Review of Magma: Riah Sahiltaahk

Magma: Riah Sahiltaahk

Benoit Alziary | Christian Vander | Herve Aknin | Isabelle Feuillebois | James MacGaw | Jeremie Ternoy | Philippe Bussonnet | Stella Vander

JV

Rating: ★★

Just when you thought it was safe to put away your Kobaian dictionary (filed alongside your Klingon thesaurus) up pops...

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

Review of Bill Evans: The Complete Interplay Sessions

Bill Evans: The Complete Interplay Sessions

Art Taylor | Benny Golson | Bill Evans | Dannie Richmond | Freddie Hubbard | Gene Quill | Jim Hall | Jimmy Knepper | Oscar Pettiford | Percy Heath

Essential Jazz Classics

Rating: ★★★

Preceded by the loss of Scott LaFaro, and Evans's subsequent depression and formation of the lower-key trio with Chuck Israels,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2014

Review of Partikel: Cohesion

Partikel: Cohesion

Duncan Eagles | Eric Ford | Max Luthert

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★

The follow-up to last year's very impressive eponymous debut. Partikel is a young contemporary jazz three piece with a taste...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2012

Review of Yoko Miwa Trio: Songs of Joy

Yoko Miwa Trio: Songs of Joy

Brad Barrett | Scott Goulding | Will Slater | Yoko Miwa

Editor's Choice

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★★

The new release from Japanese pianist Yoko Miwa has an appealing lockdown title. Who couldn't do with a little joy...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2021

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 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

Review of Dan Wilson: Vessels of Wood and Earth

Dan Wilson: Vessels of Wood and Earth

Dan Wilson

Brother Mister/Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

On much of this album there's a fine live feeling in the studio. ‘The Reconstruction’, has some burning solos from...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2021

Review of Bach Jazz

Bach Jazz

Emil Carlsson Rinstad | Magnus Bergström | Ola Winkler

Bolero

Rating: ★★★

Although one of the earliest Jazz-and-Bach compositions was Welshman Alec Templeton’s ‘Bach Goes To Town,’ an arrangement that was picked...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/2024

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