Review of Vazesh: The Sacred Key

Vazesh: The Sacred Key

Hamed Sadeghi | Jeremy Rose | Lloyd Swanton

Earshift Music Ear 052

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Various Artists: Jazz At Berlin Philharmonic XIII: Celebrating Mingus 100

Various Artists: Jazz At Berlin Philharmonic XIII: Celebrating Mingus 100

Camille Bertault | Danny Grissett | Georg Breinschmid | Gregory Hutchinson | Jakob Mans | Magnus Lindgren | Matthias Schriefl | Shannon Barnett | Tony Lakatos

Editor's Choice

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Omara Portuondo: Magic Negra

Omara Portuondo: Magic Negra

Alexandre Abreu | Andres Coayo | Gaston Joya | Juan Manuel Ceruito | Omara Portuondo | Rodney Iyarza Barreto | Rolanda Luna | Tomas Ramos

World Village

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Mads Vinding/Jean- Michel Pile/Marilyn Mazur: Composing

Mads Vinding/Jean- Michel Pile/Marilyn Mazur: Composing

Jean-Michel Pilc | Mads Vinding | Marilyn Mazur

Storyville

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of BB&C: The Veil

BB&C: The Veil

Jim Black | Nels Cline | Tim Berne

Cryptogramophone

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Alexander Hawkins & Evan Parker: Leaps In Leicester

Alexander Hawkins & Evan Parker: Leaps In Leicester

Alexander Hawkins | Evan Parker

Clean Feed

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Mike Longo Trio + 2: To My Surprise

Mike Longo Trio + 2: To My Surprise

Bob Cranshaw | Jimmy Owens | Lance Bryant | Lewis Nash | Mike Longo

Consolidated Artists

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Trevor Watts and Veryan Weston: Dialogues in Two Places

Trevor Watts and Veryan Weston: Dialogues in Two Places

Trevor Watts | Veryan Weston

Hi4Head

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Blixt

Blixt

Bill Laswell | Morgen Ågren | Raoul Björkenheim

Cuneiform

Rating: ★★

According to their press release, Blixt are purporting to be the present-day aftershock of 1960s power trio Cream, a statement...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: April/2012

Review of Trevor Taylor/Ian Brighton/Steve Beresford: Kontakte Trio

Trevor Taylor/Ian Brighton/Steve Beresford: Kontakte Trio

Ian Brighton | Steve Beresford | Trevor Taylor

FMR

Rating: ★★★

Guitarist Ian Brighton's recent return to playing after a nearly 40-year sabbatical is one of the more heartening tales from...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2017

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