Simon Lasky Group: For The Dreamers
UK-born, US-based Simon Lasky is a very highly regarded composer, pianist and educator who has also made his mark with...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: May/2024
Freddy Cole: He Was The King
Elias Bailey | Freddy Cole | Houston Person | John di Martino | Quentin Baxter | Randy Napoleon
With this heartfelt 12-track homage to his older brother, pianist, vocalist and composer Freddy Cole delivers what surely must be...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2016
Freddy Cole: Talk To Me
Sounding grainier than of yore, the veteran Cole (he turned 80 in October) limits himself to the vocal role on...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2012
Lakecia Benjamin: Phoenix Reimagined (Live)
I’ve always enjoyed Lakecia Benjamin’s studio recordings (2020’s remarkable Pursuance especially), but for me it’s in the live setting where...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2024
Joanna Wallfisch: Blood & Bone
The CD cover shots of the young London-born, NY based singer-songwriter Joanna Wallfisch projects an image that appears more sombre...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018
Soweto Kinch: The Black Peril
Commissioned for the 2019 London Jazz Festival, The Black Peril is arguably one of saxophonist-rapper-composer Kinch’s most ambitious projects to...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2020
Balimaya Project: When the Dust Settles
Ten tracks. Ten big topics. Death. Grief. Truth. Anger. Pride. A multi-layered wall of Afro-centric rhythms played out on percussion...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2023
Taylor Ho Bynum: The Temp
‘Itch, dash, suffer, cry, dash,’ voices cry amidst and above the clashing, tumultuous opening sounds of this ‘secular oratorio’ by...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2021
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