Reviews
MultiTraction Orchestra: Reactor One
Ruth Goller | Alex Roth | Arve Henriksen | James Allsopp | Jon Scott | Rhodri Davies | Kate Ellis
Alex Roth convened the MultiTraction Orchestra as an audacious Covid riposte, beating lockdown's loneliness by inviting 27 musicians from 15...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: April/2023
Nguyên Lê Trio: Silk and Sand
Chris Jennings | Rhani Krija | Etienne Mbappé | Miron Rafajlović | Sylvain Barou | Nguyên Lê
Nguyên Lê has such touch and feel that it's hard not to be seduced into the dancing delicacies of his...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2023
Five-Way Split: All The Way
Vasilis Xenopoulos | Rob Barron | Quentin Collins | Matt Home | Matyas Hofecker
Drummer Home hosted the rest of the group at his house for a lockdown play. They liked how they got...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2023
Simon Moullier: Isla
Jongkuk Kim | Simon Moullier | Lex Korten | Alexander Claffy
Vibraphone-led groups are nowhere near as common as those fronted by piano or saxophone, but US-based French vibraphonist Simon Moullier...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2023
Johnny Mercer: Too Marvelous For Words: His 55 Finest
Among the composers and lyricists of the Great American Songbook, not too many were as accomplished at singing their work...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2023
Basie All Stars : Live at Fabrik Vol 1
Although Count Basie was still alive in 1981 (he died in 1984) this group of his former sideman, plus the...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2023
Alex Sipiagin Quintet: Mel's Vision
Johnathan Blake | Chris Potter | Matt Brewer | David Kikoski | Alex Sipiagin
Sipiagin is a Criss Cross regular, often with Potter alongside, his many recordings a tribute to his mastery of the...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2023
The Heavy Hitters
This record's title sounds like it might adorn the kind of all-star session that Pablo specialised in during the 1970s,...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: April/2023
Kahil El’ Zabar Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Spirit Gatherer: Tribute To Don Cherry
David Ornette Cherry | Corey Wilkes | Dwight Trible | Kahil El’Zabar | Alex Harding
Although this album is a tribute to Don Cherry, it is also an impromptu memorial for his son David Ornette,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2023
Ishmael Ensemble & Rider Shafique: New Era
Multi-instrumentalist Cunningham's Ishmael Ensemble draw on electronica, Radiohead's exploratory rock and their native Bristol's mellow trip-hop miasma as much as...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: April/2023
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