Review of Eivind Aarset/Jan Bang: Snow Catches on her Eyelashes

Eivind Aarset/Jan Bang: Snow Catches on her Eyelashes

Anders Engen | Ardun Erlien | Audun Eirlen | Eivind Aarset | Erik Honoré | Hilde Norbakken | Jan Bang | Nils Petter Molvaer | Sidsel Endresen

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★★

There’s a cut from this duo’s last album, Dream Logic, called ‘The Beauty of Decay’, and that could easily describe...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2020

Review of Kevin Hays, Ben Street, Billy Hart: All Things Are

Kevin Hays, Ben Street, Billy Hart: All Things Are

Kevin Hays

Smoke Sessions

Rating: ★★★★

This is from a live-stream session beamed to the world by Smoke Jazz Club, on New York's Broadway, ostensibly to...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2021

Review of Leon Thomas: Spirits Known And Unknown

Leon Thomas: Spirits Known And Unknown

Cecil McBee | James Spaulding | Little Rock | Lonnie Liston Smith | Ricahrd Landrum | Richard Davis | Roy Haynes | Thomas

Rating: ★★★★★

If the recent compilation The Creator was a delicious appetiser then this is a peerless piece de résistance: one of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2013

Review of Alex Clarke Quartet: Only A Year

Alex Clarke Quartet: Only A Year

Alex Clarke | Clark Tracey | Dave Green | David Newton

Stray Horn

Rating: ★★★

Clarke is only in her early 20s, but is already a player of consequence. Having dropped out of music college...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Review of Rez Abbasi: Django-Shift

Rez Abbasi: Django-Shift

Michael Sarin | Neil Alexander | Rez Abbasi

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Django-Shift should be listened to alongside Diminishing Blackness, the splendid Cherry Red Records boxset that emphasised Reinhardt the composer. Narratives...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2020

Review of Tina May with the Steve Plews Trio: Telling Jokes

Tina May with the Steve Plews Trio: Telling Jokes

Gavin Barras | Johnny Hunter | Steve Plews | Tina May

ASC

Rating: ★★★★

Any album which takes as its inspiration the late, great Mark Murphy's stunning 2007 Verve recording Love Is What Stays...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Review of Ambrose Akinmusire: Beauty Is Enough

Ambrose Akinmusire: Beauty Is Enough

Ambrose Akinmusire

Origami Harvest

Rating: ★★★★

Since his 2008 debut Prelude, Ambrose Akinmusire has been nothing if not adventurous; and this latest release consolidates his ambition...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2023

Review of Tineke Postma: Aria

Tineke Postma: Aria

Ben Monder | Robert Landfermann | Tineke Postma | Tristran Renfrow

Edition

Rating: ★★★★

The initial inspiration for Tineke Postma’s eighth own-name release was the expressive singing of singer Maria Callas. Hence the explorations...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2024

Review of Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel: The Room

Fabiano do Nascimento & Sam Gendel: The Room

Fabiano do Nascimento

Real World

Rating: ★★★★

For two days in a Californian basement studio, American saxophonist Sam Gendel and Brazilian guitarist Fabio do Nascimento used their...

Reviewed by Gail Tasker in issue: March/2024

Review of Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin

Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water: The Gospel of James Baldwin

Abe Rounds | Chris Bruce | Hilton Als | Jake Sherman | Jebin Bruni | Josh Johnson | Julius Rodriguez | Justin Hicks | Kenita Miller | Meshell Ndegeocello

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Marking the centenary of James Baldwin’s birth, Meshell Ndegeocello’s latest album for Blue Note, following 2023’s stellar Omnichord Real Book,...

Reviewed by Ammar Kalia in issue: September/2024

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