Review of Punkt.Vrt.Plastik: Zurich Concert

Punkt.Vrt.Plastik: Zurich Concert

Christian Lillinger | Kaja Draksler | Petter Eldh

Intakt Records

Rating: ★★★★

You’ll find most piano-bass-drums instrumental line-ups filed under ‘piano trio jazz’ but there’s a collective ethos at work in the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2022

Review of Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Peter and the Wolf

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Peter and the Wolf

Makoto Ozone | Tam Dean Burn | The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra | Tommy Smith

Spartacus Records

Rating: ★★★★

Aesthetically and artistically, a jazz version of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf is a risky venture. But hats-off to Tommy...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2019

Review of Mark Dresser Seven: Ain't Nothing But A Cybercoup And You

Mark Dresser Seven: Ain't Nothing But A Cybercoup And You

Jim Black | Joshua White | Keir Gogwilt | Mark Dresser | Marty Ehrlich | Michael Dessen | Nicole Mitchell

Clean Feed

Rating: ★★★★

Double-bassist Dresser's small group work in the past decade has been outstanding, and he continues his rich vein of form...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2019

Review of Sam Crowe Group: Synaesthesia

Sam Crowe Group: Synaesthesia

Adam Waldmann | Dave Smith | Jasper Høiby | Sam Crowe | Will Davies

F-IRE

Rating: ★★★★

Here's proof that the newest wave of UK jazz musicians don't need to play music that kicks arse in order...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2010

Review of Blue Notes: Legacy: Live in South Africa 1964

Blue Notes: Legacy: Live in South Africa 1964

Chris McGregor | Dudu Pukwana | Johnny Dyani | Louis Moholo-Moholo | Mongezi Feza | Nick Moyake

Ogun/Cadillac

Rating: ★★★

One year before Live in South Africa 1964, Chris McGregor recorded Jazz: The African Sound as Chris McGregor and the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2022

Review of Rob Barron: What's In Store…

Rob Barron: What's In Store…

Colin Oxley | Jeremy Brown | Joshua Morrison | Rob Barron

self-released

Rating: ★★★★

Barron, a busy presence on the local scene, has chosen well for both the pieces to play and the musicians...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Review of Antonio Sánchez: New Life

Antonio Sánchez: New Life

Alex Munk | Conor Chaplin | Dave Hamblett | Matt Robinson

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★

New Life is a giant step forward in the career of the brilliant drummer, whose work on so many Pat...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2018

Review of Marius Neset: Birds

Marius Neset: Birds

Anton Eger | Bjarke Mogensen | Daniel Herskedal | Ingrid Neset | Ivo Neame | Jasper Høiby | Jim Hart | Lasse Mauritzen | Marius Neset | Peter Jensen

Edition

Rating: ★★★★

The 27-year-old Copenhagen-based Norwegian saxophonist-composer made a huge splash with his Edition debut Golden Xplosion in 2011 and has been...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013

Review of EST Symphony

EST Symphony

Dan Berglund | Hans Ek | Iiro Rantala | Johan Lindström | Magnus Öström | Marius Neset | Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra | Verneri Pohjola

Rating: ★★★★★

It would have been Esbjörn Svensson's next project.Classically trained at Stockholm's Royal College of Music, the work of Bach, Mozart,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2016

Review of Emilio Solla y La Inestable de Brooklyn: Second Half

Emilio Solla y La Inestable de Brooklyn: Second Half

Alex Norris | Emilio Solla | Eric Doob | John Ellis | Jorge Roeder | JP Joffre | Marcelo Woloski | Meg Okura | Pablo Assan | Ryan Keberle

www.emiliosolla.com

Rating: ★★★

Solla is Argentinian-born but based in New York and has led his nine-piece orchestra there with these first-call players since...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2015

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