David Murray: Francesca
David Murray | Luke Stewart | Marta Sanchez | Russell Carter
At Kahil El Z Bar’s concert at the Flagey Jazz Festival in Brussels at the start of the year, David...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2024
Fran & Flora: Precious Collection
Flora Curzon | Francesca Ter-Berg | Simon Roth | Ursula Russell
The annual Hidden Notes festival of contemporary and avant garde music sits well with the Cotswold market town of Stroud’s...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: April/2024
John Williamson: The Northern Sea
Alex Hitchcock | Alex Wilson | Immy Churchill | Jay Davis | John Williamson | Jonny Mansfield
Hell, if you’re a bass player, why not start your solo album with a bass solo? After all, contrary to...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2024
Avishai Cohen: Ashes to Gold
Avishai Cohen | Barak Mori | Yonathan Avishai | Ziv Ravitz
It takes guts for an artist to speak out against their own government, but Avishai Cohen, the Tel Aviv-based trumpeter,...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: November/2024
Patrice Rushen: Prelusion
The prodigiously talented Patrice Rushen is best remembered today for her R&B exploits, particularly the 1982 global mega-hit ‘Forget-Me-Nots’, but...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: November/2024
Tigran Hamasyan: The Bird of a Thousand Voices
Areni Agbabian | Marc Karapetian | Nate Wood | Tigran Hamasyan
One of the few authentically original 21st century jazz phenomena, the award-winning Armenian-born pianist-composer known simply as Tigran has, over...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2024
Art Pepper: An Afternoon in Norway: The Kongsberg Concert
Art Pepper | Carl Burnett | Milcho Leviev | Tony Dumas
After appearing at Ronnie Scott’s the previous night until 1.30 am, Pepper’s quartet caught an early morning flight to Oslo,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2025
Dan Blake: Da Fé
A saxophonist who's successfully worked with Anthony Braxton, Esperanza Spalding, and acclaimed New York classical chamber group the Mivos Quartet...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2021
Orrin Evans: The Magic of Now
Bill Stewart | Immanuel Wilkins | Orrin Evans | Vicente Archer
The most telling creative hallmark of long or deep experience is often an instinct for what to leave out. The...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2021
Satoko Fujii/Natsuki Tamura/Ikue Mori: Prickly Pear Cactus
Ikue Mori | Natsuki Tamura | Satoko Fujii
Satoko Fujii, the respected and prolific Tokyo-born piano original, counts mid-1990s meetings with Paul Bley at the New England Conservatory...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2021
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