Steve Coleman and Five Elements: Poly Tropos/Of Many Turns
Jonathan Finlayson | Rich Brown | Sean Rickman | Steve Coleman
Although he has made a string of notable studio recordings over a four-decade career, Steve Coleman scales creative heights on...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/2024
Album Interview: Avishai Cohen: Almah
Some crossover projects might lead you to the conclusion that jazz and classical are mutually disempowering: the constraints on the...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2014
Eliane Elias: Dance Of Time
Following on from Bossa Nova Stories (2009), Light My Fire (2011), I Thought About You (2013) and Made in Brazil...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2017
Bebel Gilberto: Agora
By turns hallucinatory and heart-stoppingly beautiful, Agora is quite unlike anything we’ve heard before from vocalist Gilberto. Produced by her...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2020
Larry Goldings/Peter Bernstein/Bill Stewart: Toy Tunes
Bill Stewart | Larry Goldings | Peter Bernstein
There's something splendidly old school about this trio, now celebrating a recording career of 27 years and a dozen albums....
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2018
Konitz/Mehldau/Haden/Motian: Live At Birdland
Brad Mehldau | Charlie Haden | Lee Konitz | Paul Motian
A summit meeting or what? Six standards allowed to blossom and bear fruit delivered by a fabulous quartet of equals....
Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: June/2011
Christine Tobin: Tapestry Unravelled
How do you improve on pop perfection? Quite simple, really. First, enlist the help of musical polymath Liam Noble on...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2010
Noah Preminger: Meditations on Freedom
Ian Froman | Jason Palmer | Kim Cass | Noah Preminger
Trump's election has not only firmed up the tendency for musicians to frame their music in a political context –...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2017
European Jazz Ensemble: 35th Anniversary Tour
The European Jazz Ensemble are more occasional playmates than permanent fixture, and, perhaps wisely, keep tricky bits to a minimum....
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2013
Christian Wallumrød: Pianokammer
But is it jazz? That's a question that many ‘jazz’ releases might draw nowadays from the more trad-minded listener and,...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2015
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