Stefano Bollani: Arrivano Gli Alieni
Bollani, who emerged from under the wings of Enrico Rava's ensembles and with whom he maintains an uncanny musical empathy,...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
Ethan Iverson: Every Note Is True
Ethan Iverson | Jack DeJohnette | Larry Grenadier
It wasn’t just Boris Johnson at the COP 26 climate conference reawakening memories of Kermit the Frog. Iverson does a...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2022
Steph Richards: Take The Neon Lights
Andrew Munsey | James Carney | Sam Minaie | Steph Richards
Steph Richards is a young Brooklyn-based, Canadian trumpeter-composer whose already found her niche working under titans of experimental music such...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2019
Bill O’Connell: A Change Is Gonna Come
Bill O’Connell | Craig Handy | Lincoln Goines | Pedrito Martinez | Steve Jordan
Prior to this, I knew nothing of O’Connell but Wikipedia tells me that he’s principally associated with Latin jazz and...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2022
Alan Broadbent: Broadbent Plays Brubeck
Alan Broadbent | Hans Dekker | Harvie Swartz | London Metropolitan Strings
New Zealander Alan Broadbent moved to the USA to study at Berklee College of Music and on graduating became an...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2021
Andre Canniere: Coalescence
Andre Canniere | Hannes Riepler | Ivo Neame | Jon Scott | Ryan Trebilcock
This is the follow up to the trumpeter-composer's standout 2012 debut also on bassist Michael Janisch's prolific Whirlwind label, with...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014
Volker Kriegel: Two Concerts: Lagos 1979 & Bochum 1990
In 1968, the Gary Burton Quartet appeared at the Berlin Jazz Festival playing a synthesis of jazz and rock music....
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2020
Bobby Avey: Authority Melts From Me
Ben Monder | Bobby Avey | Jordan Perlson | Miguel Zenón | Thomson Kneeland
Bobby Avey won the Thelonius Monk prize for composition in 2011 and currently holds the piano chair with Dave Liebman's...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2014
Rufus Reid: Quiet Pride: The Elizabeth Catlett Project
Double-bass sage Rufus Reid, whose leaner and meaner years were spent with stars like Dexter Gordon, has been involved in...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: April/2014
Marcus Strickland Twi-Life: People Of The Sun
The intermittent superhero theme as well as underlying statement of African-American identity of this album is fitting in the year...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Feb/2019
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