Review of Wayne Horvitz: 55: Music and Dance in Concrete

Wayne Horvitz: 55: Music and Dance in Concrete

Beth Fleenor | Briggan Krauss | Eyvind Kang | Heather Bentley | Kate Olson | Maria Manisto | Naomi Siegel | Roweena Hammil | Steven O'Brien | Victoria Parker

Other Room Music

Rating: ★★★

If, on first hearing, the music on this album sounds like a soundtrack in an art installation, then you'd be...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2014

Review of Jonny Mansfield: Quartet! Live At Pizza Express

Jonny Mansfield: Quartet! Live At Pizza Express

Jonny Mansfield | Luke McCarthy | Will Barry | Will Sach

Resonant Postcards/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

Mansfield is not one to let the grass grow under his feet, and this release comes hot on the heels...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: May/2024

Review of Nell Greco: Inanima

Nell Greco: Inanima

Jonathan Chung | Maria Chiara Argirò | Nell Greco | Pedro Velasco | Ruth Goller | Will Glaser

Clonmell Jazz Social

Rating: ★★★

Don’t come here for any ‘Moon/June’ lyrics. This may be singer-songwriter Greco’s debut, but the Bucks-based Aussie comes with a...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2024

Review of Andrea Keller Trio Strings and Voices: Flicker and Polar Bird

Andrea Keller Trio Strings and Voices: Flicker and Polar Bird

Andrea Keller | John Mackey | Liam Budge | Miroslav Bukovsky | Rachael Thoms | Véronique Serret

Editor's Choice

Self-release/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

Award-winning pianist, composer and educator Andrea Keller is a giant of the Australian jazz scene, and an internationally regarded figure...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: February/2024

Review of Yussef Dayes: Live From Malibu

Yussef Dayes: Live From Malibu

Alexander Bourt | Elijah Fox | Rocco Palladino | Venna | Yussef Dayes

Brownswood Recordings/Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★

Few drummers hit as fast, and with such delicate sting at so fierce a pace, as the London-based Yussef Dayes...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2024

Review of The Dave Stryker Trio with Bob Mintzer: Groove Street

The Dave Stryker Trio with Bob Mintzer: Groove Street

Bob Mintzer | Dave Stryker | Jared Gold | McClenty Hunter

Strikezone

Rating: ★★★

Mintzer and Stryker may sound like a pair of bully dogs, but they are long time pals, with Stryker first...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2024

Review of Johnny Griffin Quartet: Live In Valencia ‘92

Johnny Griffin Quartet: Live In Valencia ‘92

Doug Sides | Hervé Sellin | Johnny Griffin | Reggie Johnson

Storyville

Rating: ★★★★

In a striking parallel with Don Byas a decade and a half earlier, Griffin left the USA in his mid-thirties...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2024

Review of Adam Palma: Meets Chopin

Adam Palma: Meets Chopin

Adam Palma

Rating: ★★★★

By the age of 39, Frédéric Chopin was dead, but he left behind a remarkable legacy of compositions for solo...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2020

Review of Coleman Hawkins: Coleman Hawkins Quintet With Horace Silver/Complete Birdland Broadcasts

Coleman Hawkins: Coleman Hawkins Quintet With Horace Silver/Complete Birdland Broadcasts

Art Blakey | Coleman Hawkins | Connie Kay | Curly Russell | Horace Silver | Howard McGhee | Roy Eldridge

Solid Jazz Recordings

Rating: ★★★

The Hawk and Little Jazz worked together so often that you could be excused for believing that they were joined...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2013

Review of Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos: Jazz in the Space Age

Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos: Jazz in the Space Age

João Paulo Esteves da Silva

Cara

Rating: ★★★★

As national jazz orchestras go, Portugal's Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos is remarkably progressive, performing repertoires of all aesthetic variants and...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2020

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