Review of Avishai Cohen: Arvoles

Avishai Cohen: Arvoles

Anders Hagberg | Avishai Cohen | Björn Samuelsson | Elchin Shirinov | Noam David

Razdaz

Rating: ★★★

In 2020, the powerful Israeli bassist and Sephardic-inspired world-jazz composer Avishai Cohen celebrates his 50th birthday with 50 concerts in...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2019

Review of Strobes: Brokespeak

Strobes: Brokespeak

Dan Nichols | Joshua Blackmore | Matt Calvert

Blood & Biscuits

Rating: ★★★★

It should come as no surprise that two of this gnarly electro-rock trio – keys man Nichols and drummer Blackmore...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: March/2017

Review of Gene Segal: Double Rainbow

Gene Segal: Double Rainbow

Adam Nussbaum | Gene Segal | Jay Anderson

Editor's Choice

SteepleChase

Rating: ★★★★

Russian-born guitarist Segal moved to New York as a child, and this is his sixth album for Steeplechase -but his...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2021

Review of Orrin Evans: Flip the Script

Orrin Evans: Flip the Script

Ben Wolfe | Donald Edwards | Orrin Evans

Posi-Tone

Rating: ★★★★

When Orrin Evans was making records for Criss Cross in the late-1990s, you always felt there was potentially something very...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2012

Review of Wolfgang Muthspiel: Angular Blues

Wolfgang Muthspiel: Angular Blues

Brian Blade | Scott Colley | Wolfgang Muthspiel

Rating: ★★★

In 2014, the lyrical, meticulously nuanced music of the Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel found its way to the ECM label...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2020

Review of Lol Coxhill: Ear Of The Beholder

Lol Coxhill: Ear Of The Beholder

Dave Bedford | Lol Coxhill

Esoteric Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Where Coxhill’s credentials need little explication, a hero of free improvisation that he made (and makes) joyously accessible to the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2011

Review of Artifacts trio: …and then there’s this

Artifacts trio: …and then there’s this

Mike Reed | Nicole Mitchell | Tomeka Reid

Astral Spirits

Rating: ★★★★

The Artifacts Trio’s 2015 debut Artifacts was a vibrant celebration of key figures in the Association For The Advancement Of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2021

Review of Al Hibbler: The Singles Collection 1946-59

Al Hibbler: The Singles Collection 1946-59

Al Hibbler

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★

Annotator Paul Watts points out that this 75-track selection of vocalist Hibbler's singles is just that, a selection. Given that...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2021

Review of Eve Risser/Benjamin Duboc/Edward Perraud: En Corps Generation

Eve Risser/Benjamin Duboc/Edward Perraud: En Corps Generation

Benjamin Duboc | Edward Perraud | Eve Risser

Dark Tree

Rating: ★★★★

The French pianist-composer Eve Risser is first and foremost a sound explorer. Last year's White Desert Orchestra CD Les Deux...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017

Review of The Impossible Gentlemen: Let's Get Deluxe

The Impossible Gentlemen: Let's Get Deluxe

Adam Nussbaum | Gwilym Simcock | Iain Dixon | Mike Walker | Steve Rodby

Basho

Rating: ★★★★

The Anglo-American supergroup The Impossible Gentlemen's third CD on Basho Records hits you right between the eyes with its mix...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016

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