Review of Rain Sultanov: Influence

Rain Sultanov: Influence

Dagobert Böhm | Isfar Sarabski | Nils Ölmedal | Rain Sultanov

Ozella

Rating: ★★★

Rain Sultanov mans jazz's Azerbaijan outpost, running the Baku Jazz Festival and writing a history of the music in the...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2020

Review of BRIDGES: With Seamus Blake

BRIDGES: With Seamus Blake

Anders Thorén | Espen Berg | Hayden Powell | Ole Morten Vågan | Seamus Blake

AMP Music & Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Norwegian quartet has chosen its band name with intent: to form a bridge between the music of its home...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: April/2017

Review of Alfredo Rodriguez: Tocororo

Alfredo Rodriguez: Tocororo

Alfredo Rodriguez | Anotnio Lizana | Ariel Bringuez | Ganayva Doraiswamy | Ibeyi | Ibrahim Maalouf | Michel Olivera | Reinier Elizarde | Richard Bona

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Lauded Cuban pianist and composer Rodriguez gives us an album named after the national bird of Cuba, a creature that...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2016

Review of AfroHORN/Francisco Mora Catlett: Rare Metal

AfroHORN/Francisco Mora Catlett: Rare Metal

Alex Harding | Andrew Daniels | Aruán Ortiz | Francisco Mora Catlett | Rashaan Carter | Roman Diaz | Salim Washington | Sam Newsome

AACE Records

Rating: ★★★★

The follow-up to the striking Afro Horn Mix is with us already. This is the band that was conceived by...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Review of Zara McFarlane: Until Tomorrow

Zara McFarlane: Until Tomorrow

Andy Chapman | Binker Golding | Camilla George | Nick Walsh | Peter Edwards | Zara McFarlane | Zem Audu

Brownswood Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Released on Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood Recordings, Zara McFarlane’s long-awaited debut album provides the perfect showcase for her wonderfully pure timbre,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2011

Review of Fred Frith: Live At The Stone: All Is Always Now

Fred Frith: Live At The Stone: All Is Always Now

Amma Ateria | Annie Lewandowski | Clara Weil | Else Olsen Soresund | Evan Parker | Fred Frith | Gyan Riley | Ikue Mori | Jason Hoopes | Jessica Lurie

Intakt

Rating: ★★★★

Not that we need reminding, but this collection shows again what a versatile musician Frith remains. Here he is in...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2019

Review of Alexander von Schlippenbach: Slow Pieces For Aki

Alexander von Schlippenbach: Slow Pieces For Aki

Alexander von Schlippenbach

Intakt

Rating: ★★★★

Aki is Aki Takese, Alexander von Schlippenbach's fellow pianist and partner, and it was her suggestion that Schlippenbach might usefully...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: February/2021

Review of Moon Relay: IMI

Moon Relay: IMI

Daniel Mayer Grønvold | Håvard Volden | Ola Høyer

Hubro

Rating: ★★★

Just as the 21st century has proved the piano trio to be an infinitely malleable form, so the rock powertrio...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: October/2018

Review of Geof Bradfield/Ben Goldberg/Dana Hall Trio: General Semantics

Geof Bradfield/Ben Goldberg/Dana Hall Trio: General Semantics

Ben Goldberg | Dana Hall | Geof Bradfield

Delmark Records

Rating: ★★★

Both mainstays of the Chicago jazz scene, Geof Bradfield and Dana Hall are long-time musical sparring partners. However, Bradfield and...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2020

Review of Brigitte Beraha: By the Cobbled Path

Brigitte Beraha: By the Cobbled Path

Brigitte Beraha

Editor's Choice

Let Me Out LMOCD/LP 002

Rating: ★★★★

No-one would be quicker to acknowledge the horrors of the pandemic than Brigitte Beraha. But she's also made the most...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2022

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