Review of Camilla George: Ibio-Ibio

Camilla George: Ibio-Ibio

Camilla George | Daniel Casimir | Daru Jones | Kadialy Kouyate | Lady Sanity | Renato Paris | Rosie Turton | Sarah Tandy | Sheila Maurice-Grey | Shirley Tetteh

Ever Records

Rating: ★★★

Born in Nigeria and of Afro-Caribbean heritage, Camilla George is in constant contact with all kinds of groove. Ibio-Ibio continues...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: October/2022

Review of Mathias Eick: Ravensburg

Mathias Eick: Ravensburg

Andreas Ulvo | Audun Erlien | Håkon Aase | Helge Andreas Norbakken | Mathias Eick | Torstein Lofthus

Rating: ★★★

Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick's blend of voice-like long-tone tremors and supple jazz phrasing links him with such atmospheric brass-playing relatives...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2018

Review of Art Pepper & Ted Brown: The Complete Free Wheeling Sessions

Art Pepper & Ted Brown: The Complete Free Wheeling Sessions

Art Pepper | Ben Tucker | Gary Frommer | Jeff Morton | Ronnie Ball | Ted Brown | Warne Marsh

Phoenix

Rating: ★★★★

Here are three of the leading exponents of the Lennie Tristano template for jazz improvisation caught in confident accord, deploying...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2015

Review of Dara Tucker: Dreams of Waking: Music For a Better World

Dara Tucker: Dreams of Waking: Music For a Better World

Dana Tucker

Green Hill Music

Rating: ★★★★

While every song covered on vocalist, songwriter and bandleader Dara Tucker's Dreams of Waking: Music For a Better World is...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2021

Review of Roberto Magris: Match Point

Roberto Magris: Match Point

Alfredo Chacon | Dion Kerr | Roberto Magris | Rodolfo Zuniga

JMood

Rating: ★★★

I was first aware of Trieste-born pianist and composer Magris in 2007 as an accomplished post-bop performer, and his reputation...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2022

Review of East Axis: No Subject

East Axis: No Subject

Gerald Cleaver | Kevin Ray | Matthew Shipp | Scott Robinson

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

‘Supergroup’ can be something of a throwaway term, but this gathering has players of sufficient stature to give the description...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2023

Review of Vicente Archer: Short Stories

Vicente Archer: Short Stories

Bill Stewart | Gerald Clayton | Vicente Archer

Cellar Live

Rating: ★★★

Having spent time on the road together with John Scofield, these three musicians have already developed the kind of mutual...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2023

Review of Joe Lovano: Homage

Joe Lovano: Homage

Joe Lovano | Marcin Wasilewski | Michal Miskiewicz | Slawomir Kurkiewicz

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

The second ECM release from Joe Lovano and Marcin Wasilewski’s piano trio finds the American saxophonist maintaining a strong presence...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2025

Review of Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express: Super Pop Montreux ‘70

Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express: Super Pop Montreux ‘70

Barry Dean | Brian Auger | Jim Mullen | Keith Bailey

Repertoire

Rating: ★★★

Early adopters in fusing jazz with R&B and the multi-hued psychedelic directions surfacing in 1967, Brian Auger and Julie Driscoll...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: February/2025

Review of Laura Jurd's Dinosaur: To The Earth

Laura Jurd's Dinosaur: To The Earth

Conor Chaplin | Corrie Dick | Elliot Galvin | Laura Jurd

Editor's Choice

Edition

Rating: ★★★★

Though Laura Jurd has kept on raising the high bar she set all the way back on her Landing Ground...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2020

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