Draw By Four: Framework
Chris Draper | Jon Shenoy | Sam Dunn | Will Bartlett
This debut album from reeds player Jon Shenoy (whose credits include Ivo Neame's large ensemble) and his group, Draw By...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: July/2018
Kit Downes: Dreamlife of Debris
Kit Downes | Lucy Railton | Sebastian Rochford | Stian Westerhus | Tom Challenger
Dreamlife of Debris has its roots in Downes’ 2015 recording Vyamanical (Slip), that documents the improvisations on various church organs...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2020
Jas Kayser: Unforced Rhythm of Grace
Aaron Holthus | Jas Kayser | Juan Mejia | Milena Casado Fauquet | Ron Cha
Unforced Rhythm of Grace is an exciting debut three-track EP in which drummer and composer Jas Kayser carves a distinct...
Reviewed by Christine Hannigan in issue: August/2020
Terence Blanchard: The Comedian
Carl Allen | David Pulphus | Kenny Barron | Khari Allen Lee | Ravi Coltrane | Terence Blanchard
One of the key soundtrack composers of the last two decades returns to writing for the silver screen with a...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2017
Stephan Crump/Ingrid Laubrock/Cory Smythe: Planktonic Finales
Cory Smythe | Ingrid Laubrock | Stephan Crump
Formerly London-based, Ingrid Laubrock has subsequently established a name for herself over her eight years on Brooklyn's leftfield jazz and...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017
Per–Oscar Nilsson Group: Now!
The young Swedish guitarist's debut recording mixes balladry and a whisper of Afro-Cuban rhythm into an all-original mix of interlocking...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2012
Wolfgang Haffner: Kind of Tango
First there was Kind of Cool (2015). Next there was Kind of Spain (2017). And now, to complete the trilogy,...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2020
John Fedchock New York Big Band: Like It Is
It only took a couple of bars of the opener, ‘You and the Night and the Music’ to conjure the...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2015
Marshall Gilkes and the WDR Big Band: Lifesongs
Marshall Gilkes | Sabeth Perez
While Germany Deutschlandfunk is Germany’s national state radio and TV station, each of the main German regions also have a...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2024
Leon Thomas: Full Circle
An acclaimed singer in his own right, Leon Thomas is also synonymous with the music of Pharoah Sanders but it...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2024
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