Review of Joey Alexander: Eclipse

Joey Alexander: Eclipse

Eric Harland | Joey Alexander | Joshua Joshua Redman | Reuben Rogers

Motéma

Rating: ★★★

Even Mozart, the quintessential musical child prodigy, couldn't lay claim to two Grammy-nominated albums by the age of 14. Bali-born...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2018

Review of Steph Richards with Joshua White: Zephyr

Steph Richards with Joshua White: Zephyr

Joshua White | Steph Richards

Relative Pitch RPR1132

Rating: ★★★

New York-based Canadian trumpeter Steph Richards has worked both in contemporary classical, with the likes of Kronos Quartet, and in...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2022

Review of James Farm: City Folk

James Farm: City Folk

Aaron Parks | Eric Harland | Joshua Redman | Matt Penman

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★

Formed originally out of the SFJAZZ Collective following a performance at the Montreal Jazz Festival, James Farm boasts a pedigree...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Review of Walter Smith III: Twio

Walter Smith III: Twio

Christian McBride | Eric Harland | Harish Raghavan | Joshua Redman | Walter Smith

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Many listeners probably woke up to the patiently-spun, dry-toned lines of Texan tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III around 2011, on...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2018

Review of Joshua Jaswon Octet: Silent Sea

Joshua Jaswon Octet: Silent Sea

Aarón Castrillo | Anna Serierse | Jan Landowsk | Johannes Mann | Joshua Jaswon | Marc Doffey | Miguel Gorodi | Sidney Werner

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★★

There's much to admire in this striking new recording from the Joshua Jaswon Octet. As heard on album opener ‘Maurice’,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/2020

Review of Joshua Trinidad: In November

Joshua Trinidad: In November

Jacob Young | Joshua Trinidad | Ståle Liavik Solberg

RareNoiseRecords

Rating: ★★★★

As good an example as any of a fruitful transatlantic creative exchange. Furthermore, this is an endorsement of perhaps a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2018

Review of Don Cherry/Dewey Redman/Charlie Haden/Eddie Blackwell: Old and New Dreams

Don Cherry/Dewey Redman/Charlie Haden/Eddie Blackwell: Old and New Dreams

Charlie Haden | Dewey Redman | Don Cherry | Eddie Blackwell

Black Saint

Rating: ★★★★★

When these four graduates of the University of Harmolodics entered a New York recording studio in 1976, Old and New...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: May/2017

Review of Joshua White: 13 Short Stories

Joshua White: 13 Short Stories

Dean Hulett | Jonathon Pinson | Josh Johnson | Joshua White

Fresh Sound New Talent West Coast

Rating: ★★★

The Barcelona-based Fresh Sounds franchise has been breaking new jazz talent ever since its inception in 1983. Robert Glasper, Marcus...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: April/2018

Review of Joshua Jaswon: Ribbons

Joshua Jaswon: Ribbons

Andy Chapman | Calum Gourlay | Freddie Gavita | George Moore | Joshua Jaswon

JZ1MD001

Rating: ★★★

With his career seemingly preordained by his name, Jaswon is a young alto saxophonist of rare thoughtfulness and poise. On...

Reviewed by Brian Glasser in issue: June/2015

Review of Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society: Simultonality

Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society: Simultonality

Ari Brown | Ben Boye | Emmett Kelly | Frank Rosaly | Joshua Abrams | Lisa Alvarado | Mikel Avery

tak:til

Rating: ★★★★

The trance grooves of North African music have long held a fascination for certain outliers of the jazz avant-garde. In...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2017

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