Mike Clark & Michael Zilber: Mike Drop
Matt Clark | Michael Zilber | Mike Clark | Peter Barshay
I wanted to like this album more than I do. Clark is a player named in the press blurb as...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2021
Leo Parker: The Last Sessions/Let Me Tell You ‘Bout It/Rollin’ With Leo
Back in the day, being a jazz musician should have carried with it a health warning. Sadly at least half...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2015
The Core Trio: Live featuring Matthew Shipp
Joe Hertenstein | Matthew Shipp | Seth Paynter | Thomas Helton
Like Orphy Robinson and Pat Thomas' Black Top, The Core Trio – who operate out of Texas – always perform...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: February/2017
Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn: The Transitory Poems
Taborn's recent astounding solo piano gig at the Vortex confirmed what many of us have argued for some time: he...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2019
Count Basie: Swinging The Blues
Back in the days of LPs, if you wanted a comprehensive history of the ‘Old Testament’ Basie band on record,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2019
Fire! Orchestra: Arrival
Four albums in, the Fire! Trio's once 28-piece collective iteration is streamlined by half and harbours a string quartet. The...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2019
Tani Tabbal Trio: Now Then
Adam Siegel | Michael Bisio | Tani Tabbal
Tani Tabbal hails from a long line of Chicagoan drummers – Gene Krupa, Jo Jones, Tony Williams – who have...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: April/2021
Satoko Fujii/Joe Fonda: Thread of Light
Thread of Light is the fifth collaboration since 2015 between the great Japanese pianist and improviser/composer Satoko Fujii, and the...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2022
Wayne Shorter: Emanon
Brian Blade | Danilio Perez | John Patitucci | Wayne Shorter
On 25 August, Wayne Shorter celebrated his 85th birthday making Emanon an impressive birthday present from his record company, Blue...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2018
MultiTraction Orchestra: Reactor One
Alex Roth | Arve Henriksen | James Allsopp | Jon Scott | Kate Ellis | Rhodri Davies | Ruth Goller
Alex Roth convened the MultiTraction Orchestra as an audacious Covid riposte, beating lockdown's loneliness by inviting 27 musicians from 15...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: April/2023
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