Mary Halvorson: Code Girl
Ambrose Akinmusire | Amirtha Kidambi | Mary Halvorson | Michael Formanek | Tomas Fujiwara
“It is not predictable, my mind” sings Amirtha Kidambi on the opening track on Mary Halvorson's seventh album as leader....
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018
Jeremy Dutton: Anyone is Better Than Here
This vivid collection of originals, featuring contemporary-jazz luminaries including saxophonist Ben Wendel and much-acclaimed trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, is the leadership...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2023
Yellowjackets: Rise In The Road
Ambrose Akinmusire | Bob Mintzer | Felix Pastorius | Russell Ferrante | Will Kennedy
The Yellowjackets aren’t so much a band as an institution, so when Jimmy Haslip made his sabbatical from the band...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2013
John Escreet: Don't Fight the Inevitable
Ambrose Akinmusire | David Binney | John Escreet | Matt Brewer | Nasheet Waits
In such a short space of time, the Doncaster-born pianist and composer John Escreet has made quite an impact on...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2010
Pierrick Pédron: Kubic's Monk
Ambrose Akinmusire | Frank Agulhon | Pierrick Pédron | Thomas Bramerie
Yes, I know. Yet another Monk tribute album. Actually, this one is very good, but do let's have a moratorium...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
Blue Note All-Stars: Our Point Of View
An effective summary of Blue Note's current roster with the emphasis placed firmly on the strength of the soloists. Chances...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2017
Dhafer Youssef: Diwan Of Beauty and Odd
Aaron Parks | Ambrose Akinmusire | Ben Williams | Dhafer Youssef | Mark Guiliana
Tunisian oud player-singer Youssef has proved two things over the best part of two decades: that, firstly, he, like the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2016
Dhafer Youssef: Street of Minarets
The tenth album from Tunisian vocalist and oud player Dhafer Youssef harks back to his stunning Electric Sufi, a 2001...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2023
Tigran Hamasyan: StandArt
The LA-based, Armenian pianist-composer Tigran Hamasyan continues to break new ground with his acoustic piano trio’s outside-the-box interpretations of Broadway-to-bebop...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2022
Walter Smith III: Return to Casual
Walter Smith III expresses his deep modern jazz roots with an airy tenor sax tone and a ferocious but understated...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: April/2023
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