Reviews
Stian Westerhus/ Teun Verbruggen: Earthbound Monochrome
Teun Verbruggen | Stian Westerhus
Together as half of experimental supergroup Warped Dreamer, Stian Westerhus and Teun Verbruggen reconnoitre offbeat realms where daredevil improvisation and...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: June/2023
Jacques Schwarz-Bart: The Harlem Suite
Guadaloupean saxophonist Jacques Schwarz-Bart has impressed from his early days on the U.S jazz and soul scenes as a sideman...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2023
Kenny Barron: Lemuria – Seascape
Ray Drummond | Kenny Barron | Ben Riley
About to celebrate his 80th birthday this month, Kenny Barron has been busy professionally since he was 18 and is...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2023
Ahmad Jamal: Four Classic Albums
Ahmad Jamal | Israel Crosby | Vernell Fournier
The first thing to say, perhaps, is that, as well as becoming unintentionally topical, this reissue is (like Avid’s collection...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2023
Iiro Rantala: Veneziana
Iiro Rantala | chamber ensemble comprising members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Veneziana is a well-produced, well-executed album that more properly comes under the somewhat vague heading of ‘Light Music’, and in...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2023
Dominic Miller: Vagabond
Ziv Ravitz | Dominic Miller | Jacob Karlzon | Nicolas Fiszman
“It’s never been my intention to make a guitar album”, explains Dominic Miller in relation to Vagabond, his third album...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2023
Don Cherry: Hear And Now
Trumpet player Don Cherry changed direction in a dramatic way with this 1977 outing, where his free jazz roots and...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: June/2023
Eddie Gripper: Home
Isaac Zuckerman | Eddie Gripper | Ursula Harrison
The UK has produced some extraordinary jazz pianists of late: Deschanel Gordon (who has recorded with Tomorrow's New Quartet), Sultan...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: June/2023
Andrew Cyrille: Music Delivery/Percussion
The term ‘drums’ has always had much room for interpretation. Each player sets up their kit according to their taste...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2023
Snazzback: Ruins Everything
Having steadily grown from a busy busking collective into an even busier live band, the pandemic hit Bristol septet Snazzback...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: June/2023
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