Lee Konitz: Prisma
Christopher Campestrini | Frank Wunsch | Guenter Buhles | Lee Konitz
Apparently Konitz requested Buhles write him a concerto after hearing the composer's ‘Concerto for Orchestra’. ‘Prisma’, the resulting work, occupies...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2018
Various Artists: Strata Records: The Sound Of Detroit Reimagined by Jazzanova
‘New look at an old label’ is a formula with a fairly long history. In the past two decades the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2022
Richard Fairhurst: Inside Out
Dave Whitford | Richard Fairhurst | Tim Giles
Richard Fairhurst has an impressive pedigree. Five years after beginning to learn the piano at the age of 15, he...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: July/2024
Kenny Barron & Buster Williams: The Complete Two As One
Buster Williams | Kenny Barron
Having lately seen the now 83-year-old Barron in feline action with his trio at Ronnie Scott’s and noted yet again...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2025
John Surman: Flashpoint: NDR Jazz Workshop
Despite the youthful appearance of the participants and their period clothing styles, the music comes up fresh and powerful. On...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2011
Miles Davis: The Unissued 1956/7 Paris Broadcasts
This album divides itself into two parts comprising ten tracks with the French musicians noted above, albeit with Lester Young...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2011
Alphonse Mouzon: By All Means
If you want to wind up Billy Cobham (go on, I dare yah!), just mention disco drumming, and how it...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2022
Mark Masters Ensemble: Masters & Baron Meet Blanton & Webster
The California-based arranger Masters has addressed Ellingtonia before. Now his expanded Ensemble is tackling the compositions recorded when that marvellous...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2021
Angel Bat Dawid: A Requiem For Jazz
Angel Bat Dawid was one of the highlights – along with Ben Lamar Gay – of Chicago label International Anthem's...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2023
Jaga Jazzist/Britten Sinfonia: Live with Britten Sinfonia
A quick glance across the personnel above – and the abundance of multi-instrumentalists crammed into unclassifiable Norwegian nine-piece Jaga Jazzist...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: June/2013
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