Matthew Stevens/Walter Smith III: In Common II
Linda May Han Oh | Matthew Stevens | Micah Thomas | Nate Smith | Walter Smith III
Someone found an amusing way of getting round a change in rhythm section for the band pic on the sleeve...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2020
Alonzo Demetrius: Live From The Prison Nation
Alonzo Demetrius | Benjamin Jephta | Brian Richburg Jnr | Daniel Abraham Jnr | Yesseh Furaha-Ali
Although recorded in concert at Berklee, the primary statement from newcomer Alonzo Demetris is that this beacon of musical education...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2021
Paragon: Cerca
Arthur Lea | Jon Scott | Matthias Nowak | Peter Ehwald
This ensemble recording, the second following Quarterlife Crisis released in 2009 by the quartet Paragon really hits its target. They're...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014
Jason Palmer: Con Alma
Jason Palmer | Joe Martin | Kendrick Scott | Leo Genevese
Jason Palmer's spiky tone and long angular lines are rooted in the lyrical, harmonically sophisticated trumpet tradition of Booker Little.Original...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2022
Bill Evans Trio: The Classic Trio 1959-61
Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Scott LaFaro
I'm losing count of how many times I've reviewed some or all of this material, since it achieved public domain...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2018
Jason Palmer: Rhyme And Reason
Jason Palmer | Kendrick Scott | Mark Turner | Matt Brewer
Improvising musicians have long adapted each other’s songs to create new work, and this album is an invigorating example of...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2019
Benjamin Koppel/Joe Lovano: The Mezzo Sax Encounter
Benjamin Koppel | Joe Lovano | Jonathan Blake | Kenny Werner | Scott Colley
Pitched midway between the soprano and alto, the mezzo sax combines the tonal qualities of both. It adds the alto's...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017
Wolfgang Muthspiel: Angular Blues
Brian Blade | Scott Colley | Wolfgang Muthspiel
In 2014, the lyrical, meticulously nuanced music of the Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel found its way to the ECM label...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2020
Jake Leckie: Planter of Seeds
Beth Goodfellow | Cathlene Pineda | Darius Christian | Jake Leckie | Nadav Peled | Randal Fisher
"Jake Leckie creates rootsy acoustic organic funky folk-jazz for the people!" So says Leckie’s own website, and who can disagree?...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2024
Doubling down on bass: Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer: But Who’s Going To Play The Melody?
Chrstian McBride | Edgar Meyer
Team up one of the world’s leading classical bassists with his counterpart from the jazz environment, and the results should...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2024
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