Fred Thomas/Zac Gvirtzman: Living Standards
Ben Davis | Fred Thomas | Johnny Brierley | Louisa Jones | Zac Gvirtzman
London-based young multi-instrumentalists Fred Thomas and Zac Gvirtzman (Gvirt for short), have collaborated in various other sonic dimensions (Fly Agaric,...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Alex Sipiagin: From Reality and Back
Alex Sipiagin | Antonio Sánchez | Dave Holland | Gonzalo Rubalcaba | Seamus Blake
Russian-born New Yorker Sipiagin already has 13 CDs as leader to his credit plus two as co-leader of Opus 5,...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2013
Jim Hart Cloudmakers Trio: A Drop Of Hope In The Ocean Of Uncertainty
Dave Smith | Jim Hart | Leo Genovese | Michael Janisch
French-resident vibraphonist Jim Hart used to be one of the pivotal figures on the London contemporary jazz scene as a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2024
The Cloudmakers Trio: Live at the Pizza Express
Dave Smith | Jim Hart | Michael Janisch | Ralph Alessi
The versatile first-call vibraphonist Jim Hart has recently been nominated in the vibes category for the 2012 Downbeat poll, a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012
Sam Rivers: Contrasts
Dave Holland | George Lewis | Sam Rivers | Thurman Barker
The title is not superficial. Indeed in light of other works (Contours, Colors, Hints On Light And Shadow), it captures...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2014
Album Interview: The Bad Plus: Complex Emotions
Ben Monder | Chris Speed | Dave King | Reid Anderson
The closest forerunner to the newest incarnation of the iconoclastic The Bad Plus –founder members Reid Anderson and Dave King...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/2024
Charles Mingus: The Lost Album From Ronnie Scott’s
Bobby Jones | Charles McPherson | Charles Mingus | Dannie Richmond | John Foster | Jon Faddis
Change has been a constant in the history of black music, but the time in which Charles Mingus led a...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2022
Noah Stoneman: Anyone's Quiet: Let it Rain to You
Luca Caruso | Noah Stoneman | Will Sach
To that current extraordinary new wave of young UK jazz pianists (Deschanel Gordon, Sultan Stevenson, Eddie Gripper et al) we...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2023
Dom Franks’ Strayhorn: Duality pt.1
Anders Olinder | Andrew Tween | Dom Franks | John Paul Gard | Matt Hopkins
Beginning as an orchestral clarinettist and chorister, Dom Franks studied jazz under Jean Toussaint and became a lover of soul...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: October/2024
Walter Smith III/Matthew Stevens: In Common III
Dave Holland | Kris Davis | Matthew Stevens | Terri Lyne Carrington | Walter Smith III
This is the third instalment in the In Common project, in which Smith and Stevens assemble a new lineup for...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2022
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