Mathias Eick: Lullaby
Hans Hulbkækmo | Kristjan Randalu | Mathias Eick | Ole Morten Vågen
Mathias Eick dropped Lullaby on Valentine’s Day, underlining where it’s at: romantically tilted, lyrical and open-hearted.His band shimmers with the...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: April/2025
Matt Holborn: For Stuff
Fraser Urquhart | Honey Boulton | Joe Dessauer | Matt Holborn | Simon Read
A tribute album that includes only two songs by the tributee? Well, on listening to violinist Holborn, you kind of...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: April/2025
John Patitucci: Spirit Fall
Brian Blade | Chris Potter | John Patitucci
Being his first album as leader since 2019’s mainly solo Soul of the Bass, the esteemed heavyweight veteran bassist John...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2025
Emma Rawicz & Gwilym Simcock: Big Visit
This outstanding duet album from pianist Gwilym Simcock and saxophonist Emma Rawicz emerged from a serendipitous meeting at Simcock’s 40th...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2025
Kenny Dorham: Blue Bossa in The Bronx: Live from the Blue Morocco
Cedar Walton | Denis Charles | Kenny Dorham | Paul Chambers Pierre Michelot | Sonny Red
For a trumpeter who was so often in the right place at the right time, there’s not nearly enough of...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2025
Vince Guaraldi: It’s The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown!
One of the slightly irritating aspects of this series of reissued Guaraldi soundtrack albums for Peanuts is that many of...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2025
JD Allen: The Dark, The Light, The Grey and The Colorful
Gregg August | Ian Kenselaar | JD Allen | Nic Cacioppo
JD Allen, the Michigan-born tenor saxophonist, has a poetic imagination and a resolute focus on how best to use it....
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: December/2024
Eyolf Dale: The Space Between Two Notes
Audun Kleive | Eyolf Dale | Miho Hazama | Norwegian Radio Orchestra | Per Zanussi
The title recalls the scene in The Simpsons where Lisa tells a supercilious jazz club punter, “Listen to the notes...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: December/2024
Ivo Neame: Zettalogue
George Crowley | Ivo Neame | James Maddren | Tom Farmer
Ivo Neame is a core element in high-energy outfits, matching drummer Anton Eger’s wild Phronesis flurries and helping Marius Neset’s...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: December/2024
Joe Sanders: Parallels
Greg Hutchinson | Joe Sanders | Jure Pukl | Logan Richardson | Seamus Blake | Taylor Eigsti
Parallels juxtaposes Joe Sanders' adroit skills and resonant sound on double bass with his all-round competence in the studio as...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: December/2024
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