Review of Andrew Cyrille and Haitian Fascination: Route Des Freres

Andrew Cyrille and Haitian Fascination: Route Des Freres

Alix Pascal | Andrew Cyrille | Frisner Augustin | Hamiet Bluiett | Lisle Atkinson

TUM

Rating: ★★★★

Andrew Cyrille's Haitian roots have featured as something of a footnote in the biographies that rightly hail him as one...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2012

Review of Lux-Orchestre: KlangWeltReligion

Lux-Orchestre: KlangWeltReligion

Arup Sen Gupta | Christoph Titz | Gero Körner | Heribert Leuchter | Jürgen Sturm | Karl Farrent | Kate Westbrook | Kurt van Herck | Lothar Galle-Merkel | Manfred Leuchter

LUXMM25

Rating: ★★★

Two albums from strikingly individual artists, but the golden thread between them is the talent and influence of Kate and...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2023

Review of Stian Westerhus: Amputation

Stian Westerhus: Amputation

Stian Westerhus

House Of Mythology

Rating: ★★★★

Didymoi Dreams, Westerhus’s 2013 collaboration with vocalist Sidsel Endresen was as uncompromising and forbidding as Norwegian jazz gets. This solo...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2016

Review of Eric Alexander: Leap of Faith

Eric Alexander: Leap of Faith

Doug Weiss | Eric Alexander | Johnathan Blake

Giant Step Arts

Rating: ★★★

Eric Alexander's assured take on the piano-free trio begins with a liquid glide through latin and swing and continues with...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2019

Review of Petter Eldh’s Koma Saxo: Koma West

Petter Eldh’s Koma Saxo: Koma West

Christian Lillinger | Jonas Kullhammar | Kiki Eldh | Kit Downes | Lucy Railton | Maria Reich | Mikko Innanen | Otis Sandsjö | Petter Eldh | Sofia Jernberg

We Jazz Records WJCD 41

Rating: ★★★

The Swedish Berlin-based Petter Eldh is as inventive as he is prolific. He’s a genre-busting adventurer, more known as a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2022

Review of Alternative Guitar Summit: Honoring Pat Martino Vol 1

Alternative Guitar Summit: Honoring Pat Martino Vol 1

Adam Rogers | Alan Mednard | Alex Austin | Chulo Gatewood | Dave Stryker | Dezron Douglas | Ed Cherry | Fareed Haque | Greg Fundis | Jeff Miles

HighNote HCD

Rating: ★★★★

No fewer than 14 guitarists and three rhythm sections make up the Alternative Guitar Summit – an annual live event...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2022

Review of Bill Charlap: All through the night

Bill Charlap: All through the night

Bill Charlap | Kenny Washington | Peter Washington

Editor's Choice

CrissCross Jazz/Elemental

Rating: ★★★★

Other than a Record Store Day hype sticker, CrissCross offer no special explanation for this well-made, superbly-pressed and classy gatefold...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2023

Review of Ken Hatfield: For Langston

Ken Hatfield: For Langston

Hans Glawischnig | Hilary Gardner | Jamie Baum | Jeff Hirshfield | Ken Hatfield | Steven Kroon

ACM

Rating: ★★

Four decades after his passing, Langston Hughes, literary icon of the Harlem Renaissance movement of the 1930s, continues to inspire...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2013

Review of Shai Maestro: Human Racing: Human

Shai Maestro: Human Racing: Human

Jorge Roeder | Ofri Nehemya | Philip Dizack | Shai Maestro

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Witnessing a performance by Israeli composer/bassist Avishai Cohen at London's Union Chapel in 2011 left abiding memories – not just...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2021

Review of Joachim Kühn: Dynamics/I'm Not Dreaming

Joachim Kühn: Dynamics/I'm Not Dreaming

George Lewis | Herbert Försch | Joachim Kühn | Mark Nauseef | Ottomar Borwitzky

MIG

Rating: ★★★★

Dynamics and I'm Not Dreaming were originally released on the CMP label in 1983 and 1990 respectively, and form part...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2015

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