The Philadelphia Orchestra, cond. Christian Mačelaru: Wynton Marsalis: The Blues Symphony (Symphony No. 2)
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
Beady Belle: On My Own
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
Cedar Walton: More Blues For Myself
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
Charles Mingus: Mingus
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
Naïssim Jalal: Healing Rituals
Claude Tchamitchian | Clément Petit | Naïssim Jalal | Zaza Desiderio
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
Nala Sinephro: Endlessness
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
David Preston: Purple/Black Volume 2
David Preston | Kevin Glasgow | Kit Downs | Sebastian Rochford
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
Ben Davis/Fred Thomas/Zac Gvirtzman: Monk Spent Youth
Ben Davis | Fred Thomas | Zac Gvirtzman
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
Jan Garbarek/Kjell Johnsen: Aftenland
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
EABs: 2061
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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