Review of Christian Muthspiel’s Yodel Group: Huljo

Christian Muthspiel’s Yodel Group: Huljo

Bobby Previte | Christian Muthspiel | Franck Tortiller | Gerald Preinfalk | Jerome Harris | Matthieu Michel

Material Records

Rating: ★★★

Get that image of a traditional lederhosen-clad Alpine country dweller with a mountain scene stretched out behind him out of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Review of Renato D'Aiello: Satori, The Angel

Renato D'Aiello: Satori, The Angel

Bruno Montrone | Deelee Dube | Gaspar Bertoncelj | Greg Riddell | Jamie Campbell | Jeff Otto | Meghan Cassidy | Michael Demarco | Nicola Murescu | Renato D'Aiello

33 Jazz

Rating: ★★

Berklee-trained Italian tenorman D'Aiello has been a London fixture since 1999 and is noted for his warm, emotional style. Here...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2015

Review of Cecil Taylor: Complete Live At The Café Montmartre

Cecil Taylor: Complete Live At The Café Montmartre

Cecil Taylor | Jimmy Lyons | Kurt Lindstrom | Sunny Murray

Solar

Rating: ★★★★

Such is the overwhelming idiosyncrasy of Taylor’s language it’s easy to overlook the fact that it was not created in...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2016

Review of Samara Joy

Samara Joy

Samara Joy

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

The Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition has played a significant part in launching the careers of a remarkable array...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2021

Review of Omar Sosa & Yilian Canizares: Aguas

Omar Sosa & Yilian Canizares: Aguas

Inor Sotolongo | Omar Sosa | Yillian Canizares

Otá

Rating: ★★★

Keyboardist-producer Omar Sosa’s pursuit of new pathways in Cuban music has led to interesting collaborations over the years, and this...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Feb/2019

Review of Alex Sipiagin: Ascent To The Blues

Alex Sipiagin: Ascent To The Blues

Alex Sipiagin | Art Hirahara | Boris Kozlov | Diego Rivera | Rudy Royston

Posi-Tone

Rating: ★★★

Sipiagin has been a mainstay of the New York scene since moving from Russia in 1990, and has been a...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2022

Review of Colin Steele Quartet: Diving For Pearls – Jazz Interpretations Of The Pearlfishers Songbook

Colin Steele Quartet: Diving For Pearls – Jazz Interpretations Of The Pearlfishers Songbook

Alyn Cosker | Calum Gourlay | Colin Steele | Dave Milligan

Marina Records

Rating: ★★★★

You wait years for one Colin Steele record and then two come along at the same time. With his second...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Review of Raul Midon: Don't Hesitate

Raul Midon: Don't Hesitate

Daniel Bailen | Daniel Sadownick | David Bailen | Dianne Reeves | Lizz Wright | Marcus Miller | Midon | Richard Hammond

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★

The American vocalist-guitarist's singing and playing are as consistent as ever, but he is let down by his material on...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2014

Review of Alice Zawadzki: Within You Is A World Of Spring

Alice Zawadzki: Within You Is A World Of Spring

Alice Zawadzki | Fred Thomas | Hyelim Kim | Laura Senior | Lucy Nolan | Misha Mullov-Abbado | Peggy Nolan | Rob Luft | Simmy Singh

Whirlwind

Rating: ★★★★

London-based singer, violinist and pianist Alice Zawadzki gifts us a second album both tender in spirit and defiantly anti-genre, hooking...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2019

Review of John Russell, Phil Durrant, John Butcher: Conceits-1987 & 1992

John Russell, Phil Durrant, John Butcher: Conceits-1987 & 1992

John Butcher | John Russell | Phil Durrant

Editor's Choice

Emanem

Rating: ★★★★

Originally released in 1988, this is a landmark album in free improv. Though all three have made wonderful music in...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: September/2015

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