Review of Eivind Opsvik: Overseas IV

Eivind Opsvik: Overseas IV

Brandon Seabrook | Eivind Opsvik | Jacob Sacks | Kenny Wollesen | Tony Malaby

Loyal Label

Rating: ★★★★

The instrument at the heart of this recording by the prolific New Yorkbased Norwegian bassist Eivind Opsvik is the harpsichord....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Review of Rez Abbasi & Junction: Behind The Vibration

Rez Abbasi & Junction: Behind The Vibration

Ben Stivers | Kenny Grohowski | Mark Shim | Rez Abbasi

Cuneiform Rune

Rating: ★★★

Abbasi's never lacked the courage to explore different musics, so the name of his new band, Junction, is most apt...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2016

Review of Bill Frisell: Guitar In The Space Age

Bill Frisell: Guitar In The Space Age

Bill Frisell | Greg Leisz | Kenny Wollesen | Tony Scherr

OKeh

Rating: ★★★

The title says it all: that retro rocketeer Frisell has whizzed together songs that summon the spirit of adventure that...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Review of Wollesen Ferm: Heart in Hand

Wollesen Ferm: Heart in Hand

Anders Christensen | Kenny Wollesen | Ned Ferm | Rune Kjeldsen

Stunt

Rating: ★★

Wollesen and Ferm are American but rooted in Copenhagen and active in the scene there. Their debut as co-leaders on...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2023

Review of Tom Syson: Different Coloured Days

Tom Syson: Different Coloured Days

David Ferris | Jonathan Silk | Pete Hutchinson | Tom Barford | Tom Syson

self-released

Rating: ★★★

Tom Syson, the trumpet lead in the Birmingham Jazz Orchestra, opened his account as leader in an assertive manner with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019

Review of Yuriy Galkin Nonet: Nine of a Kind

Yuriy Galkin Nonet: Nine of a Kind

Dafydd Williams | Dave Hamblett | Freddie Gavita | George Crowley | Jon Stokes | ohn Turville | Richard Turner | Tamar Osborn | Yuriy Galkin

F-IRE Presents

Rating: ★★★

Since making his home in London first to take up a full scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music in...

Reviewed by in issue: March/2012

Review of Stan Tracey: The 1959 Sessions

Stan Tracey: The 1959 Sessions

Kenny Napper | Phil Seaman | Stan Tracey | Tony Crombie

Re-Steamed Records RSJ116

Rating: ★★★

On 22 and 23 May, 1959, the Stan Tracey Trio – Tracey, Napper and Seaman – recorded Little Klunk for...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2022

Review of Quinsin Nachoff: Flux

Quinsin Nachoff: Flux

David Binney | Kenny Wollesen | Matt Mitchell | Quinsin Nachoff

Mythology Records

Rating: ★★★

Avant-garde tenorist Nachoff comes from Toronto, Canada. He is equally at home with jazz and contemporary classical music and his...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2016

Review of The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra: The BBC Transcription Recordings Volume 2 & Volume 3

The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra: The BBC Transcription Recordings Volume 2 & Volume 3

Alan Branscombe | Alex Leslie | Art Ellefson | Bob Carson | Dankworth | Danny Elwood | Danny Moss | Dave Lindup | Derek Smith | Derrick Abbott

Vocalion

Rating: ★★★★

Volume One in this series of transcription discoveries was reviewed in our May 2015 issue. As before, these two further...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2016

Review of Andre Canniere: Coalescence

Andre Canniere: Coalescence

Andre Canniere | Hannes Riepler | Ivo Neame | Jon Scott | Ryan Trebilcock

Whirlwind

Rating: ★★★

This is the follow up to the trumpeter-composer's standout 2012 debut also on bassist Michael Janisch's prolific Whirlwind label, with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

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