Donald Byrd: Byrd With Strings
Though not yet an innovator, Donald Byrd accurately reflected the mood of the time during which these recordings took place....
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2013
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
Rudresh Mahanthappa Hero Trio: Animal Crossing
Francois Moutin | Rudresh Mahanthappa | Rudy Royston
Jazz records named after million-selling video games aren't a common occurrence, and neither are elite improv trios who like dressing...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2022
Tristan Banks: View From Above
Davide Mantovani | John Crawford | Paul Booth | Tristan Banks
For three decades, the British session drummer Tristan Banks has been a first-call sideman for a ‘glitterati’ across jazz, pop...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2023
Monocled Man: Bernabe Jurado
Chris Montague | Jon Scott | Rory Simmons
Trumpeter, composer and producer Rory Simmons' Monocled Man trio extends the resources of his thoughtfully long-spun, somewhat Kenny Wheeler-like trumpet...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2020
The Cookers: Look Out!
The news recently broke that drummer Billy Hart and alto saxist Donald Harrison - staple members of now 14 year-old...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2021
Dan Weiss: Even Odds
Dan Weiss | Matt Mitchell | Miguel Zenón
The innovative American percussionist/composer Dan Weiss has long been making absorbing jazz out of composing group music from drum patterns...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2024
The Callum Au Big Band: Something's Coming
You have to admire a can-do attitude in a musician. Callum Au was barely out of diapers when he became...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2013
Kate Daniels: Atmospherics
After the Singing Detective comes a Singing Psychotherapist. By day, Kate Daniels walks the mean consulting rooms of north London's...
Reviewed by Brian Glasser in issue: March/2014
The Shift: Songs from Aipotu
Dieter Mandersheid | Frank Gratowski | Martin Blume | Philip Zoubek | Thomas Lehn
At first glance, this is a collection of sturdy, square-jawed, acoustic Euro-improv from a handful of German heavyweights. But it...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2011
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