Nicolas Meier World Group: Live
Gerald Watkins | Jasen Weaver | Jason Marsalis | Oscar Rossignoli
Like so many artists, live is where its at for Meier. His buoyant stage presence, the range of colours he...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2020
Randy Weston Trio Plus CecilPayne: With These Hands/The Modern Art Of Jazz/Jazz A La Bohemia
Though initially the Riverside label concerned itself with reissuing classic recordings by the likes of Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
The OGJB Quartet: Ode To O
Barry Altschul | Graham Haynes | Joe Fonda | Oliver Lake
There’s no doubting the credentials of these four éminences grises who, between them, have worked with major avant-gardists including Anthony...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2022
Avishai Cohen's Triveni: Dark Nights
Anat Cohen | Avishai Cohen | Gerald Clayton | Keren Ann | Nasheet Waits | Omer Avital
Not to be confused with the bassist of the same name, Avishai Cohen the trumpeter has gradually emerged as an...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014
Stefano Bollani: Arrivano Gli Alieni
Bollani, who emerged from under the wings of Enrico Rava's ensembles and with whom he maintains an uncanny musical empathy,...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
Ethan Iverson: Every Note Is True
Ethan Iverson | Jack DeJohnette | Larry Grenadier
It wasn’t just Boris Johnson at the COP 26 climate conference reawakening memories of Kermit the Frog. Iverson does a...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2022
Jure Pukl: Doubtless
Gregory Hutchinson | Joe Sanders | Jure Pukl | Melissa Aldana
In his liner note, Jure Pukl's former Berklee teacher Joe Lovano warmly endorses this sophisticated and melodically shapely session, built...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2018
Steph Richards: Take The Neon Lights
Andrew Munsey | James Carney | Sam Minaie | Steph Richards
Steph Richards is a young Brooklyn-based, Canadian trumpeter-composer whose already found her niche working under titans of experimental music such...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2019
Bill O’Connell: A Change Is Gonna Come
Bill O’Connell | Craig Handy | Lincoln Goines | Pedrito Martinez | Steve Jordan
Prior to this, I knew nothing of O’Connell but Wikipedia tells me that he’s principally associated with Latin jazz and...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2022
Alan Broadbent: Broadbent Plays Brubeck
Alan Broadbent | Hans Dekker | Harvie Swartz | London Metropolitan Strings
New Zealander Alan Broadbent moved to the USA to study at Berklee College of Music and on graduating became an...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2021
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