Trondheim Jazz Orchestra/Kim Myhr/Jenny Hval: In The End His Voice Will Be The Sound Of Paper
Apparently the title of this remarkable, semi-improvised, acoustic disc emerged from a conversation about Bob Dylan’s ageing voice. By contrast,...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2016
Lem Winchester: New Faces At Newport/A Tribute To Clifford Brown
Don't know about nowadays, but the vibraphone was once regarded as the most difficult instrument to record; the sound of...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2013
Wayne Escoffery Quintet: Live at Firehouse 12
Jason Brown | Orrin Evans | Rachel Z | Rashaan Carter | Wayne Escoffery
Different generations of Escofferys have made important contributions to various branches of black British music, generally on the R&B and...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: May/2014
Kenny Garrett: Pushing the World Away
Last year’s Seeds from the Underground CD was a Grammy magnet, collecting two nominations – for ‘solo’ and ‘best instrumental...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013
The Cookers Quintet: The Path
Alex Coleman | Bernie Senensky | Joe Poole | Ryan Oliver | Tim Hamel
This is an all-Canadian quintet with veteran pianist Senensky the best-known name. Given their chosen monicker, it’s no surprise that...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2022
Adam Cruz: Milestone
Adam Cruz | Ben Street | Chris Potter | Edward Simon | Miguel Zenón | Steve Cardenas | Steve Wilson
You should be familiar with the name of Adam Cruz through any one of his sideman gigs with people like...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: May/2012
Andy Fusco: Joy-Riding
Andy Fusco | Jason Tiemann | Joel Weiskopf | Mike Karn | Walt Weiskopf
You'd never know it, but altoist Andy Fusco is 69-years-old. He joined the Buddy Rich Big Band back in 1978....
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2017
Matyas Gayer Trio: Westbourne Park
Dave Green | Matyas Gayer | Steve Brown
I’ve heard Hungarian-in-London Gayer subbing in Five-Way Split and playing for the Nat Steele-Mark Crooks Quintet, and have been impressed...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2024
The Omar Hakim Experience: We Are One
There's no escaping the Weather Report influence, whether it's in a crop of re-issues from Pastorious and Vitous or here,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2014
Jon Lucien: I Am Now
Originally released in 1970, Jon Lucien's debut I Am Now veers unpredictably between the great, the overblown and the frankly...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2011
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