Reviews
Travis Reuter: Quintet Music
Tyshawn Sorey | Harish Raghavan | Peter Schlamb | Travis Reuter | Mark Shim
An intriguing second album as leader from the Swiss-based guitarist Reuter. The 10 pieces here – sometimes limpid and shimmering,...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: November/2024
Immanuel Wilkins: Blues Blood
If Miles Davis had been a generation older and still a talent-spotting genius, he would very likely have hired Immanuel...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2024
Henrik Jensen: Above Your House
Dave Smith | Esben Tjalve | Henrik Jensen
Congratulations to Oliver Weindling for keeping the Babel label going for 30 years, marked by this release, his first for his...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2024
Florian Weber: Imaginary Cycle: Music for Brass Ensemble and Flute
Florian Weber is one of Germany’s most respected composers and arrangers for large ensemble, his work performed by the Radio...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2024
Bill Frisell, Kit Downes and Andrew Cyrille: Breaking the Shell
Andrew Cyrille | Bill Frisell | Lucy Railton | Kit Downes
If you only know Frisell from lush Mike Gibbs orchestrations of swoonsome sentimentalities like ‘Beautiful Dreamer’, then prepare for a...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2024
Emil Viklický/Imogen Ryall: Songs
Julian Nicholas | Eric Ford | Petr Dvorský | Emil Viklický | Imogen Ryall
Once hailed by my late Jazzwise colleague, Jack Massarik, as the "patriarch of Czech jazz piano", Emil Viklický is a...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2024
The Headhunters: The Stunt Man
There have been few bigger-selling or more influential jazz albums than Herbie Hancock’s 1973 fusion masterpiece Head Hunters, which saw...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2024
Bobby Wellins Sextet: Homage to Caledonia
Spike Wells | Bryan Spring | Pete Jacobsen | Lol Coxhill | Adrian Kendon | Bobby Wellins
These live recordings serve as homage to Bobby Wellins, one of the most distinctive of all British tenor saxophonists. However,...
Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: November/2024
Peter Bernstein: Better Angels
Peter Bernstein | Vicente Archer | Brad Mehldau | Al Foster
Now in his late fifties, the guitarist-composer Peter Bernstein has earned a first-class reputation as a top-drawer musician of a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2024
Darius Jones: Legend Of e’Boi (The Hypervigilant)
Gerald Cleaver | Darius Jones | Chris Lightcap
Alto saxophonist Darius Jones has been building an impressive body of work since the early 2000s, and this new release...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2024
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