Shirley Smart & Robert Mitchell: Zeitgeist2
Robert Mitchell | Shirley Smart
Pianist Robert Mitchell and cellist Shirley Smart have been collaborating for several years now, notably on the former’s Invocation and...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2022
Joe Downard: Seven Japanese Tales
Alex Hitchcock | Felix Ambach | James Copus | Joe Downard | Rupert Cox | Will Barry
This impressive debut from UK bassist -producer Joe Downard offers musical counterparts to seven short stories by Japanese author Jun'ichir...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: July/2020
Hiromi and Edmar Castaneda: Live In Montreal
Edmar Castaneda | Hiromi Uehara
Hiromi and Castaneda are musical soul brother and sister: each has a ridiculous facility on their instrument, each has the...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2017
Alan Skidmore: After The Rain
Alan Skidmore | Colin Towns' | the Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR
Sub-titled as ‘a collection of ballads’, it's Skidmore's tenor that carries the weight here, his central solo role wonderfully sustained...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2017
Eric Schaefer: Who Is Afraid of Richard W.?
Eric Schaefer | John Eckhardt | Tom Arthurs | Volker Meitz
A key component of Michael Wollny's [em] trio, nominated by Kulturspiegel as “Germany's most creative jazz trio,” drummer/composer Eric Schaefer...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2013
Hilde Marie Holsen: Lazuli
Norway's Hilde Marie Holsen creates bewitching soundscapes using her trumpet and an array of electronics. She compares her work to...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: October/2018
The Great Wee Band: Light Blue
Dave Green | Henry Lowther | Jim Mullen | Stan Sulzmann | Stu Butterfield
For those not in the know, the quartet’s name was bestowed on them by Mullen as a term of approval...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2012
Oscar Peterson: With Strings
Every player worth the mention lusts to perform with strings, it seems, and Oscar was no exception. The first first...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2016
Nate Radley: Puzzle People
Adam Nussbaum | Jay Anderson | Nate Radley
Radley is a new name to me but he’s evidently quite a presence on the New York scene as both...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2022
Don Cherry/John Tchicai/Irene Schweizer/Léon Francioli/Pierre Favre: Musical Monsters
Don Cherry | Irene Schweizer | John Tchicai | Leon Francoli | Pierre Favre
An enjoyably lively session from a super band that celebrates the long tradition of the transatlantic avant-garde. Two great pathfinders...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2016
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