Vinicius Cantuaria: Samba Carioca
If the cliché “less is more” means anything then it says plenty about the supple subtlety of Cantuaria's writing and...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2010
Naima: Bye
Enrique Ruiz | Luis Torregrosa | Rafael Ramos Sania
Let's hear it for Naima. This acoustic piano trio from Valencia has developed its own distinctive voice, and shaded by...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2016
Karin Krog and John Surman: Songs About This And That
Bjorn Klakegg | Ivar Kolve | John Surman | Karin Krog | Terje Gewelt | Tom Oldstad
You won't be fooled of course by the disingenuous title: when the voices of Surman and Krog entwine as they...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2014
Pat Metheny: Dreambox
Although this is a ‘solo’ guitar recording, there are several Pat Methenys at work on here. The first Pat Metheny...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2023
Gilad Hekselman: Life, At The Village Vanguard
Eric Harland | Gilad Hekselman | Larry Grenadier | Shai Maestro
The Israeli NYC-based guitarist-composer Hekselman has earned a fast-growing international reputation mixing a spacey Frisell-like Americana vibe with his own...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2024
Eyeshutight: Resonance
Johnny Tomlinson | Kristoffer Wright | Paul Baxter
Eyeshutight's third album explores strong emotions with lucid control, and should substantially raise this Yorkshire piano trio's profile. The opening...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: November/2014
Arun Ghosh: Primal Odyssey
Arun Ghosh | Idris Rahman | Liran Donin | Pat Illingworth | Shabaka Hutchings
Successful though Ghosh’s debut album Northern Namaste was in opening up jazz to “local” influences – primarily derived from the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2011
Clare Daly: VuVu For Frances
Clare Daly | Dave Hofstra | David F Gibson | George Garzone | Jon Davis
Now 65, Clare Daly, a Berklee graduate and educator, has made quite a name for herself on her native New...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2023
Jim Mullen Quartet: For Heaven’s Sake
Ben Paterson | Jan Harbeck | Jim Mullen | Kristian Leth
Our man Mullen apparently knows Copenhagen well, having played there regularly, often at the instigation of Danish drummer Leth. This...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2025
Don Pullen/Sam Rivers: Capricorn Rising
Alex Blake | Bobby Battle | Don Pullen | Sam Rivers
Very welcome reissue of something of a hidden gem in 1970s jazz. The energy of the Pullen-Rivers quartet positively combusts...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2017
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