Review of Holshauser, Bennink & Moore: Live in NYC

Holshauser, Bennink & Moore: Live in NYC

Alan Hampton | Burniss Earl Travis II | Gretchen Parlato | Kendrick Scott | Mark Guiliana | Taylor Eigsti

ObliqSound

Rating: ★★★★

A Dutch-based free jazz trinity of great veterans explore music with a folk dance leaning too....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014

Review of Sonar with David Torn: Vortex

Sonar with David Torn: Vortex

David Kikoski | Jacquelene Acevedo | Jeremy Pelt | Kush Abadey | Ralph Peterson | Ugonna Okegwo | Wyne Escoffery

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★★

Three electric guitars in one band is normally a no-go for the sane among us, but Sonar’s King Crimson-ish post-rock...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2018

Review of Raynald Colom: Rise

Raynald Colom: Rise

Chris Hill | Elisabeth Nygård | Rory Simmons | Terje Evensen

Babel

Rating: ★★★★

In a blindfold test, I’d have sworn this was Jeremy Pelt or even Wallace Roney. And I’m embarrassed that I’ve...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2013

Review of Sun-Mi Hong: Third Page: Resonance

Sun-Mi Hong: Third Page: Resonance

Alessandro Fongaro | Alistair Payne | Chaerin Im | Nicolò Ricci | Sun-Mi Hong

Edition

Rating: ★★★★

Sun-Mi-Hong, an award-winning South Korean-born young drummer-composer, has established a good profile on the Dutch live contemporary music scene; and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2023

Review of Mats Eilertsen: Rubicon

Mats Eilertsen: Rubicon

Eirik Hegdal | Harmen Fraanje | Mats Eilertsen | Olavi Louhivuori | Rob Waring | Thomas Dahl | Trygve Seim

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Recordings featuring the Norwegian bassist Mats Eilertsen are now numerous but generally worth checking out. Among those notable contributions that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2016

Review of Keith Jarrett: Standards, Vol. 1

Keith Jarrett: Standards, Vol. 1

Gary Peacock | Jack DeJohnette | Keith Jarrett

Rating: ★★★★

This is part one of a trilogy of albums recorded in January 1983 by Jarrett, Peacock and DeJohnette – the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2019

Review of Monica Dominique/Palle Danielsson: Togetherness

Monica Dominique/Palle Danielsson: Togetherness

Dominique

Rating: ★★★

A Swedish pianist (ex-member of 1970s proggers Solar Plexus) pairs up with her younger well-known bassist brother, for a Bill...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012

Review of Steve Swallow Quintet: Into the Woodwork

Steve Swallow Quintet: Into the Woodwork

Carla Bley | Chris Cheek | Jorge Rossy | Steve Cardenas | Steve Swallow

Xtra Watt

Rating: ★★★

Since his emergence in jazz as a member of the Gary Burton Quartet in the 1960s, Swallow has always been...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2013

Review of Lionel Loueke: The Journey

Lionel Loueke: The Journey

Christi Joza Orisha | Cyro Baptista | Dramane Dembele | Etienne Charles | Ferenc Nemeth | John Ellis | Lionel Loueke | Mark Feldman | Massimo Biolcati | Patrick Messina

Aparté

Rating: ★★★★

Jazz has always been the music of the movement of peoples, the soundtrack to the journeys, some chosen, more often...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Review of Jan Wouter Oostenrijk: Sharqi Blues

Jan Wouter Oostenrijk: Sharqi Blues

www.jwo.nu

Rating: ★★★

Alongside drummer Karim Ziad, this Dutch jazz-rock guitarist/leader crosses big beats with Arabic bellydance music and crankedup blues rock....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

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