Review of Théo Girard Trio: 30YearsFrom

Théo Girard Trio: 30YearsFrom

Antoine Berjeaut | Seb Rochford | Théo Girard

Discobole

Rating: ★★★

French bassist Girard turns 40 this year, and his belated solo debut imagines its tracks as staging posts on an...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2018

Review of Joachim Kühn and the hr-Bigband: Out of the Desert Live at JazzFest Berlin

Joachim Kühn and the hr-Bigband: Out of the Desert Live at JazzFest Berlin

Joachim Kühn | Majid Bekkas | Ramon Lopez

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

In 2007 Kühn's collaboration with Moroccan oud player Majid Bekkas and the Spanish percussionist Ramon Lopez produced the critically acclaimed...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2012

Review of Stan Getz: West Coast Jazz

Stan Getz: West Coast Jazz

Conte Candoli | Leroy Vinnegar | Lou Levy | Shelly Manne | Stan Getz | Stan Levey

American Jazz

Rating: ★★★★★

Stan Getz, along with Ella, Sinatra and Tony Bennett, was one of the 20th century's most unique interpreters of what...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2017

Review of José James: While You Were Sleeping

José James: While You Were Sleeping

Becca Stevens | José James | Takuya Kuroda

Blue Note

Rating: ★★

Over five impressive solo releases, including a fine duet with pianist Jef Neve, James has given lie to the notion...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2014

Review of Rantala/Danielsson/Erskine: How Long Is Now?

Rantala/Danielsson/Erskine: How Long Is Now?

Iiro Rantala | Lars Danielsson | Peter Erskine

Rating: ★★★★

Iiro Rantala is a piano virtuoso whose prowess at the keyboard can overwhelm audiences with joyful excess – as he...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2016

Review of Jim Beard: Show Of Hands

Jim Beard: Show Of Hands

Jim Beard

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★

Beard is rightly feted as one of fusion's more intelligent keyboard sidemen, but that still won't prepare you for the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2014

Review of Tom Harrell: Moving Picture

Tom Harrell: Moving Picture

Adam Crus | Dany Grissett | Tom Harrell | Ugonna Okegwo

HighNote

Rating: ★★★

Tom Harrell has long sustained an impeccable record as one of the most thoughtful and articulate trumpet players on the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Review of Abdullah Ibrahim: Solotude: My Journey My Vision

Abdullah Ibrahim: Solotude: My Journey My Vision

Abdullah Ibrahim

Editor's Choice

Gearbox

Rating: ★★★★

Every solo concert by Abdullah Ibrahim is a journey, a pianistic monologue that tells stories from past and present and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Review of Various Artists: Duo Art – Creating Magic

Various Artists: Duo Art – Creating Magic

Bugge Wesseltoft | Emil Vicklicky | George Mraz | George Riedel | Henning Kraggerud | Jacob Karlzon | Jan Johansson | Marius Neset | Michel Wollny | Sidsel Endresen

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

There are some memorable moments on this double CD anthology of duo collaborations past and present from the ACT label....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2014

Review of Jacques Schwartz-Bart: Soné La-Ka 2 (Odyssey)

Jacques Schwartz-Bart: Soné La-Ka 2 (Odyssey)

Arnaud Dolman | Gregory Privat | Jacques Bartz-Schwartz | Malika Tirolien | Reggie Washington | Sonny Troupé

Enja-Yellowbird

Rating: ★★★★

The French-Jewish-Guadeloupian son of two award-winning author/academic parents, Schwartz-Bart was raised in Guadeloupe, Senegal and Switzerland and encouraged to be...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2021

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