Review of Sanah Kadoura: Duality

Sanah Kadoura: Duality

Flavio Silva | Joanna Majoko | Jonathan Michel | Michael King | Parham Haghighi | Rachel Therrien | Sanah Kadoura | Stacy Dillard | Virginia MacDonald

Self release

Rating: ★★★

Duality, from New York-based, Lebanese-Canadian drummer Sanah Kadoura continues on a mission she began with 2018 debut Hawk Eyes: to...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: April/2023

Review of Azamiah: In Phases

Azamiah: In Phases

Alex Palmer | Finn Rosenbaum | India Blue | Josef Akin | Liam Shortall | Mateusz Sobieski | Norman Villeroux | Romy Wymer

Rebecca’s Records

Rating: ★★★

There’s a load of really interesting jazz coming out of Scotland, and more specifically Glasgow, at the moment. If you...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: August/2023

Review of Ivo Perelman/Shipp/Bisio/Dickey: Soul

Ivo Perelman/Shipp/Bisio/Dickey: Soul

Gerald Cleaver | Ivo Perelman | Joe Morris | Karl Berger | Mat Maneri | Matthew Shipp | Michael Bisio | Whit Dickey

Leo

Rating: ★★★★

Another batch of releases reflects the unflagging faith that the Brazilian saxophonist has in his patented modus operandi. His ensembles...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2016

Review of Marius Neset: Happy

Marius Neset: Happy

Anton Eger | Conor Chapin | Elliot Galvin | Magnus Hjorth | Marius Neset

ACT Music

Rating: ★★

It's a difficult thing to find an esteemed artist in a happy place; not because listeners really want artists to...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Review of Jsphynx: Reflex

Jsphynx: Reflex

Alfa Sekitoleko | JSPHYNX | Liam Shortall | Michael Underwood | Richard Spaven | Rudi Creswick

Sekito Records

Rating: ★★★

Alfa Mist's newly-minted Sekito Records is another instance of a new UK micro-label – see Shabaka Hutchings’ Native Rebel, or...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: May/2023

Review of Melissa Aldana: 12 Stars

Melissa Aldana: 12 Stars

Kush Abadey | Lage Lund | Melissa Aldana | Pablo Menares | Sullivan Fortner

Editor's Choice

Blue Note 3882781

Rating: ★★★★

It’s a brave move indeed to make a label debut as introspective as Aldana does here, but equally remarkable is...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: March/2022

Review of Nitai Hershkovits: Call On The Old Wise

Nitai Hershkovits: Call On The Old Wise

Nitai Hershkovits

ECM ECM

Rating: ★★★★

This album, from late 2023, is a gem. Hershkovits, a sideman for Oded Tzur and Avishai Cohen and noted for...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: February/2024

Review of Mostly Other People Do The Killing: Disasters Vol. 1

Mostly Other People Do The Killing: Disasters Vol. 1

Kevin Shea | Moppa Elliott | Ron Stabinsky

Hot Cup Records 201

Rating: ★★★★

Owners of jazz’s most horribly cumbersome acronym, MOPDTK return in typically disruptive fashion with their second piano trio date. Previous...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: May/2022

Review of The Comet is Coming: Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam

The Comet is Coming: Hyper-Dimensional Expansion Beam

Dan Leavers | Max Hallett | Shabaka Hutchings

Impulse! Records

Rating: ★★★★

Hutchings recently called time on Sons of Kemet, no surprise given the launch of his label Native Rebel Recordings, and...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: November/2022

Review of The Fresh Sound Ensemble: Common Threads

The Fresh Sound Ensemble: Common Threads

Adele Sauros | Alex Hitchcock | Alex Merritt | Conor Chaplin | Jay Davis | John Turville | Michael Chillingworth | Ronan Perrett | Sam Braysher | Steve Fishwick

Fresh Sound New Talent

Rating: ★★★

After launching the likes of Ambrose Akinmusire, Robert Glasper and Kris Davis onto the international scene, the Spanish label Fresh...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: March/2023

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