Eivind Opsvik: Overseas IV
Brandon Seabrook | Eivind Opsvik | Jacob Sacks | Kenny Wollesen | Tony Malaby
The instrument at the heart of this recording by the prolific New Yorkbased Norwegian bassist Eivind Opsvik is the harpsichord....
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012
Alexander Von Schlippenbach: Payan
Alexander von Schlippenbach | Alexander Von Schlippenbach
Never, perhaps, has the case for improvisation as spontaneous composition been made as convincingly as by Germany's Alexander Von Schlippenbach,...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: July/2014
Jan Lundgren: Potsdamer Platz
Dan Berglund | Jan Lundgren | Jukka Perko | Morten Lund
All the players on this disc are Scandinavian – saxophonist Jukka Perko hails from Finland, drummer Morten Lund is Danish,...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2017
Bob James and David Sanborn: Quartette Humaine
Bob James | David Sanborn | James Genus | Steve Gadd
Recorded a week after Dave Brubeck’s death, Quartette Humaine is ostensibly a tribute to the late pianist. But it’s a...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2013
Billy Pod: Quintessence
Mirko Scarcia | Rupert Cox | Tom Ollendorf | Vasileios Podaras AKA Billy Pod
In a somewhat career limiting move, Vasileios Podaras (Billy Pod to his London chums) rocked up in the UK just...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2023
Salvodelli Casarano Bardoscia: The Great Gig In The Sky
Boris Salvodelli | Dewa Budjana | Marco Bardoscia | Maurizio Nobili | Raffaele Casarano
Curiously, perhaps, Pink Floyd haven't spread their influence across the jazz world, although Sam Yahel's Jazz Side of the Moon...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2016
Matching Mole: Matching Mole/Little Red Record
Matching Mole are usually seen as a transitionary stage in the career of Robert Wyatt. The group formed in 1971,...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: July/2012
Ntjam Rosie: At The Back Of Beyond
According to established protocol, jazz has composers, and soul music songwriters. Yet the link between the two is melody, and...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2013
Shear Brass: Celebrating Sir George Shearing
Sir George was drummer Carl Gorham’s great-uncle, and vocalist Sipek is Gorham’s daughter, so this celebration is something of a...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2023
Linda Oh: Initial Here
Dayna Stephens | Fabian Almazan | Jen Shyu | Linda Oh | Rudy Royston
Initial Here is the second album from bassist Linda Oh: born in Malaysia, raised in Perth and now resident in...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: May/2012
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