Reviews
Trevor Watts’ Original Drum Orchestra: The Art Is In The Rhythm Volume 2
Kofi Adu | Trevor Watts | Nana Tsiboe | Ernest Mothle | Peter Knight | Liam Genocky
It all begins with the sultry, sumptuous sound of a melodic alto sax joining forces with a gently bowed violin....
Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: November/2023
Palle Danielsson: Contra Post
Göran Klinghagen | Palle Danielsson | Anders Kjellberg | Joakim Milder | Rita Marcotulli
Jonas Kullhammar, a saxophonist of no mean ability himself, is also a student of Swedish jazz and has been behind...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2023
Michael Formanek Elusion Quartet: As Things Do
Michael Formanek | Kris Davis | Tony Malaby | Ches Smith
With his membership of the fine collaborative trio Thumbscrew as well as string of leader gigs in various configurations for...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2023
Eivind Aarset and Jan Bang: Last Two Inches of Sky
When it’s good, listening to jazz electronica can be like one of those high-end tasting menus offering a cavalcade of...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: November/2023
James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet: For Mahalia With Love
Chris Hoffman | Chad Taylor | Kirk Knuffke | William Parker | James Brandon Lewis
If his auspicious 2014 debut Divine Travels brought to light the gospel roots of saxophonist James Brandon Lewis, then this...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2023
Louis Armstrong: Louis & The Good Book
Here’s an oddity in a discography peppered with all manner of strange twists and turns: the defiantly secular Satchmo tackles...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: November/2023
Nicole Mitchell/Alexander Hawkins: At Earth School
Alexander Hawkins | Nicole Mitchell
Cafe OTO in east London has been the scene of countless memorable live sets over the years and this compelling...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2023
Art Farmer: Four Classic Albums
This may be the first time Farmer has been given Avid’s Four Classics treatment and if so, it’s overdue. That...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2023
Rob Luft: Dahab Days
Rob Luft is always travelling, and as he travels, he absorbs every kind of music in his path, creating hallucinogenic...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: November/2023
Phil Woods: Rights of Swing
The title suggests that Phil Woods’ first extended composition, a five-movement jazz suite, might owe something to Stravinsky’s Rite of...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2023
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