Review of The Philadelphia Orchestra, cond. Christian Mačelaru: Wynton Marsalis: The Blues Symphony (Symphony No. 2)

The Philadelphia Orchestra, cond. Christian Mačelaru: Wynton Marsalis: The Blues Symphony (Symphony No. 2)

The Philadelphia Orchestra

Blue Engine

Rating: ★★

Not only was Wynton Marsalis a very fine classical trumpet soloist, but he has written brilliantly for symphony orchestra in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2021

Review of Beady Belle: On My Own

Beady Belle: On My Own

Anja Martime Mørk | Audun Sandvik | Beady Belle | Bugge Wesseltoft | Fran Cathcart | Gregory Hutchinson | Joshua Redman | Mathias Eick | Reuben Rogers | Torun Eriksen

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★★

Beady Belle – a collaboration between vocalist Beate Lech and bassist and future husband Marius Reksjø – made their Jazzland...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Review of Cedar Walton: More Blues For Myself

Cedar Walton: More Blues For Myself

Cedar Walton

Red Records

Rating: ★★★

The late Cedar Walton started out as an authoritative sideman for people like JJ Johnson and Art Blakey, and developed...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2023

Review of Charles Mingus: Mingus

Charles Mingus: Mingus

Booker Ervin | Britt Woodman | Charles McPherson | Charles Mingus | Dannie Richmond | Eric Dolphy | Jimmy Knepper | Lonnie Hillyer | Nico Bunink | Paul Bley

Editor's Choice

Candid

Rating: ★★★★

The other half of the diptych that began with the celebrated Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus (reviewed in Jazzwise 275),...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2023

Review of Naïssim Jalal: Healing Rituals

Naïssim Jalal: Healing Rituals

Claude Tchamitchian | Clément Petit | Naïssim Jalal | Zaza Desiderio

Les Couleurs du Son

Rating: ★★★

Franco-Syrian, Victoire du Jazz-nominated composer and flautist Naïssim Jalal and her new quartet featuring long established double-bassist Claude Tchamitchian and...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2023

Review of Nala Sinephro: Endlessness

Nala Sinephro: Endlessness

Dwayne Kilvington | James Mollison | Lyle Barton | Morgan Simpson | Nala Sinephro | Natcyet Wakili | Nubya Garcia | Orchestrate | Sheila Maurice-Grey

Editor's Choice

Warp Records

Rating: ★★★★

In 2018, Nala Sinephro set the music world alight with her debut studio album, Space 1.8. It featured a cast...

Reviewed by Gail Tasker in issue: October/2024

Review of David Preston: Purple/Black Volume 2

David Preston: Purple/Black Volume 2

David Preston | Kevin Glasgow | Kit Downs | Sebastian Rochford

Whirlwind Recordings WR

Rating: ★★★★

Contemporary guitarist David Preston wears his influences – Frisell? Metheny? Holdsworth? – lightly throughout this album’s second helping of tunes...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: November/2024

Review of Ben Davis/Fred Thomas/Zac Gvirtzman: Monk Spent Youth

Ben Davis/Fred Thomas/Zac Gvirtzman: Monk Spent Youth

Ben Davis | Fred Thomas | Zac Gvirtzman

F-IRE

Rating: ★★★

Davis and Thomas are reliable cornerstones of the London scene, while the lesser-known pianist and producer Gvirtzman (aka Zac Gvi)...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2019

Review of Jan Garbarek/Kjell Johnsen: Aftenland

Jan Garbarek/Kjell Johnsen: Aftenland

Jan Garbarek | Kjell Johnsen

Rating: ★★★★

Both these albums capture the subtleties of tonal inflection, timbral nuance and majestic expressivity of Garbarek’s saxophones in a demanding...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2019

Review of EABs: 2061

EABs: 2061

Jakub Kurek | Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski | Marcin Rak | Marek Pędziwiatr | Olaf Węgier | Paweł Stachowiak

Astigmatic

Rating: ★★★★

The spirits of Sun Ra, Krystof Komeda and Arthur C Clarke inform the fourth album by EABs, the Wraclow-based wonders...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2022

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