Review of Draw By Four: Framework

Draw By Four: Framework

Chris Draper | Jon Shenoy | Sam Dunn | Will Bartlett

Jellymould Jazz

Rating: ★★

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

Review of Kit Downes: Dreamlife of Debris

Kit Downes: Dreamlife of Debris

Kit Downes | Lucy Railton | Sebastian Rochford | Stian Westerhus | Tom Challenger

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Jas Kayser: Unforced Rhythm of Grace

Jas Kayser: Unforced Rhythm of Grace

Aaron Holthus | Jas Kayser | Juan Mejia | Milena Casado Fauquet | Ron Cha

Self-release

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Terence Blanchard: The Comedian

Terence Blanchard: The Comedian

Carl Allen | David Pulphus | Kenny Barron | Khari Allen Lee | Ravi Coltrane | Terence Blanchard

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Stephan Crump/Ingrid Laubrock/Cory Smythe: Planktonic Finales

Stephan Crump/Ingrid Laubrock/Cory Smythe: Planktonic Finales

Cory Smythe | Ingrid Laubrock | Stephan Crump

Intakt

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Per–Oscar Nilsson Group: Now!

Per–Oscar Nilsson Group: Now!

Carl Winther | Daniel Fredriksson | Fredrik Kronkvist | Johnny Åman | Marcus Strickland | Per-Oscar Nilsson

Connective

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Wolfgang Haffner: Kind of Tango

Wolfgang Haffner: Kind of Tango

Bill Evans | Christopher Dell | Guest Alma Naidu | Lars Danielsson | Lars Nilsson | Sebastian Studnitzky | Simon Oslender | Ulf Wakenius | Vincent Peirani | Wolfgang Haffner

ACT

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of John Fedchock New York Big Band: Like It Is

John Fedchock New York Big Band: Like It Is

Allen Farnham | Bobby Sanabria | Dave Ratacjzak | Dick Sarpola | John Fedchock | Keith O'Quinn 3 | Mark Vinci 5 | Tony Kadleck 4

Mama Records

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Marshall Gilkes and the WDR Big Band: Lifesongs

Marshall Gilkes and the WDR Big Band: Lifesongs

Marshall Gilkes | Sabeth Perez

WDR

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Leon Thomas: Full Circle

Leon Thomas: Full Circle

Bernard Purdie | Herbie Lovelle | Jimmy Owens | Joe Beck Lloyd Davis | Leon Thomas | Neal Creque | Pee Wee Ellis | Richard Davis | Richard Landrum | Sonny Morgan

Flying Dutchman/BGP

Rating: ★★★★

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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