Review of Romain Collin: Press Enter

Romain Collin: Press Enter

Grey McMurray | Jean-Michel Pilc | Kendrick Scott | Laura Metcalf | Luques Curtis | Megan Rose | Mino Cinelu | Romain Collin

ACT

Rating: ★★★

Born in France but based in New York, to which he moved after graduating from the Berklee College of Music...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2015

Review of Cartoon: Change of Meaning

Cartoon: Change of Meaning

Chris Biscoe | John Pope | Roger Turner

Confront

Rating: ★★★

Cartoon is a UK-based trio made up of the versatile multi-reeds veteran Chris Biscoe, an underappreciated player best known for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019

Review of Thumbscrew: Convallaria

Thumbscrew: Convallaria

Mary Halvorson | Michael Formanek | Tomas Fujiwara

Cuneiform Rune

Rating: ★★★★

Formanek fans may well observe that this trio is a vital cog in the engine of the double bassist's sumptuous...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2016

Review of Noah Preminger: Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground

Noah Preminger: Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground

Ian Froman | Jason Palmer | Kim Cass | Noah Preminger

NP

Rating: ★★★

Southern Blues devotees will recognise the title of the Blind Willie Johnson masterpiece, and if that whets the appetite then...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2016

Review of Lighthouse Trio: Lighthouse

Lighthouse Trio: Lighthouse

Asaf Sirkis | Mark Wingfield | Markus Reuter

MoonJune

Rating: ★★★

From the hand-stopped inside piano ostinato and urban percussion opening of the first cut ‘Space Junk’, it is evident that...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2018

Review of Christoph Stiefel & Inner Language Trio: Big Ship

Christoph Stiefel & Inner Language Trio: Big Ship

Arne Huber | Christoph Stiefel | Kevin Chesham

Basho

Rating: ★★★★

Having made a name on the Swiss jazz scene, the fiftysomething Zurich-born pianist and composer Christoph Stiefel looked to make...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

Review of David Murray Infinity Quartet: Be My Monster Love

David Murray Infinity Quartet: Be My Monster Love

Bobby Bradford | David Murray | Gregory Porter | Jaribu Shahid | Macy Gray | Marc Cary | Nasheet Waits

Motéma

Rating: ★★★★

A new Murray quartet is always something of an event given the illustrious nature of the precedents, and this latest...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2013

Review of The Gascoyne/O'Higgins Quartet: Got The Real Note

The Gascoyne/O'Higgins Quartet: Got The Real Note

Dave O'Higgins | Geoff Gascoyne | Graham Harvey | Sebastiaan de Krom | Sebastiaan De Krom

Jazzizit

Rating: ★★★★

Of course you’ve got to check out the bright young things, but if ever there was a band to default...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2013

Review of Grover Washington Jnr: Grover Live

Grover Washington Jnr: Grover Live

Adam Holzman | Donald Robinson | Gerald Veasley | Grover Washington Jnr | Pablo Batista | Richard Lee Steacker | Steven Wolf

G-Man/Lightyear

Rating: ★★★

Recorded just two years before his untimely death this concert fully illustrates why Gil Scott-Heron felt the need to name...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2017

Review of Steve Lacy Five: Blinks… Zurich Live 1983

Steve Lacy Five: Blinks… Zurich Live 1983

Irène Aebi | Jean-Jacques Avenel | Oliver Johnson | Steve Lacy | Steve Potts

hat

Rating: ★★★★

Save for the omission of pianist Bobby Few, this band is essentially the Steve Lacy Sextet, with whom the saxophonist...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2011

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