Dan Messore/Iain Ballamy/Tim Harries/Gethin Jones: Indigo Kid
Dan Messore | Gethin Jones | Iain Ballamy | Tim Harries
Dan Messore is a guitarist with, it seems, very little inclination to shred. Across these original instrumentals (arranged by band-mate...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2012
Bruno Heinen, James Kitchman: Rain Shadows
The comparison of this coupling to Jim Hall and Bill Evans is not a facile one. Heinen's piano and Kitchman's...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2023
OPA: Goldenwings
Airto | David Amaro | George Fattoruso | Hermeto Pascoal | Hugo Fattoruso | Ringo Thielmann
It would be glib to tag OPA as ‘the Uruguyan Azymuth’, but the brothers Fattoruso, keyboardist Hugo and drummer George,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2024
Aapo Heinonen Quintet: Tara
Aapo Heinonen | Héctor Lepe | Teemu Takanen | Tomi Saikkonen | Vesa Ojaniemi
The current Finnish jazz scene is one of the better kept secrets in European jazz. This third album by pianist...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2018
Paquito D'Rivera and Trio Corrente: Songs for Maura
Edu Ribeiro | Fabio Torres | Paquito D'Rivera | Paulo Paulelli
New York-based, Cuban-born clarinettist/saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera says that half of his heart is Brazilian, and over the decades he has...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Raf Ferrari Quartet: Quattro
Claudio Sbrolli | Guerino Rondolone | Raf Ferrari | Vito Stano
Pianist and bandleader Raf Ferrari wrote a thesis on the music of Keith Jarrett at the University of Bologna, bassist...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2020
The Elliott Henshaw Band: Who’d Have Guest?
‘Being heavily influenced by the likes of Dave Grusin, The Yellowjackets, Al Jarreau and David Sanborn,’ in-demand drummer and percussionist...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Ornette Coleman: The Art of The Improvisers
Billy Higgins | Charlie Haden | Don Cherry | Ed Blackwell | Jimmy Garrison | Ornette Coleman
Although the title is a manifesto for the soloist, and there are passages aplenty that show Ornette (and Don Cherry),...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Gisle Torvik: Tranquil Fjord
Audun Ellingsen | Gisle Torvik | Hermund Nygård
Torvik is a young Norwegian who came to the guitar late, but with this, his third release, he reveals a...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2013
Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio: We're Back
The Thrasher Dream trio is pianist Kenny Barron and bassist Ron Carter supported by leader Gerry Gibbs on drums. Their...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
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