Review of Immanuel Wilkins: Blues Blood

Immanuel Wilkins: Blues Blood

Cécile McLorin Salvant | Chris Dave | Ganavya | Immanuel Wilkins | June McDoom | Kweku Sombry | Marvin Sewell | Micah Thomas | Rick Rosato | Yaw Agyeman

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

If Miles Davis had been a generation older and still a talent-spotting genius, he would very likely have hired Immanuel...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2024

Review of Tord Gustavsen Trio: Seeing

Tord Gustavsen Trio: Seeing

Jarle Vespestad | Steinar Raknes | Tord Gustavsen

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Like many ECM artists, Tord Gustavsen is known for working on the borders of jazz, folk and classical, along with...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: November/2024

Review of Fernando Huergo Big Band: Relentless

Fernando Huergo Big Band: Relentless

Allan Chase | Andy Garcia | Billy Buss | Chris Gagne | Dan Rosenthal | Daniel Ian Smith | Ernesto Diaz | Fernando Huergo | Gen Yoshimura | Greg Hopkins

Editor's Choice

Whaling City Sound

Rating: ★★★★

No, I hadn’t heard of composer/bassist Huergo before, although he has a 60-session discography, according to Tom Lord’s Jazz Discography....

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2024

Review of Claire Martin: Almost In Your Arms

Claire Martin: Almost In Your Arms

Charlie Wood | Claire Martin | Daniel Fredriksson | James McMillan | Joe Locke | Karl-Martin Almqvist | Mark Jaimes | Martin Sjöstedt | Nikki Iles | Niklas Fernqvist

Editor's Choice

Stunt Records

Rating: ★★★★

Almost In Your Arms sees Martin reuniting with the all-Swedish trio featured on her superb 2019 album, Believin’ It, augmented...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2024

Review of Tiny Bradshaw: The Jumpin’ Beat For The Hip Kids

Tiny Bradshaw: The Jumpin’ Beat For The Hip Kids

Andrew Penn | Bill Hardman | Calvin Shields | Clarence Kenner | Clarence Mack | Clifford Bush | Curtis Rose | Eddie Smith | Jimmy Robinson | Leon Burns

Jasmine

Rating: ★★★

Ohio-born Myron ‘Tiny’ Bradshaw (1905-1958) was a bandleader, singer, and drummer who started out in New York bands, before forming...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2024

Review of Antonio Faraò: Tributes

Antonio Faraò: Tributes

Antonio Faraò | Jeff Ballard | John Patitucci

Criss Cross

Rating: ★★★

Antonio Faraò is not messing about: this album of trio performances leaps right in with the gospelly/modernist intro of the...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: September/2024

Review of Modern Vikings: Tales of the Skald

Modern Vikings: Tales of the Skald

David Bowden | Fergus McCreadie | Graeme Stephen | Konrad Wisniewski | Stephen Henderson

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

Drummer Stephen Henderson is a member of pianist Fergus McCreadie’s 2022 Mercury-nominated trio. This is the debut by his quintet...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2024

Review of Steven Nichols: From Dust

Steven Nichols: From Dust

Amund Kleppan | Charlie Rees | John Jones | Reuben Goldmark | Steven Nichols

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★★

You may not have heard of trumpeter Steven Nichols, but his pedigree speaks for itself: he has studied and performed...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2024

Review of Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin: Brasil

Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin: Brasil

Bruno Migotto | Celso Fonseca | Chico Pinheiro | Dave Grusin | Edu Ribiero | Gregoire Maret | Ivan Lins | Lee Ritenour | Marcelo Costa | Tatiana Parra

Candid

Rating: ★★★

Fifty years or so after they started recording together, including plenty of Brazilian-influenced music, Ritenour and Grusin set off last...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2024

Review of Angelica Sanchez/Chad Taylor: A Monster Is Just An Animal You Haven’t Met Yet

Angelica Sanchez/Chad Taylor: A Monster Is Just An Animal You Haven’t Met Yet

Angelica Sanchez | Chad Taylor

Editor's Choice

Intakt Records Intakt

Rating: ★★★★

Blimey. Talk about expressing yourself without giving a shit about what anyone thinks! This free-spirited, uninhibited and at times positively...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2024

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