Kenny Barron/Dave Holland Trio: Without Deception
Dave Holland | Johnathan Blake | Kenny Barron
Effortless mainstream jazz eloquence has been pianist Kenny Barron’s calling card for 40 years. Without Deception renews the pianist’s dialogue...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2020
Milt Jackson: Four Classic Albums – Second Set
Here's another of Avid's compilations of classic vinyl albums, the second such Jackson collection, taking in his Ballads and Blues,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2019
Wadada Leo Smith: Meditations On Monk/Najwa
Two contrasting sides of the trumpeter-composer that are linked by creative slight of hand and conceptual audacity. Performing the music...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018
Michael Formanek Ensemble Kolossus: The Distance
Formanek may be known primarily through his long running association with Tim Berne but he has been a bandleader of...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2016
Ella Fitzgerald: Complete 1950-60 Piano Duets
The 20 tracks that Ella Fitzgerald recorded with pianist Ellis Larkins in 1950 and 1954 are arguably the best duets...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2018
Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Trio D’Été: Turning Point
Eric Harland | Gonzalo Rubalcaba | Matt Brewer
Pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba has long pulled different strands of the world's music into thrilling, technically astute coherence. Steeped in Latin...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Omer Klein: Personal Belongings
Amir Bresler | Haggai Cohen-Milo | Omer Klein
The aptly-titled Personal Belongings originated close to the heart of the gifted Frankfurt-resident Israeli pianist Omer Klein, being a half-dozen...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2021
Archie Shepp & Mal Waldron: Left Alone
Almost two decades have elapsed since the release of this gorgeous album, an object lesson in the art of the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Jungle – Mat Walerian/Matthew Shipp/Hamid Drake: Live At Okunden
Hamid Drake | Mat Walerian | Matthew Shipp
A striking monochrome sleeve photo of Walerian, crouched in the long grass of a bleached out copse, can be read...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2016
Keith Jarrett: La Fenice
Since his Radiance album and his Tokyo Solo DVD of 2002, Jarrett began breaking away from the notion of a...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Feb/2019
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