Review of David Virelles: Gnosis

David Virelles: Gnosis

Adam Cruz | Alex Lipowski | Allison Loggins-Hill | Christine Chen | David Virelles | Matthew Gould | Mauricio Herrera | Melvis Santa | Rane Moore | Román Díaz

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Bruce Harris: Beginnings

Bruce Harris: Beginnings

Andy Farber | Bruce Harris | Clovis Nicolas | Dmitry Baevsky | Frank Basile | Grant Stewart | Jerry Weldon | Michael Weiss | Pete Van Nostrand

Posi-Tone

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Michael Wollny Trio: Weltentraum Live — Philharmonie Berlin

Michael Wollny Trio: Weltentraum Live — Philharmonie Berlin

Eric Schaefer | Michael Wollny | Tim Lefebvre | Tim LeFebvre

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Bobby Darius: The Bobby Darius Trio – “That Kid Can Swing!”

Bobby Darius: The Bobby Darius Trio – “That Kid Can Swing!”

Bobby Darius | Minton Armitage | Sy Breslin

Prodigious

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

Review of Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Karyōbin

Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Karyōbin

Dave Holland | Derek Bailey | Evan Parker | John Stevens | Kenny Wheeler

Emanem

Rating: ★★★★★

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

Review of Nicholas Payton: Bitches

Nicholas Payton: Bitches

Cassandra Wilson | Chinah Blac | Esperanza Spalding | N'Dambi | Nicholas Payton | Saunders Sermons

In + Out

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Yosvany Terry: Today's Opinion

Yosvany Terry: Today's Opinion

Gonzalo Rubalcaba | Michael Rodriguez | Obed Calvaire | Osmany Paredes | Pedro Martinez | Yosvany Terry | Yunior Terry

Criss Cross Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Fred Hersch Trio and the Crosby Street String Quartet: Breath By Breath

Fred Hersch Trio and the Crosby Street String Quartet: Breath By Breath

Drew Gress | Fred Hersch | Jochen Rueckert | Jody Redhage Ferber | Joyce Hammann | Laura Seaton | Lois Martin

Palmetto Records

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Edikanfo: The Pace Setters

Edikanfo: The Pace Setters

Albert ‘Bobo’ Williams | George Williams | Gilbert ‘Chee-Kin-Chee’ Amartey | Ishmael ‘Smith’ Odei | Kwesi Okran | Osei Tutu | Paa Akrashie | William Quist

Glitterbeat

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Cabal

Cabal

Euan Palmer | Nick Jurd | Sam Wooster

cabaltrio.bandcamp.com

Rating: ★★★

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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