Review of Rachel Z Trio: Sensual

Rachel Z Trio: Sensual

Jonathan Toscano | Matt Penman | Mino Cinelu | Omar Hakim | Rachel Z | Tony Levin

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

Rachel Z has quite the CV. She worked on Wayne Shorter’s Grammy-winning Highlife album and was co-writer of the Grammy-winning...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2024

Review of Jim Black Trio: The Constant

Jim Black Trio: The Constant

Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Thomas Morgan

Intakt Records Intakt

Rating: ★★★★

In the liner notes, the drummer Jim Black gives the simple yet indirect answer of ‘I like songs’ to the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016

Review of New Simplicity Trio: Common Spaces

New Simplicity Trio: Common Spaces

Antonio Fusco | Bruno Heinen | Henrik Jensen

Babel

Rating: ★★★★

Formed in 2014, the moniker New Simplicity Trio is inspired by the breed of late 1970s German contemporary music composers...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017

Review of Sebastian Noelle: Shelter

Sebastian Noelle: Shelter

Dan Weiss | Marc Mommaas | Matt Clohesy | Matt Mitchell | Sebastian Noelle

Fresh Sound New Talent

Rating: ★★★★

Sebastian Noelle is a German-born guitarist who emigrated to New York in 2002, where he has since enjoyed developing his...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2016

Review of Marcus Printup: Young Bloods

Marcus Printup: Young Bloods

Allyn Johnson | Coleman Hughes | Dezron Douglas | Marcus Printup | Patrick Bartley | Ulysses Owens

SteepleChase

Rating: ★★★

As a newcomer in his 20s, the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra trumpeter was given a leg up by mature...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: March/2016

Review of Volker Kriegel: Spectrum

Volker Kriegel: Spectrum

Hiromi

Telarc

Rating: ★★★

Recorded when he was just 27-years-old and enjoying considerable crossover success as a member of the Dave Pike Set, German...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Review of Champian Fulton Trio: Flying High: Big Band Canaries Who Soared

Champian Fulton Trio: Flying High: Big Band Canaries Who Soared

Carmen Bradford | Champian Fulton | Charles Ruggiero | Fukushi Tainaka | Gretje Angell | Jane Monheit | Mike Gurrola | Neal Miner | Olivia Chindamo | Vanessa Perea

Jazz at the Ballroom

Rating: ★★★★

Bookended by deeply swinging instrumental takes on two much beloved 1930s standards, ‘On the Sunny Side of the Street’ and...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2024

Review of Various Artists: Siggi Loch – A Life in the Spirit of Jazz

Various Artists: Siggi Loch – A Life in the Spirit of Jazz

Sidney Bechet

ACT ACT

Rating: ★★★★

This two-CD set coincides with the publication of a book of the same name by Loch: a largely photographic autobiography...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2020

Review of Various Artists: Fresh From Finland: Now’s The Time, Best of Suomi Jazz Vol 4

Various Artists: Fresh From Finland: Now’s The Time, Best of Suomi Jazz Vol 4

Emma Salokoski Illmiekki Quartet | Halme Prospekt | Hot Heros + Iro Haarla | Iro Haarla | JAF trio | Juhani Aaltonen | Kahden Miehen Galaksi | Kari Ikonen | Mikko Innanen Autonomus | Plop

Cadillac

Rating: ★★★★

The jazz scene in Finland, mainly centred around Helsinki, may be small but it’s one of the wonders of European...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2022

Review of Scott Hamilton: The Shadow of Your Smile

Scott Hamilton: The Shadow of Your Smile

Dena DeRose | Ignasi González | Jo Krause | Scott Hamilton

Blau

Rating: ★★★★

Once the boy wonder of neo-mainstream, Scott Hamilton is now, unbelievably, in his early sixties. No longer tied to his...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2017

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