Mark Cherrie Quartet: Any Anxious Colour
"The steel pan of course has no particular history in jazz music itself, unlike many other instruments,” explains bandleader and...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2024
Christian Sands: Embracing Dawn
This album was conceived by Sands (who wrote all the material save for a somewhat abstract version of ‘Good Morning...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2024
John Christensen: Soft Rock
John Christensen | Joshua Catania | Matt Gould | Neil Hemphill | Tony Barba
Shifting Paradigm Records is an enterprising Minneapolis-based label which seems to have made a speciality of releasing surprisingly good albums...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2024
Charles Mingus: In Session – Mingus Fingus
Jasmine’s illuminating overview of Mingus’ studio life covers it from its earliest beginnings in Los Angeles to his late-period encounter...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2024
Jo Harrop: The Path of a Tear
Anthony Wilson | David Piltch | Jim Cox | Jo Harrop | Larry Klein | Victor Indrizzo
Iggy Pop has declared that Jo Harrop is a fine jazz singer, and she won Jazz Album of the Year...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2024
Laura Misch: Sample The Earth
In 2023, Laura Misch released her debut album Sample The Sky, a nature-inspired oeuvre of leftfield pop electronica. Her close...
Reviewed by Gail Tasker in issue: July/2024
Ivo Perelman Quartet: Water Music
Ivo Perelman | Mark Helias | Matthew Shipp | Tom Rainey
Saxophonist Ivo Perelman has one of the largest and most varied discographies in contemporary improvised music; but along with his...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2024
Kathrine Windfeld Sextet: Aldebaran
With some comparing her work to that of Maria Schneider, the Danish pianist-composer Kathrine Windfeld comes with a justified reputation...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2024
Horace Parlan: Four Classic Albums
Al Harewood | George Tucker | Horace Parlan | Ray Barretto | Stanley Turrentine | Tommy Turrentine
Four Blue Note albums, headed by Parlan, the CD1 pair with the Turrentine brothers in the front-line, those with the...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2024
Sam Norris: Small Things Evolved Slowly
Harry Ling | Jay Verma | Sam Norris | Will Sach
The title apparently quotes Erik Satie who once said he took to his room and "small things evolved slowly". It’s...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: August/2024
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