Jim Hart Cloudmakers Trio: A Drop Of Hope In The Ocean Of Uncertainty
Dave Smith | Jim Hart | Leo Genovese | Michael Janisch
French-resident vibraphonist Jim Hart used to be one of the pivotal figures on the London contemporary jazz scene as a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2024
The Cloudmakers Trio: Live at the Pizza Express
Dave Smith | Jim Hart | Michael Janisch | Ralph Alessi
The versatile first-call vibraphonist Jim Hart has recently been nominated in the vibes category for the 2012 Downbeat poll, a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012
Album Interview: The Bad Plus: Complex Emotions
Ben Monder | Chris Speed | Dave King | Reid Anderson
The closest forerunner to the newest incarnation of the iconoclastic The Bad Plus –founder members Reid Anderson and Dave King...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/2024
Solstice: Alimentation
Brigitte Beraha | Dave Manington | George Hart | Jez Franks | John Turville | Tori Freestone
For over a decade now, the E17 jazz collective has been the wellspring of creative music partnerships among young musicians...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017
Rempis/Parker/Flaten/Cunningham: Stringers And Struts
Dave Rempis | Hamid Drake | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten | Jeff Parker | Jeremy Cunningham
Jeff Parker is probably still best known for contributing guitar to the intricate, genre-hopping compositions of Chicagoan post-rock group Tortoise...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2021
Chet Baker and Jack Sheldon: In Perfect Harmony: The Lost Album
Chet Baker | Dave Frishberg | Jack Marshall | Jack Sheldon | Joe Mondragon | Nick Ceroli
Several biographical accounts date Chet Baker’s return to playing, after the 1966 assault that cost him his front teeth, to...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2024
The Miles Davis Quintet & Sextet: Walkin'
Miles Davis’ album Walkin’ is one of those albums that should be in every jazz fan’s album collection. Recorded after...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2020
Fiona Ross: Thoughts, Conversations and To-Do Lists
London-based singer and pianist Fiona Ross has a way with a hook and a voice whose sweetness belies its impressive...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2023
Broken Shadows
Chris Speed | Dave King | Reid Anderson | Tim Berne
Paying homage to Ornette Coleman isn’t something new for The Bad Plus, of which this band contains three - yes...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2021
Richard Galliano: Nino Rota
Boris Kozlov | Clarence Penn | Dave Douglas | John Surman | Richard Galliano
One of the stronger performances of last year’s London Jazz Festival was by Richard Galliano’s La Strada Quintet dedicated to...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2012
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