Reviews
Lafayette Harris: Swingin’ Up In Harlem
Peter Washington | Lewis Nash | Lafayette Harris
Born in Baltimore in 1963, Harris studied with Kenny Barron and made it to New York in the mid-1980s. He...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2023
Sonny Stitt: Boppin’ In Baltimore – Live at the Left Bank
Louis Hayes | Sam Jones | Kenny Barron | Sonny Stitt
Eavesdropping on an informal session is a mixed blessing. Getting on for half of the first CD in this two-CD...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2023
Sultan Stevenson: Faithful One
Denys Baptiste | Sultan Stevenson | Jacob Gryn | Josh Short | Joel Waters
Young Sultan Stevenson, the latest Tomorrow's Warriors alumnus to emerge blinking into the daylight, wants us to listen to his...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: May/2023
Marius Gjersø: Yûgen
Kaja Fjellberg Pettersen | Marius Gjersø | Stian Larsen | Sebastian Haugen | Jo Berger Myhre
One imagines that if you travel to the depths of a Norwegian fjord, there's a good chance you’ll hear the...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: May/2023
Bill Evans: Treasures: Solo, Trio & Orchestra Recordings From Denmark (1965–1969)
I would never pretend to be an Evans scholar, or even expert, but I am an unabashed fan who loves...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2023
Vivienne Aerts: Typuhtâng
Vivienne Aerts | 100+ musicians and singers
New York-based Dutch singer Aerts' third album exists in a parallel dimension to most releases, exploding with extra-musical ambition. Aerts...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2023
Kjellvander tonbruket: Fossils
Dan Berglund | Johan Lindström | Martin Hederos | Christian Kjellvander | Andreas Werliin
Fossils, the compelling second album from agglomerated unit Kjellvandertonbruket (Swedish singer/songwriter Christian Kjellvander plus the quartet Tonbruket, led by former...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2023
Delfeayo Marsalis: Uptown on Mardi Gras Day
The concept behind this album is an interesting one, aiming to fuse the big band tradition with both the New...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2023
Trevor Tomkins’ Sextant: For Future Reference
Trevor Tomkins | John Horler | Brian Smith | Chris Pyne | Paul Bridge | Jimmy Hastings | Phil Lee
Drummers have always played a vital role in the development of jazz, from the days of Baby Dodds with Louis...
Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: May/2023
Ralph Towner: At First Light
Towner is so deeply associated with ECM it's hard to imagine how his sound may otherwise have found expression in...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2023
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