Review of Iréne Schweizer & Han Bennink: Welcome Back

Iréne Schweizer & Han Bennink: Welcome Back

Han Bennink | Iréne Schweizer

Intakt

Rating: ★★★★

Swiss pianist Schweizer and Dutch drummer Bennink were among the first wave of European free-improvisers, both taking part in Manfred...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2015

Review of Bill O'Connell and the Afro-Caribbean Ensemble: Wind Off The Hudson

Bill O'Connell and the Afro-Caribbean Ensemble: Wind Off The Hudson

Alex Sipiagin | Andrea Brachfeld | Bill O'Connell | Conrad Herwig | Craig Handy | Gary Smulyan | Lincoln Goines | Ralph Bowen | Robby Ameen | Romaz Diaz

Savant

Rating: ★★★

“I'm a product of the New York Latin Jazz scene and I wanted something to reflect that hard hitting New...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2019

Review of Gianluigi Trovesi/Gianni Coscia: La Misteriosa Musica Della Regina Loana

Gianluigi Trovesi/Gianni Coscia: La Misteriosa Musica Della Regina Loana

Gianluigi Trovesi | Gianni Coscia

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

One of Italy's most influential progressive jazz musicians, Gianluigi Trovesi has always drawn from a rich vein of Italian tradition...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2019

Review of The Cookers: The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart

The Cookers: The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart

Billy Harper | Billy Hart | Cecil McBee | David Weiss | Donald Harrison | Eddie Henderson | George Cables

Smoke Sessions

Rating: ★★★★

The Cookers go from strength to strength. The Call of the Wild and Peaceful Heart is their fifth and best....

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2016

Review of The Larry Young Trio: Testifying/Young Blues/Forrest Fire/Groove Street

The Larry Young Trio: Testifying/Young Blues/Forrest Fire/Groove Street

Bill Leslie | Jimmie Smith | Jimmy Forrest | Larry Young | Thornel Schwartz | Wendell Marshall

Fresh Sounds

Rating: ★★★

This is a musical portrait of the artist as a young man – Larry Young at age 20 on Testifying,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2016

Review of The Dan Tepfer Trio: Eleven Cages

The Dan Tepfer Trio: Eleven Cages

Dan Tepfer | Nate Wood | Thomas Morgan

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★★

The 35-year-old Paris-born pianist Dan Tepfer has been the perfect foil for the open-minded US bop veteran saxophonist Lee Konitz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Review of Chucho Valdés: Tribute To Irakere: Live in Marciac

Chucho Valdés: Tribute To Irakere: Live in Marciac

Ariel Bringuez | Carlos Sarduy | Chucho Valdés | Dreiser Durruthy Bombalé | Gaston Joya | Manuel Machado | Rafael Aguila | Reinaldo Melian | Rodney Barreto | Yaroldy Abreu Robles

Jazz Village

Rating: ★★★★

Live recordings at the Marciac Jazz festival in southwest France are rapidly becoming a thing, especially with Cuban artists: a...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2016

Review of Ishmael Ensemble: Visions Of Light

Ishmael Ensemble: Visions Of Light

Bethany M Roberts | Chris Hillier | Harry Stoneham | Holysseus Fly | Jake Spurgeon | Lydia Clews | Ned Pegler | Pete Cunningham | Rich Allen | Rory O'Gorman

Self-release/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

Pete Cunningham's urban big band emerge from their Bristol habitat with a follow up to their highly acclaimed 2019 debut....

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: September/2021

Review of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings

Art Blakey | Bobby Timmons | Jymie Merritt | Lee Morgan | Wayne Shorter

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded live at the Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo at the end of Blakey’s first ever tour of Japan, the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2021

Review of James Taylor Quartet: Soundtrack From Electric Black

James Taylor Quartet: Soundtrack From Electric Black

Andrew McKinney | Gareth Lockrane | James Taylor | Mark Cox | Pat Illingworth | Phil Todd | The English Session Orchestra | Tim Garland

Audio Network

Rating: ★★★

James Taylor’s yearning for more than ‘Starsky and Hutch’ was realised with 2013’s The Rochester Mass, which brought Acid Jazz...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Feb/2019

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