Review of Oleg Kireyev – Keith Javors: Rhyme and Reason

Oleg Kireyev – Keith Javors: Rhyme and Reason

Jason Palmer | Kendrick Scott | Mark Turner | Matt Brewer

Giant Step Arts

Rating: ★★★★

Keith Javors, as player and producer, was one of the surprise highlights of the recent Coming Together album, which featured...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2019

Review of Eric Reed: Groovewise

Eric Reed: Groovewise

Ben Williams | Eric Reed | Gregory Hutchinson | Seamus Blake

Smoke Sessions Records

Rating: ★★★★

Back in the 1990s, Eric Reed was a fairly regular visitor to the UK. Sadly, some 20 years later, we...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2015

Review of Naqsh Duo (Golfam Khayam & Mona Matbou Riahi): Narrante

Naqsh Duo (Golfam Khayam & Mona Matbou Riahi): Narrante

Golfam Khayam | Mona Matbou Riahi

ECM

Rating: ★★★

Guitar and clarinet: now there's a great jazz pairing. Didn't bebop – sort of – come out of Charlie Christian...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2016

Review of George Crowley: Can of Worms

George Crowley: Can of Worms

Dan Nicholls | George Crowley | Jon Scott | Sam Lasserson | Tom Challenger

Whirlwind

Rating: ★★★★

While Sunderland-born tenor saxophonist George Crowley's 2011 debut Paper Universe was a fairly orthodox slice of energetic post-bop, the new...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2015

Review of Lux Quartet: Tomorrowland

Lux Quartet: Tomorrowland

Allison Miller | Dayna Stephens | Myra Melford | Scott Colley

Editor's Choice

Enja/Yellowbird

Rating: ★★★★

Myra Melford and Allison Miller have a history together. Melford may seem to have the more heavyweight avant-garde credentials –...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: October/2024

Review of David Gilmore: Numerology: Live at Jazz Standard

David Gilmore: Numerology: Live at Jazz Standard

Christian McBride | Claudia Acuña | David Gilmore | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Luis Perdomo | Miguel Zenón | Mino Cinelu

Evolutionary Music

Rating: ★★★★

Guitarist Gilmore is one of the most accomplished on today's scene and has worked with artists as diverse as Wayne...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2013

Review of Rachel Eckroth: The Garden

Rachel Eckroth: The Garden

Andrew Krasilnikov | Austin White | Christian Euman | Donny McCaslin | Nir Felder | Rachel Eckforth | Tim Lefebvre

Rainy Day Records

Rating: ★★★★

This new collection from singer, songwriter, pianist, producer and multi-instrumentalist Rachel Eckroth, her first release on Rainy Days Records, presents...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2021

Review of Madeleine Peyroux: Careless Love

Madeleine Peyroux: Careless Love

David Piltch | Dean Parks | Jay Bellerose | Kevin Hays | Larry Goldings | Lee Thornburg | Madeleine Peyroux | Matt Penman | Scott Amendola

Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

First issued back in 2004 on Rounder, Peyroux’s second album Careless Love was an instant, and massive, international hit. And...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: November/2021

Review of Michel Sajrawy: Arabop

Michel Sajrawy: Arabop

Adnan Hadda | Amiram Granot | Maali Klar | Michel Sajrawy | Nehaya Damouni | Samir Makhoul | Stas Zilberman | Valeri Lipets | Wisam Arram

Ozella

Rating: ★★★

Michel Sajrawy, a Palestinian of Christian faith with an Israeli passport and a British conservatory education, is a fusionist for...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2013

Review of Eric Johnson & Mike Stern: Eclectic

Eric Johnson & Mike Stern: Eclectic

Anton Fig | Chris Maresh | Christopher Cross | Eric Johnson | Guy Forsyth | Leni Stern | Malford Milligan | Mike Stern

Heads Up

Rating: ★★★

Here's an unalloyed pleasure from two masters of their art: and there is much art in these fleet fingered maestros,...

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

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