Review of Huw V Williams: Constantly Moving Happiness Machines

Huw V Williams: Constantly Moving Happiness Machines

Huw V Williams | Jonathan Lindhorst | Mark Pringle | Max Santner

Self-release/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

This project is self-effacingly underpinned by bassist Huw V Williams, a sought after low-end virtuoso from North Wales, whose work...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: March/2023

Review of Murray/Allen/Carrington Power Trio: Perfection

Murray/Allen/Carrington Power Trio: Perfection

Charnett Moffett | Craig Harris | David Murray | Geri Allen | Terri Lynne Carrington | Wallace Roney

Motéma

Rating: ★★★★

Music industry classification would put Murray, Allen and Carrington in jazz, but aside from the common denominator of improvisatory skill...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2016

Review of Roscoe Mitchell Trios: Bells For The South Side

Roscoe Mitchell Trios: Bells For The South Side

Craig Taborn | Hugh Ragin | James Fei | Jaribu Shahid | Kikanju Baku | Roscoe Mitchell | Tani Tabbal | Tyshawn Sorey | William Winant

ECM

Rating: ★★★

This latest Mitchell music was presented at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the AACM at the Museum Of Contemporary Art...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2017

Review of Will Bernard: Pond Life

Will Bernard: Pond Life

Ches Smith | Chris Lightcap | John Medeski | Tim Berne | Will Bernard

Dreck to Disk

Rating: ★★★★

The guitarist Will Bernard has occasionally been referred to as a musician deserving of more recognition. There is however no...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2022

Review of Tom Rainey: Obbligato

Tom Rainey: Obbligato

Drew Gress | Ingrid Laubrock | Kris Davis | Ralph Alessi | Tom Rainey

Intakt

Rating: ★★★★

You wouldn't normally associate the drummer Tom Rainey – and the kind of left-field New York-based improvisers with whom he...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014

Review of Gerald Cleaver: Griots

Gerald Cleaver: Griots

Gerald Cleaver

Positive Elevation/577 Records

Rating: ★★★★

Noted for his work with anybody from David S Ware to Craig Taborn to Tomasz Stańko, Gerald Cleaver has been...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2021

Review of Elliot Galvin: Live In Paris, At Fondation Louis Vuitton

Elliot Galvin: Live In Paris, At Fondation Louis Vuitton

Elliot Galvin

Editor's Choice

Edition

Rating: ★★★★

Elliot Galvin hit the ground running as a rare original with a precociously encyclopaedic grasp of all manner of modern...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2020

Review of David Binney: Tomorrow’s Journey

David Binney: Tomorrow’s Journey

Aaron Janik | Benjamin Ring | David Binney | Ethan Moffit | Jon Hatamiya | Kenny Wolleson | Logan Kane | Luca Mendoza | Paul Cornish

Ghost Note Records

Rating: ★★★★

Alto saxophonist-composer David Binney is also an in-demand producer and runs his own record label Mythology. Over a prolific recording...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2022

Review of Chris Potter Underground Orchestra: Imaginary Cities

Chris Potter Underground Orchestra: Imaginary Cities

Adam Rogers | Chris Potter | Craig Taborn | David Eggar | Fima Ephron | Joyce Hammann | Lois Martin | Mark Feldman | Nate Smith | Scott Colley

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

The world-class contemporary sax colossus Chris Potter seems to be something of a late bloomer in terms of his recordings...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2015

Review of Transatlantic Trance Map: Marconi's Drift

Transatlantic Trance Map: Marconi's Drift

Alex Ward | Craig Taborn | Evan Parker | Hannah Marshall | Ikue Mori | Mat Manieri | Matthew Wright | Ned Rothenberg | Pat Thomas | Peter Evans

False Walls

Rating: ★★★

Over 15 years Evan Parker and Matthew Wright's electro-acoustic project Trance Map has become ever more ambitious. This event represented...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: October/2024

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