The Bad Plus: the bad plus
Ben Monder | Chris Speed | Dave King | Reid Anderson
There is a sense of abandon and creative exuberance on this album, essentially the re-birth of The Bad Plus, in...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2022
Tom Barford: Bloomer
Billy Marrows | Dave Storey | Flo Moore | Rupert Cox | Tom Barford
Talk about fast-tracking; only last year the NYJO saxophonist Tom Barford was collecting his first-class honours as a Royal Academy...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018
Rendell/Carr Quintet: BBC Jazz Club April 1965
Dave Green | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Michael Garrick | Trevor Tomkins
The Rendell/Carr Quintet had already recorded Shades of Blue in October 1964, the band’s then pianist, Colin Purbrook, who would...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2024
Charles Pillow Large Ensemble: Electric Miles
Charles Pillow | Dave Liebman | Tim Hagans
In October 2005, Joe Zawinul collaborated with the WDR Big Band in a series of orchestral arrangements of his original...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Alati: Ascending the Morning
Brigitte Beraha | Chris Dowding | Dave O'Brien
A package which initially appears modest, yet is most generous in spirit. Dowding has previously set the poetry of Arthur...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2023
Oz Noy: Asian Twistz
Dave Weckl | Étienne Mbappé | Oz Noy
Noy, excuse the pun, is most annoying. There's so much to enjoy about this live album. There's a rawness to...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2015
Tom Syson: Different Coloured Days
David Ferris | Jonathan Silk | Pete Hutchinson | Tom Barford | Tom Syson
Tom Syson, the trumpet lead in the Birmingham Jazz Orchestra, opened his account as leader in an assertive manner with...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019
Jim Black/AlasNoAxis: Antiheroes
Chris Speed | Hilmar Jensson | Jim Black | Skúli Sverrisson
Born in Seattle but today resident in Brooklyn, Jim Black is known for bringing Balkan music into jazz, as a...
Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: August/2013
Avishai Cohen's Triveni: Dark Nights
Anat Cohen | Avishai Cohen | Gerald Clayton | Keren Ann | Nasheet Waits | Omer Avital
Not to be confused with the bassist of the same name, Avishai Cohen the trumpeter has gradually emerged as an...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014
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
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