | Marilyn Mazur
Jazzers (or jazz commentators at any rate) like to talk about empathy between players: that instinctual feeling musicians have for...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
BB&C: The Veil
Jim Black | Nels Cline | Tim Berne
This continuous, hour-long set captures three big-hitters from the Big Apple, recorded live at The Stone, John Zorn’s East Village...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2011
Alexander Hawkins & Evan Parker: Leaps In Leicester
Alexander Hawkins | Evan Parker
When collaborative improvisation is operating at the highest levels, it's not so much a case of the participants reacting to...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2016
Mike Longo Trio + 2: To My Surprise
Bob Cranshaw | Jimmy Owens | Lance Bryant | Lewis Nash | Mike Longo
This session recalls fond memories of a visit to the long-defunct Playboy Club in Park Lane to hear the great...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: May/2012
Trevor Watts and Veryan Weston: Dialogues in Two Places
Here are two masters of their art on astonishing form. The two long and one short improvisations on the first...
Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: September/2012
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