Review of Julian Argüelles: Let It Be Told

Julian Argüelles: Let It Be Told

Axel Schlosser | Christian Jaksjø | Django Bates | Julian Argüelles | Martin Scales | Paul Hochstadter | Peter Fell | Steve Argüelles | Tony Lakatos

Basho

Rating: ★★★★

Argüelles' 12th release as leader finds him weaving together the musical skeins that make up his musical mind. This is...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2015

Review of Confluence: Chroniques Terrestres

Confluence: Chroniques Terrestres

André Jaume | Christian Lete | Denis Van Hecke | Didier Levallet | Jean Guérin | Jean Querlier | Philippe Petit | Yves Herwan-Chotard

RCA Victor 1978

If you had to take a blindfold test, how often could you identify which side of the Atlantic a piece...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2016

Review of McClenty Hunter Jr: The Groove Hunter

McClenty Hunter Jr: The Groove Hunter

Christian Sands | Corcoran Holt | Dave Stryker | Donald Harrison | Eddie Henderson | Eric Reed | Eric Wheeler | McClenty Hunter Jr | Stacy Dillard

Strikezone

Rating: ★★★

Drummer McClenty Hunter Jr knows all about the groove roots of hard bop – he started out in gospel music,...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2018

Review of Wolfgang Haffner: Kind of Cool

Wolfgang Haffner: Kind of Cool

Christian von Kaphengst | Christopher Dell | Dan Berglund | Dusko Goykovich | Frank Chastenier | Jan Lungdren | Jukka Perko | Max Mutzke | Nils Landgren | Wolfgang Haffner

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

In 2008 Haffner came up with a minor masterpiece for the ACT label in Acoustic Shapes that seemed to capture...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2015

Review of Kontrabassduo Studer-Frey: Zurich Concerts: 15 Years of Kontrabassduo Studer-Frey

Kontrabassduo Studer-Frey: Zurich Concerts: 15 Years of Kontrabassduo Studer-Frey

Alfred Zimmerlin | Christian Weber | Daniel Studer | Gerry Hemmingway | Giancarlo Schiaffini | Hans Hoch | Harald Kimmig | Jacques Demierre | Jan Schlegel | John Butcher

Leo

Rating: ★★★

Swiss double-bassists Daniel Studer and Peter K Frey have been working together as improvisers for 15 years – a milestone...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2016

Review of Large Unit: Erta Ale

Large Unit: Erta Ale

Andreas Wildhagen | Børre Mølstad | Christian Meaas Svendsen | Jon Fune Strøm | Kasper Værnes | Ketil Gutvik | Klaus Ellerhusen Holm | Lasse Marhaug | Mats Äleklint | Paal Nilssen-Love

PNL

Rating: ★★★★

You know you're dealing with a huge sound when Paal Nilssen-Love isn't even the loudest thing in the room. This...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2015

Review of Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Johan Lindvall: Om Du Reser Mycket

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Johan Lindvall: Om Du Reser Mycket

Christian Skår Winther | Eira Bjørnstad Foss | Johan Lindvall | Klaus Ellerhusen Holm | Kyrre Laastad | Lars Ove Fossheim | Marianne Baudouin Lie | Matilda Rolfsson | Mette Rasmussen | Musina Sagstuen

Midtnorsk Jazzsenter MNJCD024

Rating: ★★★

The Trondheim Jazz Orchestra has been a fertile breeding ground in establishing Norwegian jazz’s unique identity since the 1990s, with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2022

Review of Pablo Held: Glow II

Pablo Held: Glow II

Christian Weidner | Claus Stötter | Henning Sieverts | Hubert Nuss | John Schröder | Jonas Burwinkel | Niels Klein | Pablo Held | Phillip Gropper | Robert Landfermann

Pirouet

Rating: ★★

Pianist Pablo Held is perhaps one of the best known young jazz musicians on the Cologne jazz scene, and over...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2018

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 Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Kim Myhr/Jenny Hval: In The End His Voice Will Be The Sound Of Paper

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Kim Myhr/Jenny Hval: In The End His Voice Will Be The Sound Of Paper

Christian Wallumrød | Eivind Lønning | Espen Reinertsen | Jenny Hval | Jim Denley | Kari Rønnekleiv | Kim Myhr | Klaus Holm | Martin Taxt | Michael Duch

Hubro

Rating: ★★★★

Apparently the title of this remarkable, semi-improvised, acoustic disc emerged from a conversation about Bob Dylan’s ageing voice. By contrast,...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2016

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