Review of The Dissolute Society: Soldiering On

The Dissolute Society: Soldiering On

Fini Bearman | Gustav Clarkson | Huw Warren | Joshua Idehen | Laura Jurd | Mia Marlen Berg | Mike Soper | Naomi Burrell | Phil Merriman | Raph Clarkson

Babel Label

Rating: ★★★

The Dissolute Society is a new octet led by British trombonist Raph Clarkson, of punk-jazz band WorldService Project. This debut...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: June/2018

Review of Connie Han: Iron Starlet

Connie Han: Iron Starlet

Bill Wysake | Connie Han | Ivan Taylor | Jeremy Pelt | Walter Smith III

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

Going by just appearance, you might mistake the 24-year old pianist Connie Han for a glamorous female classical crossover artist...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

Review of Max Roach: The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note

Max Roach: The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note

Alan Silva | Andrew Hill | Ben Riley | Clifford Jordan | Freddie Waits | Rufus Reid

Cam BXS

Rating: ★★★★

Max Roach, in cahoots with Kenny Clarke and Art Blakey rewrote the modern jazz drumming rule book back in the...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2016

Review of Enrico Pieranunzi and Bert Joris: Afterglow

Enrico Pieranunzi and Bert Joris: Afterglow

Bert Joris | Enrico Pieranunzi

Challenge

Rating: ★★★★

In these dark times, it is wonderful to hear an album on which every track is a joy, an illuminating...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2021

Review of Gilles Peterson: Magic Peterson Sunshine

Gilles Peterson: Magic Peterson Sunshine

Don Ellis | Eddie Louiss | Francy Boland | John Taylor Trio | Johnny Teupen | Mark Murphy | Mary Lou Williams | The Third Wave | Wolfgang Dauner

MPS/Edel

Rating: ★★★★

Along with ECM, ENJA and ACT, MPS has a secure place in the pantheon of great German jazz labels. Between...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2016

Review of Jaimeo Brown: Transcendence

Jaimeo Brown: Transcendence

Andrew Shantz | Chris Solar | Dartanyan Brown | Falu | Geri Allen | Jaimeo Brown | JD Allen | Kelvin Sholar | Marisha Brown | Selah Brown

Motéma

Rating: ★★★★

Brown’s illustrious label-mate David Murray, son of a gospel singer no less, has been vocal about the importance of the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2013

Review of Mosaic: Subterranea

Mosaic: Subterranea

Cecilia Bignall | James Copus | Misha Mullov-Abbado | Ralph Wyld | Sam Rapley | Scott Chapman

Edition Records

Rating: ★★★

This is a highly accomplished band-leading debut by Kenny Wheeler Prize-winner Ralph Wyld, strong in writing, textural detail and spiritual...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: February/2017

Review of Andrew Linham Quartet: Abandoned Silence

Andrew Linham Quartet: Abandoned Silence

Andrew Linham | Dan Paton | Darren McCarthy | Rob Brockway

www.andrewlinham.co.uk

Rating: ★★★

Young Leeds College of Music graduate Andrew Linham has been notching up the prizes of late, not least bagging a...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2012

Review of Fred Hersch Trio: Ten Years/6 Discs

Fred Hersch Trio: Ten Years/6 Discs

Eric McPherson | Fred Hersch | John Herbert

Palmetto

Rating: ★★★★★

To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Fred Hersch Trio, whose personnel has remained constant throughout, Palmetto have released in...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Review of Monocled Man: Bernabe Jurado

Monocled Man: Bernabe Jurado

Chris Montague | Jon Scott | Rory Simmons

Whirlwind Records

Rating: ★★★

Trumpeter, composer and producer Rory Simmons' Monocled Man trio extends the resources of his thoughtfully long-spun, somewhat Kenny Wheeler-like trumpet...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2020

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