Wadada Leo Smith: Trumpet
Turning 80 seems to be rejuvenating the already youthful Wadada Leo Smith. These two very different releases by the trumpeter...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2021
Ralph Towner/WolfgangMuthspiel/Slava Grigoryan: Travel Guide
Ralph Towner | Slava Grigoryan | Wolfgang Muthspiel
This trio of guitarists from Austria, Kazakhstan and America made their first appearance on disc on From a Dream (2009)...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Peter Materna: The Kiss
Lisa Wulff | Peter Materna | Silvan Strauß
As founder and artistic director of Jazzfest Bonn, Peter Materna is ideally situated to pick out, evaluate and assimilate the...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Alexi Tuomarila Trio: Seven Hills
Alexi Tuomarila | André Fernandes | Mats Eilertsen | Olavi Louhivuori
At 38, Alexi Tuomarila remains comparatively under-appreciated in the UK. That's not so much the case in Continental Europe, where...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2013
Marilyn Crispell and Gerry Hemingway: Table Of Changes
Gerry Hemingway | Marilyn Crispell
As American percussionist Hemingway states in the liner notes, he and compatriot Crispell have now played well over 100 concerts...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: August/2015
IPA: It's A Delicate Thing
Atle Nymo | Håkon Mjåset Johansen | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten | Magnus Broo
The roots of this Scandinavian group lie in a trio dedicated to the music of Don Cherry; it was the...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: July/2012
Kevin Fitzsimmons: Show Me the Way
This recording by the London-based crooner Kevin Fitzsimmons could hardly be called unusual, but in one respect it actually is....
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013
Steve Noble and Stephen O'Malley: St. Francis Duo
Stephen O'Malley | Steve Noble
Stalwart UK improv drummer, Noble, and O'Malley, guitarist with US avantdoom unit Sunn 0))), have collaborated before, together with Daniel...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2012
Carol Saboya: Belezas: Music of Ivan Lins and Milton Nascimento
Adolfo | Carol Saboya | Dave Liebman | Hendrik Meurkens | Jorge Helder | Rafael Barata | Spiewak
It had to happen eventually that someone would re-harmonise ‘Giant Steps’. The switch here is that, while retaining the melody,...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2013
People: 3xaWoman
Dan Peck | Kevin Shea | Kyle Forester | Mary Halvorson | Peter Evans | Sam Kulik
It's hard to think of the last time an alumnus of Anthony Braxton released an album as satisfyingly entertaining as...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: August/2014
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