Mike Stern: Echoes and Other Songs
The death of keyboardist Jim Beard at the age of 63 in March this year left many in deep shock,...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: September/2024
Joshua Redman Quartet: Long Gone
Brad Mehldau | Brian Blade | Christian McBride | Joshua Redman
This November's EFG London Jazz Festival reunion of saxophone star Joshua Redman's quartet featuring three of the classiest sidekicks in...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2022
John Etheridge: Twenty: The Best of Sweet Chorus
Andy Crowdy | Christian Garrick | Dave Kelbie | John Etheridge | Malcolm Creese
Ah, such sweet surprises from an Etheridge project dedicated to the timeless magic of Stephane Grappelli. As Etheridge points out,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2019
Eskelin, Weber & Griener: Sensations Of Tone
Christian Weber | Ellery Eskelin | Michael Griener
The concept looks inviting enough on paper. Re-imaginings of compositions by Jelly Roll Morton, Bennie Moten, Fats Waller and the...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: May/2017
Food: This is Not a Miracle
Christian Fennesz | Iain Ballamy | Thomas Strøenen
Formed in 1998, the Anglo-Norwegian jazz electronica ensemble Food are one of the leading European exponents of post-clubland, experimental jazz...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
Aja Monet
Aja Monet is a chronicler, a Brooklyn griot, a freedom fighter with fire in her veins and a way with...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2023
Ayumi Tanaka Trio: Subaqueous Silence
Ayumi Tanaka | Christian Meaas Svendsen | Per Odvaar Johansen
The 35-year-old Japanese pianist moved to Norway 10 years ago, and has recorded one previous album with this trio and...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Benito Gonzalez: Sing to the World
Encountering Venezuelan pianist Benito Gonzalez as an exciting McCoy Tyner-steeped thirtysomething with Kenny Garrett's band at Ronnie's in 2006, it...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2021
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The Philadelphia Orchestra, cond. Christian Mačelaru: Wynton Marsalis: The Blues Symphony (Symphony No. 2)
Not only was Wynton Marsalis a very fine classical trumpet soloist, but he has written brilliantly for symphony orchestra in...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2021
Michael Dease: Father Figure
While heaping praise on Conrad Herwig for his latest CD for Criss Cross, this writer mentions ‘deep-south’-born Michael Dease as,...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2016
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