Chick Corea Akoustic Band with John Patitucci & Dave Weckl: Live
Chick Corea | Dave Weckl | John Patitucci
This album was already in the works at the time of Corea’s sudden and unexpected death on 9 February 2021....
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/January/2021/2022
John O Gallagher/Liam Noble/Drew Gress/Jim Bashford: Meridians
Drew Gress | Jim Bashford | John O'Gallagher | Liam Noble
The 30-so minutes of this album were recorded while the short-lived Anglo-American quartet briefly toured the UK, a project organised...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2019
Paul Simon: In The Blue Light
Bill Frisell | Jack DeJohnette | John Patitucci | Paul Simon | Steve Gadd | Sullivan Fortner
For both jazz instrumentalists and vocalists, Paul Simon’s music has long proved a source of inspiration, as covers by pianists...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Laila Biali: Out of Dust
Ben Wittman | Glenn Patscha | Laila Biali | Larnell Lewis | Rich Brown
I was a big fan of Laila Biali's 2018 self-titled debut on ACT – for which she bagged Vocal Jazz...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2020
Coleman Hawkins/Ben Webster: Coleman Hawkins Encounters Ben Webster
Alvin Stoller | Ben Webster | Coleman Hawkins | Herb Ellis | Oscar Peterson | Ray Brown
It's a somewhat rare phenomenon these days for a classic jazz album to be reissued by its copyright ‘owners’. The...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2020
Dan Weiss: Starebaby
Ben Monder | Craig Taborn | Dan Weiss | Matt Mitchell | Trevor Dunn
There are two important dedications in this CD's booklet. One is to Ron Saint Germain, a ‘sacré monstre’ in the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2018
Mal Waldron: Spanish Bitch
Fred Braceful | Isla Eckinge | Mal Waldron
Here's a real rarity. The second recording ever made for Manfred Eicher's fledgling ECM label (the first being Waldron's Free...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2012
Bonsai: Bonsai Club
Dominic Ingham | Joe Lee | Jonny Mansfeld | Rory Ingham | Toby Comeau
Formerly and unwisely known as Jam Experiment, this quintet of long-time friends and collaborators thread concepts of comfort and home...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2019
Nik Bärtsch Mobile: Continuum
Anders Thorén | Espen Berg | Hayden Powell | Jesper Bodilsen | Seamus Blake
Pianist-composer Bärtsch’s well- received Kings Place residency at last year’s London Jazz Festival provided an opportunity to hear a version...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2019
Maria Kannegaard Trio: Sand i en Vik
Maria Kannegard | Ole Morten Vågan | Thomas Strønen
Recently nominated for a Norwegian Grammy for this new release, the Danish-born pianist-composer Maria Kannegaard's longstanding trio have continued to...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2021
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