Andrew Cyrille and Haitian Fascination: Route Des Freres
Alix Pascal | Andrew Cyrille | Frisner Augustin | Hamiet Bluiett | Lisle Atkinson
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
Lux-Orchestre: KlangWeltReligion
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
Stian Westerhus: Amputation
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
Eric Alexander: Leap of Faith
Doug Weiss | Eric Alexander | Johnathan Blake
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
Petter Eldh’s Koma Saxo: Koma West
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
Alternative Guitar Summit: Honoring Pat Martino Vol 1
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
Bill Charlap: All through the night
Bill Charlap | Kenny Washington | Peter Washington
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
Ken Hatfield: For Langston
Hans Glawischnig | Hilary Gardner | Jamie Baum | Jeff Hirshfield | Ken Hatfield | Steven Kroon
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
Shai Maestro: Human Racing: Human
Jorge Roeder | Ofri Nehemya | Philip Dizack | Shai Maestro
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
Joachim Kühn: Dynamics/I'm Not Dreaming
George Lewis | Herbert Försch | Joachim Kühn | Mark Nauseef | Ottomar Borwitzky
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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