Review of Miho Hazama m-unit: Beyond Orbits

Miho Hazama m-unit: Beyond Orbits

Adam Unsworth | Andrew Gutauskas | Atsuki Yoshida | Ben Russell | Billy Test | Christian McBride | Immanuel Wilkins | Jake Goldbas | James Shipp | Jason Rigby

Edition Records

Rating: ★★★★

Composer/conductor Miho Hazama’s orchestral jazz palette ranges from the snappy riffs and canny voicings of West Coast jazz to the...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2023

Review of Peace Flag Ensemble: Astral Plains

Peace Flag Ensemble: Astral Plains

Dalton Lam | Jon Neher | Michael Scott Dawson | Michael Thievin | Nick Walters | Patrick Shirioshi | Paul Gutheil | Travis Packer

We Are Busy Bodies

Rating: ★★★

Listening to ‘You Can't Pin Joy Like A Moth', the second track on Astral Plains, there's a sense of wavelets...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: July/2023

Review of Anthony Joseph And The Spasm Band: Rubber Orchestras

Anthony Joseph And The Spasm Band: Rubber Orchestras

Andrew John | Anthony Joseph | Christian Arcucci | Colin Webster | Jasnett Lindo | Michel Castellanos | Ollie Parfitt | Oscar Martinez | Rabin Hopcraft | Richard Olatunde Baker

Naïve

Rating: ★★★★

London-based Trinidadian and old-school renaissance man Anthony Joseph has been making waves for a while with his poetry, music and...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Review of David Sylvian: Blemish

David Sylvian: Blemish

Buckhardt Stangl | Christian Fennesz | David Sylvian | Derek Bailey | Evan Parker | Franz Hautzinger | John Tilbury | Keith Rowe | Marcio Mattos | Michael Moser

Editor's Choice

Samadhisound/UMC

Rating: ★★★★

David Sylvian's journey from pretty pop idol to the outer reaches of the avant-garde is equalled by few other musicians:...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2022

Review of Bill Evans: Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate

Bill Evans: Live At Art D'Lugoff's Top of the Gate

Bill Evans | Bob Brookmeyer | Connie Kay | Eddie Gomez | Marty Morell | Paul Motian | Percy Heath | Philly Joe Jones | Sam Jones | Scott Lafaro

Resonance

Rating: ★★★★

The Resonance album is a considerable find, not only in terms of musical content but sound quality. For a live...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2012

Review of In Common: Walter Smith III, Matthew Stevens, Joel Ross, Harish Raghavan and Marcus Gilmore

In Common: Walter Smith III, Matthew Stevens, Joel Ross, Harish Raghavan and Marcus Gilmore

Harish Raghavan | Joel Ross | Marcus Gilmore | Matthew Stevens | Walter Smith III

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Saxophonist Walter Smith III’s evocative low-lights tenor sound and drily quixotic irregularities of phrasing have already graced a fine album...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Review of Harold López-Nussa: Un Día Cualquiera

Harold López-Nussa: Un Día Cualquiera

Gaston Joya | Harold López-Nussa | Ruy Adrian López-Nussa

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

With all the uncertainty surrounding the relationship between the North and its Latin American neighbours, some musicians are offering their...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018

Review of Usonic: Diversion

Usonic: Diversion

Marc Guillermont | Miles Bould | Nigel Hitchcock | Robert Mitchell | Sarah Ozelle | Scott Firth

Groove4dayz

Rating: ★★★

Based around the Bould/Firth rhythm axis, Usonic are unabashed about describing themselves as a full on fusion band, drawing deep...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2012

Review of Bruno Heinen Sextet: Tierkreis

Bruno Heinen Sextet: Tierkreis

Andrea Di Biase | Bruno Heinen | Fulvio Sigurta | James Allsopp | Jon Scott | Tom Challenger

Babel

Rating: ★★★

The title Tierkreis comes from a piece Karlheinz Stockhausen wrote in 1974 based on the 12-tone system for 12 music...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2013

Review of Mark Murphy: Midnight Mood

Mark Murphy: Midnight Mood

Ake Persson | Derek Humble | Francy Boland | Jimmy Deuchar | Jimmy Woode | Kenny Clarke | Mark Murphy | Ronnie Scott | Sahib Shihab

MPS 0212419MSW

Rating: ★★★★

Here’s the premier male jazz vocalist of his day in assertive form in front of an octet taken from the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2022

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