Tigran Hamasyan: An Ancient Observer
The Armenian jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan is a classic example of the globalisation/glocalisation trend in jazz today. As he showed...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2017
Dexter Gordon Quartet: Tokyo 1975
This is a potent reminder of Gordon’s musical strength during the decade and a half when he was based in...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2018
Geoff Eales and Andy Findon: The Dancing Flute
Geoff Eales is one of British jazz’s more dazzling, and most protean, talents. He’s not voguish, however, and this new...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2013
Harold Vick: Don't Look Back
Billy Hart | George Davis | Harold Vick | Joe Bonner | Kiane Zawadi | Sam Jones | Virgil Jones
Saxophonist Vick was a highly respected musician who never made a commercial impact in line with his talent. Yet his...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2019
Kenny Burrell Trio: A Night at the Vanguard
Burrell | Richard Davis | Roy Haynes
An underground favourite for many years, this laid-back live set from New York's Village Vanguard didn't set the jazz world...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: September/2012
Graham South Quartet: By And By
Graham South | Johnny Hunter | Richard Jones | Seth Bennett
Trumpeter Graham South is best known as a soloist with Manchester's Beats & Pieces Big Band, but he's also an...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: November/2020
Radio.string.quartet.vienna: Radiodream
Asja Valcic | Bernie Mallinger | Cynthia Liao | Igmar Jenner
The arrival of the radio.string.quartet.vienna with an unlikely album of compositions from one of the loudest bands in jazz history,...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2012
Cyrille Aimeé: Live
Gerald Watkins | Jasen Weaver | Jason Marsalis | Oscar Rossignoli
This well-loved French vocalist is a charismatic, fl exible interpreter of a wide-ranging repertoire on this ‘live’ album drawing from...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020
Ethan Iverson/Lee Konitz/Larry Grenadier/Jorge Rossy: Costumes are Mandatory
Ethan Iverson | Jorge Rossy | Larry Grenadier | Lee Konitz
Ethan Iverson set up this session to explore the legacy and influence of pianist/composer/iconoclast Lennie Tristano with the hands-on assistance...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2013
Szakcsi/Potter/Veal/Carrington: Live at MÜPA
Béla Szakcsi Lakatos | Chris Potter | Reginald Veal | Terri Lyne Carrington
Béla Szakcsi Lakatos is a key figure in Hungarian jazz and his playing is steeped in the percussive dissonance of...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
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