Reviews
Tim Berne: Oceans And
Hank Roberts | Tim Berne | Aurora Nealand
For the prolific, singular alt.jazz saxophonist-composer Tim Berne, trying something new is nothing new. The chamber trio assembled here, which...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2023
Stacey Kent: The Boy Next Door
Released in 2003, this collection of songs associated with some of her musical heroes was Kent’s last Candid release and...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2023
Joanne Brackeen: Snooze
Billy Hart | Cecil McBee | Joanne Brackeen
This was the remarkably assured solo debut of the often-neglected pianist who had worked regularly for both Art Blakey and...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2023
Steve Swell’s Fire Into The Music: For Jemeel: Fire From The Road
Steve Swell | Hamid Drake | William Parker | Jemeel Moondoc
There is a far-reaching history of tributes to players by other players in black music, and this epic three-CD set...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2023
Sunna Gunnlaugs: Becoming
Scott McLemore | Sunna Gunnlaugs | Þorgrímur Jónsson
This is the fifth album from the trio that Icelandic pianist Sunna Gunnlaugs put together some years ago now with...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2023
Hazel Scott: Great Scott! Collected Recordings 1939-57
Hazel Scott was a pioneering jazz pianist and singer, about whom we hear far too little. She is perhaps best-known...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: June/2023
The Flame: Robert Mitchell, Neil Charles and Mark Sanders: Towards The Flame, Vol 1
Mark Sanders | Neil Charles | Robert Mitchell
Three heavyweights of British creative music come together on a satisfying live session at the adventurous London venue, Cafe OTO....
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2023
Paul Dunmall Ensemble: It’s A Matter Of Fact
Consider this the sequel to last year’s Yes Tomorrow by saxophonist Paul Dunmall’s young Birmingham-based quintet, with that core unit...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2023
Joe Lovano Trio Tapestry: Our Daily Bread
Carmen Castaldi | Joe Lovano | Marilyn Crispell
Jazz fans need no introduction to Joe Lovano and his partners in Trio Tapestry, but classical listeners who found things...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2023
Arbenz x Krijger x Osby: Conversation #9: Targeted
Florian Arbenz | Arno Krijger | Greg Osby
The ninth of Swiss drummer Florian Arbenz’s ongoing 12-album ‘conversations’ project re-unites him with American saxophonist Greg Osby and adds...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2023
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