Reviews
Jamie Cullum: Pointless Nostalgic
Reviewing Jamie Cullum’s debut album for Candid in the September 2002 edition of Jazzwise, I noted that his “mellifluous tone,...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2023
Ivo Perelman/Ray Anderson/Joe Morris/Reggie Nicholson: Molten Gold
Ivo Perelman | Joe Morris | Reggie Nicholson | Ray Anderson
It’s tempting to think of this double-horned, sax-and-’bone free-jazz unit as a tribute to – or attempted continuation of –...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2023
Artemis: In Real Time
Renee Rosnes | Noriko Ueda | Allison Miller | Ingrid Jensen | Alexa Tarantino | Nicole Grover
This, the second album from Artemis following 2020’s eponymous debut, produces a far better realisation of the band – out...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2023
Dan Mar-Molinero: Taproot
Dan Mar-Molinero is an educator, saxophonist and composer working out of Southampton University’s very active jazz programme: you’ll find him...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: June/2023
The W: Portrait
Gene Calderazzo | Heidi Vogel | Andrea Di Biase | Bruno Heinen
Led by composer and pianist Bruno Heinen, this debut album from new London-based quartet The W represents the culmination of...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2023
Jaak Sooäär, Ara Yaralyan, Markku Ounaskari: Zula
Jaak Sooaar | Markku Ounaskari | Ara Yaralyan
Guitarist Jaak Sooäär is a leading jazz educator at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and one of the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2023
Magnus Öström: A Room For Travellers
Magnus Öström | Daniel Karlsson | Thobias Babrielson | Andreas Hourdakis
Easily the best album so far by Magnus Öström. While previous albums under his own name were perhaps guilty of...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2023
Native Dancer: At PizzaExpress Live – In London
Josh Arcoleo | Sam Crowe | Jonathan Harvey | Dan See | Frida Mariama Touray
Named after, and taking their inclusive musical aesthetic cue from, Wayne Shorter’s genre-bending 1975 album, Native Dancer draw from a...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2023
David Preston: Purple/Black Volume One
Seb Rochford | Kevin Glasgow | David Preston | Kit Downes
Championed in his heady youth by the likes of Ian Shaw and as likely now to be seen in the...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2023
Yosef Gutman Levitt, Tal Yahalom: Tsuf Harim
Yosef Gutman Levitt | Tal Yahalom
That old cliché ‘less is more’ couldn’t be more apposite than for this gently melodic collection of Jewish tunes otherwise...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2023
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