Review of Mikko Innanen/William Parker/Andrew Cyrille: Song For A New Decade

Mikko Innanen/William Parker/Andrew Cyrille: Song For A New Decade

Andrew Cyrille | Mikko Innanen | William Parker

TUM

Rating: ★★★

Finnish multi-reed player Innanen is one of the most impressive young musicians in his country and his profile in Europe...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2015

Review of David Binney: Tomorrow’s Journey

David Binney: Tomorrow’s Journey

Aaron Janik | Benjamin Ring | David Binney | Ethan Moffit | Jon Hatamiya | Kenny Wolleson | Logan Kane | Luca Mendoza | Paul Cornish

Ghost Note Records

Rating: ★★★★

Alto saxophonist-composer David Binney is also an in-demand producer and runs his own record label Mythology. Over a prolific recording...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2022

Review of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra: Live in Cuba

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra: Live in Cuba

Ali Jackson | Bobby Carcasses | Carlos Henriquez | Chris Crenshaw | Dan Nimmer | Dreiser Durruthy Bambolé | Elliot Mason | Joe Temperley | Kenny Rampton | Marcus Printup

Blue Engine

Rating: ★★★★

The stated mission of the J@LCO is “to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2016

Review of Dexter Gordon: The Squirrel: Live at the Montmartre Copenhagen ‘67

Dexter Gordon: The Squirrel: Live at the Montmartre Copenhagen ‘67

Art Taylor | Bo Stief | Dexter Gordon | Kenny Drew

Parlophone

Rating: ★★★★

This numbered, two-LP set packaged in an attractive gatefold was a release for Record Store Day. It's an inspired choice....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/2020

Review of Muthspiel Grenadier Blade: Driftwood

Muthspiel Grenadier Blade: Driftwood

Brian Blade | Larry Grenadier | Wolfgang Muthspiel

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

While he's far less known in the UK, the 49-year-old guitarist and composer Wolfgang Muthspiel is one of the most...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Review of Bernard Purdie: Purdie Good!

Bernard Purdie: Purdie Good!

Bernard Purdie | Bily Nichols | Charlie Brown | Gordon Edwards | Harold Wheeler | Norman Pride | Ted Dunbar | Tippy Larkin | Warren Daniels

Prestige/Jazz Dispensary

Rating: ★★★

Two great drummers, two very different outcomes. Jazz was a part of New Orleans-born Idris Muhammad's upbringing early on, and...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2023

Review of Julie Sassoon/Lothar Ohlmeier/Mia Ohlmeier: Inside Colours Live

Julie Sassoon/Lothar Ohlmeier/Mia Ohlmeier: Inside Colours Live

Julie Sassoon | Lothar Ohlmeier | Mia Ohlmeier

Editor's Choice

JazzWerkstatt

Rating: ★★★★

The Manchester-raised, former classical pianist and violinist Julie Sassoon diverted into studies of her own as a 1990s post-grad at...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2024

Review of Rasmus Sørensen: Traits

Rasmus Sørensen: Traits

Alexander Claffy | Francesco Ciniglio | Jon Henriksson | Kendrick Scott | Rasmus Sørensen

April

Rating: ★★★

A simultaneous release of the 20-something Danish pianist Rasmus Sørensen’s debut Traits – originally issued as digital download exclusively in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2024

Review of Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns

Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns

Hedvig Mollestad | Ole Mofjell | Ståle Storløkken

Rune Grammofon

Rating: ★★★★

Mollestad has always had to barrel hoop her energies to bring form to her eruptive powers. Her trio is hyper-rehearsed...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2023

Review of Vincent Peirani: Jokers

Vincent Peirani: Jokers

Federico Casagrande | Vincent Peirani | Ziv Ravitz

ACT Music 9944-2

Rating: ★★★

Busted clockwork chimes begin a Marilyn Manson cover, ‘This Is The New Shit’, announcing the heavy rock textures of Vincent...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2022

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