Anton Eger: Æ
When witnessing ‘live’ the high flying international piano trio Phronesis, it’s the Oslo-born drummer Anton Eger who most catches your...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2019
Vienna Art Orchestra: The Minimalism Of Erik Satie
The employment of his music in adverts for chocolate and throat lozenges has not done much for the contemporary reputation...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: June/2011
Harvey Mason: Chameleon
Miles may have exhorted us never to look back, but Mason's pulled off a cunning ploy with his splendid Concord...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2014
Emilia Mårtensson: Ana
Immensely subtle arrangements, exquisitely beautiful songs, and, at its centre, a voice of quite remarkable expressive depth. With her second...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2016
Album Interview: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba: Jama Ko
The Malian virtuoso Bassekou Kouyate is probably the world's most celebrated player of the ngoni, a traditional West African instrument...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2013
Jameszoo: Blind
As jazz and electronic musicians shuffle ever closer to one another’s sonic terrain, this meeting of minds and modular synths...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: May/2022
Django Bates and the Frankfurt Radio Big Band: Saluting Sgt. Pepper
A heady brew of Beatles, Bates and beefy big band, Saluting Sgt. Pepper could easily have been one seriously over-egged...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2017
Sidney Bechet: Four Classic Albums – Third Set
The centrepiece of this package is the 1956 collaboration between Bechet and the six-piece band led by pianist Sammy Price...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2022
Large Unit: Ana
Drummer Paal Nilssen-Love has always happily teetered between freedom and form. With The Thing, he’s as likely to be diving...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2016
Eddie Harris: High Voltage (Recorded Live At The Village Gate in New York and At Shelly's Manne-Hole in Hollywood)
As the 1960s morphed into the 1970s, jazz had to face the problem of appealing to a whole new generation...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2015
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