Review of Marek Dorcik's Spercasa: About Time

Marek Dorcik's Spercasa: About Time

Marek Dorcik

Music Fund Slovakia

Rating: ★★★★

Before arriving in London, the Slovakian drummer Marek Dorcik was based in Manchester for a number of years performing with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021

Review of The Vicky Tilson Quartet: Mojo Risin'

The Vicky Tilson Quartet: Mojo Risin'

Dee Byrne | Reinis Axelsson | Stuart Fiddler | Vicky Tilson

F-IRE Label

Rating: ★★★

As monikers go, the VTQ has a nice ring to it, doesn't it? A bit like the MJQ. Not that...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2015

Review of Jim Rattigan's Pavilion: The Freedom of Movement

Jim Rattigan's Pavilion: The Freedom of Movement

Andy Panayi | Dave Whitford | Hans Koller | Jim Rattigan | Mark Nightingale | Martin France | Martin Speake | Mick Foster | Percy Pursglove | Robbie Robson

Three Worlds Records

Rating: ★★★★

French horn isn't one of the quintessential jazz instruments, but Jim Rattigan is a good enough player, composer and leader...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2020

Review of David Linx, Rhoda Scott, André Ceccarelli: Rock My Boat

David Linx, Rhoda Scott, André Ceccarelli: Rock My Boat

André Ceccarelli | David Linx | Rhoda Scott

Naïve

Rating: ★★★

It's difficult to keep up with David Linx's output, such is his prodigious work rate. A typically eclectic 12-track collection,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2012

Review of Potsa Lotsa XL & Youjin Sung: Gaya

Potsa Lotsa XL & Youjin Sung: Gaya

Antonis Anissegos | Gerhard Gschlößl | Gerhard Gschlössl | Igor Spallati | Johannes Fink | Jürgen Kupke | Kay Lübke | Nikolaus Neuser | Patrick Braun | Silke Eberhard

Trouble in the East Records TITE-REC 026

Rating: ★★★

Silke Eberhard’s ensemble Potsa Lotsa continues to push the boundaries. Musical boundaries, of course – of which more in a...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2022

Review of Konitz/Mehldau/Haden/Motian: Live At Birdland

Konitz/Mehldau/Haden/Motian: Live At Birdland

Brad Mehldau | Charlie Haden | Lee Konitz | Paul Motian

ECM

Rating: ★★★

A summit meeting or what? Six standards allowed to blossom and bear fruit delivered by a fabulous quartet of equals....

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: June/2011

Review of Noah Preminger: Meditations on Freedom

Noah Preminger: Meditations on Freedom

Ian Froman | Jason Palmer | Kim Cass | Noah Preminger

Dry Bridge Records

Rating: ★★★

Trump's election has not only firmed up the tendency for musicians to frame their music in a political context –...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2017

Review of Krononaut

Krononaut

Arve Henriksen | Leo Abrahams | Martin France | Matana Roberts | Shahzad Ismaily | Tim Harries

tak:til/Glitterbeat

Rating: ★★★

Yet another product of London's fertile left-field jazz scene, Krononaut is a collaboration between Eno guitarist Abrahams and France –...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: December/2020

Review of Billy Bang: Lucky Man

Billy Bang: Lucky Man

Billy Bang

BBE

Rating: ★★★★

The late violinist Billy Bang was one of several notable African-American musicians who served in Vietnam, and understandably went through...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2021

Review of Stefano Bollani: Arrivano Gli Alieni

Stefano Bollani: Arrivano Gli Alieni

Stefano Bollani

Decca

Rating: ★

Bollani, who emerged from under the wings of Enrico Rava's ensembles and with whom he maintains an uncanny musical empathy,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

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