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Antonio Sanchez | Dan Pugach | Julia Adamy | Nicole Zuraitis | Ross Pederson | Thana Alexa
This self-titled debut album from the exceptional trio of Thana Alexa, Nicole Zuraitis and Julia Adamy, documents their deep-seated musical...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2022
Johnny Hammond: Gears
Christmas has come early for jazz-funk fans in the shape of this superb reissue of a long-unavailable classic of the...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
John Yao’s Triceratops: Off-Kilter
Billy Drewes | John Irabagon | John Yao | Mark Ferber | Robert Sabin
‘Small group, big sound’ has long been a consistent thread in the history of improvised music and this crack ensemble...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2022
Alex Mercado Trio: Symbiosis
Dennis Rollins | Pedro Segundo | Ross Stanley
In the best tradition of latin-rooted jazz pianists, the well-travelled Alex Mercado's playing fizzes with a natural exuberance. In 2012...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015
David Watson and Tony Buck: Ask The Axes
This Antipodean account-opener from the duo of Kiwi bagpiper David Watson and drummer Tony Buck (from Australian long-form specialists The...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: October/2019
Robert Wyatt: '68
Jimi Hendrix | Mike Ratledge | Robert Wyatt
Robert himself isn't keen on the ‘drummer biped’ decade leading up to the 1973 accident that left him paraplegic, and...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: March/2014
Frank Woeste: Pocket Rhapsody
Born in Germany in 1976, Woeste has long been celebrated in France where he’s lived since 1997 with his French...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2016
Duke Ellington/John Coltrane: Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
I already reviewed this exact compilation of the famous Impulse! title-album and four bonus items, back in Jazzwise 174 when...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2017
Freedom beckons: Archie Shepp & Jason Moran: Let My People Go
In saxophonist Archie Shepp's lengthy and illustrious career, he has had a string of esteemed piano partners: Horace Parlan, Joachim...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2021
J. Pavone String Ensemble: Brick and Mortar
Angela Morris | Erica Dicker | Jessica Pavone | Joanna Mattrey
New York-based violist, composer and improviser Jessica Pavone has made a speciality of writing for string quartet, though Pavone string...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
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