Reviews

Review of Kenny Barron & Buster Williams: The Complete Two As One

Kenny Barron & Buster Williams: The Complete Two As One

Kenny Barron | Buster Williams

Red Records

Having lately seen the now 83-year-old Barron in feline action with his trio at Ronnie Scott’s and noted yet again...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2025

Review of Giovanni Tommasso: Via GT

Giovanni Tommasso: Via GT

Danilo Rea | Paolo Fresu | Roberto Gatto | Massimo Urbani | Giovanni Tommaso

Red Records

Rating: ★★★★

Giovanni Tommaso might be a name unfamiliar to some UK listeners, but he is regarded by many in Italy as...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2025

Review of Elliot Galvin: The Ruin

Elliot Galvin: The Ruin

Richard Jones | Ruth Goller | Elliot Galvin | Shabaka Hutchings | Sebastian Rochford | Patrick Dawkins | Val Welbanks | Freya Goldmark

Editor's Choice

Gearbox Records

Rating: ★★★★

Back in 2019 the Elliot Galvin Trio recorded Modern Times live-mixed and cut direct to vinyl as ‘a quiet protest...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: March/2025

Review of Nicole Johänntgen: Labyrinth II

Nicole Johänntgen: Labyrinth II

David Stauffacher | Jon Hansen | Nicole Johänntgen

Perdido Records

Rating: ★★★★

German sax player and composer Nicole Johänntgen’s latest release reunites the same trio from her 2023 album, Labyrinth, featuring...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2025

Review of Ambrose Akinmusire: honey from a winter stone

Ambrose Akinmusire: honey from a winter stone

Ambrose Akinmusire | The Mivos Quartet | Mivos Quartet | Sam Harris | Kokayi | Justin Brown | Chiquitamagic

Nonesuch

Trumpeter Akinmusire has proved impressively versatile during his 15-year career and he follows 2023’s excellent trio session Owl Song with...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2025

Review of Iúri Oliveira: Manifesto

Iúri Oliveira: Manifesto

Iúri Oliveira

Respirar de Ouvido/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

At last year’s Festa Do Jazz in Lisbon percussionist Iúri Oliveira stood out in Duarte Ventura’s ensemble, arguably the best...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2025

Review of John-Paul Muir featuring Brigitte Beraha: Home Now

John-Paul Muir featuring Brigitte Beraha: Home Now

Jakub Cywinski | Eric Ford | Brigitte Beraha | John-Paul Muir | George Crowley

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★★

Beauty distilled: from the opening intimacy of ‘Sunlight’, you know Home Now is special. Anjali Bhat’s disarmingly transparent lyrics celebrate...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2025

Review of Dudley Phillips: Crayon Scrawl

Dudley Phillips: Crayon Scrawl

John Parricelli | Rod Youngs | Hugh Marsh | Dudley Phillips | Rihab Azar | Yazz Ahmed | Ric Bolton | George Crowley

Self-release/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

Dudley Phillips has led a busy and varied musical existence since coming to prominence in the seminal 1990s Brit-jazz band...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: March/2025

Review of Mama Terra: Chameleons (Live Interpretations of Herbie Hancock)

Mama Terra: Chameleons (Live Interpretations of Herbie Hancock)

Konrad Wiszniewski | Ross Saunder | Marco Cafolla | Rachel Lightbody

Acid Jazz AJXCD/LP

The pianist Marco Cafolla who leads the Glasgow-based band Mama Terra was given the green light by Jazz FM to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2025

Review of Kjetil Mulelid Trio: And Now

Kjetil Mulelid Trio: And Now

Kjetil Mulelid | Andreas Winther | Rune Nergaard

Grappa

Rating: ★★★

This is the fourth album by Mulelid’s trio, the previous three albums on Rune Grammofon. Their debut from 2017, Not...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2025

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