Reviews
Peter Somuah: Letter To The Universe
Ghanaian-born, Amsterdam-based trumpeter Peter Somuah may be one of the first African bandleaders on the German jazz label ACT but...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2023
Dave Storey Trio: Circeo
James Allsopp | Dave Storey | Conor Chaplin
Dave Storey’s trio returns for a third album on the heels of 2019’s successful Bosco, comprising a set of recordings...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: June/2023
Michel Petrucciani: The Montreux Years
Michel Petrucciani | Moroslav Vitous | with his quartet and sextet
Taken from four Petrucciani concerts in the 1990s from Montreux Festival director Claude Nobs’ private tape collection, this superbly-packaged two-LP...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2023
Phil Bancroft: Degrees of Freedom
Aidan O’Donnel | Stu Ritchie | Paul Harrison | Phil Bancroft
A new release from an internationally renowned saxophonist is of course a moment of celebration. But when said player also...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2023
Wadada Leo Smith & Orange Wave Electric: Fire Illuminations
Although Wadada Leo Smith has created a wealth of adventurous acoustic music in the past half century, he has also...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2023
Shirley Scott: Queen Talk: Live at The Left Bank
Shirley Scott | George Coleman | Bobby Durham | Ernie Andrews
The archives of the Left Bank Jazz Society in Baltimore have been the source of several recent albums of live...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2023
Mark Guiliana: Mischief
Shai Maestro | Chris Morrissey | Mark Guiliana | Jason Rigby
The influential New Jersey drummer Mark Guiliana, who first turned heads during his five-year stint with star bassist Avishai Cohen's...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2023
Billy Childs: The Winds of Change
Scott Colley | Brian Blade | Ambrose Akinmusire | Billy Childs
The title track was originally written for Roy Hargrove and a large accompanying orchestra, but Childs' mission on this album...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2023
Lux-Orchestre: KlangWeltReligion
Two albums from strikingly individual artists, but the golden thread between them is the talent and influence of Kate and...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2023
Jay Phelps: The Now
The seventh solo album by Canadian-born, London-based trumpeter du jour Jay Phelps, The Now has been a while coming. Recorded...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2023
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