Review of Wolfert Brederode/Matangi Quartet/Joost Lijbaart: Ruins and Remains

Wolfert Brederode/Matangi Quartet/Joost Lijbaart: Ruins and Remains

Arno Van der Vuurst | Daniel Torrico Menacho | Joost Lijbaart | Karsten Kleijer | Maria-Paula Majoor | Wolfert Brederode

ECM

Rating: ★★★

The young Dutch pianist Wolfert Brederode wrote his Ruins and Remains suite in 2018 to commemorate the centenary of the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Review of Steve Khan: Eyewitness/Modern Times/Casa Loco

Steve Khan: Eyewitness/Modern Times/Casa Loco

Anthony Jackson | Monolo Badrena | Steve Jordan | Steve Khan

Rating: ★★★★

A couple of hours in Steve Khan’s company is always an honour, but these three tight, almost intimate recordings are...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2016

Review of Chad Wackerman: Dreams, Nightmares and Improvisations

Chad Wackerman: Dreams, Nightmares and Improvisations

Allan Holdsworth | Chad Wackerman | Jim Cox | Jimmy Johnson

Rating: ★★★

Incredibly Wackerman's work with these guys stretches back four decades. Indeed, Holdsworth's the new guy here: he's only recorded with...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2012

Review of Jameszoo with Metropole Orkest: Melkweg

Jameszoo with Metropole Orkest: Melkweg

Frank Wienk | Jameszoo | John Dikeman | Jules Buckley | Metropole Orkest | Niels Broos | Richard Spaven

Brainfeeder (CD)

Rating: ★★★

“Naïve computer jazz” is how Mitchel van Dinther, aka Jameszoo, describes his music, and indeed his 2016 debut Fool, on...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: July/2019

Review of Jon Cleary: GoGo Juice

Jon Cleary: GoGo Juice

Calvin Turner | Danny Sadownick | featuring The Dirty Dozen Horns | Jon Cleary | Nigel Hall | Shane Theriot | Terence Higgins

FHQ

Rating: ★★★

A long time part of Bonnie Raitt's band, and a fine contributor to Rickie Lee Jones’ current and superb album,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2015

Review of Andy Laverne: Faith

Andy Laverne: Faith

Alex Sipiagin | Andy Laverne | Jason Tiemann | Mike Richmond

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★

Pianist-composer Laverne's main claim to fame seems to have been a lengthy spell (along with friend and bassist Mike Richmond)...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: May/2018

Review of Mike Westbrook & Company: The Uncommon Orchestra A Bigger Show Live

Mike Westbrook & Company: The Uncommon Orchestra A Bigger Show Live

Alan Wakeman | Andy Dore | Billy Bottle | Coach York | Dave Holdsworth | Gary Bayley | Ian Wellens | Jesse Molins | Joe Carnell | Kate Westbrook

ASCD

Rating: ★★★★

It shouldn’t be allowed. At an age when they should be revelling in their Freedom Passes, the Westbrooks refuse to...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2016

Review of Dave Rempis & Frank Rosaly: Codes/Myths

Dave Rempis & Frank Rosaly: Codes/Myths

Dave Rempis | Frank Rosaly

Aerophonic

Rating: ★★★

Saxophonist Dave Rempis and drummer Frank Rosaly both came up on the Chicago jazz and improvised music scene and have...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2020

Review of Sinne Eeg & Thomas Fonnesbæk: Staying In Touch

Sinne Eeg & Thomas Fonnesbæk: Staying In Touch

Andrea Gyarfas Brahe | Deanna Said | Jesper Riis | Karen Johanne Pedersen | Live Johansson | Sinne Eeg | Thomas Fonnesbæk

Editor's Choice

Stunt STUCD

Rating: ★★★★

To my shame, I have to admit that this is my first encounter with Danish singer Sinne Eeg. Where her...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2022

Review of Anaïs Reno: At PizzaExpress Live - In London

Anaïs Reno: At PizzaExpress Live - In London

Anaïs Reno | Dave Green | Josh Morrison | Pete Malinverni

Editor's Choice

PX Records

Rating: ★★★★

As anyone who heard Swiss-born, NYC-based vocalist Anaïs Reno’s debut album, Lovesome Thing, will know, her musicality at the age...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2024

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