David Virelles: Gnosis
This is David Virelles second CD for ECM in a recording career that dates back to 2008's Motion (Justin Time)....
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2017
Bruce Harris: Beginnings
While young Brit players go after the rock-edged and explore innovation, jazz of a swinging, relatively mainstream kind, often hard-bop...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: November/2017
Michael Wollny Trio: Weltentraum Live — Philharmonie Berlin
Eric Schaefer | Michael Wollny | Tim Lefebvre | Tim LeFebvre
When Weltentraum was released in early 2014, there was an excitement about the album that seemed to suggest the next...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Bobby Darius: The Bobby Darius Trio – “That Kid Can Swing!”
Bobby Darius | Minton Armitage | Sy Breslin
Sure, there have been other jazz prodigies: Bix, Buddy Rich, Mary Lou Williams, Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, to name but...
Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: March/2018
Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Karyōbin
Dave Holland | Derek Bailey | Evan Parker | John Stevens | Kenny Wheeler
It’s an alarming thought that the Spontaneous Music Ensemble’s Karyōbin – widely considered to be a founding document of British...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: February/2018
Nicholas Payton: Bitches
Cassandra Wilson | Chinah Blac | Esperanza Spalding | N'Dambi | Nicholas Payton | Saunders Sermons
Given the use of the b-word in the title and the fact that Payton, once touted as a serious contender...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2012
Yosvany Terry: Today's Opinion
Yosvany Terry is currently a member of the Eddie Palmieri band. Born in central Cuba, he studied at the prestigious...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2012
Fred Hersch Trio and the Crosby Street String Quartet: Breath By Breath
Integrating strings within any jazz context presents a challenge that many jazz musicians feel drawn towards, rather like a moth...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2022
Edikanfo: The Pace Setters
The lauded Ghanaian group Edikanfo can't quite catch a break. Back in 1981, for example, the highlife-meets-Afro funk outfit were...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2020
Cabal
Euan Palmer | Nick Jurd | Sam Wooster
Note: this CD is not for sale. Facing up to the new realities of freely available online music, this young...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2012
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