Spirit Fingers
Dario Chiazzolino | Greg Spero | Hadrien Feraud | Mike Mitchell
The interest in fusion today among young musicians is a curious thing. The long hair and flares of the 1970s...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: May/2018
Sly & Robbie meet Nils Petter Molvær featuring Eivind Aarset & Vladislav Delay: Nordub
Eivind Aarset | Nils Petter Molvær | Robbie Shakespeare | Sly Dunbar | Vladislav Delay
Presentations of the union of Jamaica's “riddim twins” Sly & Robbie and Norway's jazz-tech champions, trumpeter Nils Pettar Molvær and...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2018
AKA Trio: Joy
Adriano Adewale | Antonio Forcione | Seckou Keita
What with all the misery going on in the world, it's heartening to see the concept of joy being presented...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2019
Daniel Herskedal: The Roc
Bergmund Waal Skaslien | Daniel Herskedal | Eyolf Dale | Helge Andreas Norbakken | Svante Henryson
Musically educated in Trondheim and Copenhagen, Daniel Herskedal is taking the tuba in directions and to places undreamt of by...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2017
Paul Motian: Standards Plus One
Bill Frisell | Charlie Haden | Joe Lovano | Lee Konitz | Paul Motian
Why break a butterfly on a wheel or try to analyse the fragile beauties of these extraordinary recordings? If ever...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2015
EST: 301
Dan Berglund | Esbjörn Svensson | Magnus Öström
Is this some of the finest moments from EST? Quite probably the verdict visited by posterity will be yes, as...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2012
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Andrea Keller & Five Below: Life is Brut[if]al
Andrea Keller formed Five Below in 2017 for her regular Monday night gig at Melbourne's Jazzlab. Their first album Five...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2020
Kenny Burrell: Special Requests (and other Favorites) – Live at Catalina's
Clayton Cameron | Justo Almario | Kenny Burrell | Tom Ranier | Tony Dumas
Playing old favourites such as ‘Killer Joe’ and ‘Make Someone Happy’, newer numbers such as ‘Generation’ and audience requests like...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: October/2013
Hilario Durán/David Virelles: Front Street Duets
David Virelles | Hilario Durán
The use of the piano in Cuban music goes back a long way, paralleling its use in jazz. And the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
George Coleman: A Master Speaks
Bob Cranshaw | George Coleman | Mike LeDonne | Peter Bernstein
There’s a school of thought that rates George Coleman as the very best saxophonist that Miles ever employed. Rumour has...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2016
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