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Review of Cécile McLorin Salvant: Mélusine

Cécile McLorin Salvant: Mélusine

Aaron Diehl | Obed Calvaire | Kyle Poole | Sullivan Fortner | Luques Curtis | Lawrence Leathers | Weedie Braimah | Daniel Swenberg | Paul Sikivie | Cécile McLorin Salvant

Editor's Choice

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★

Anyone who thinks they already know the full extent of Cécile McLorin Salvant's artistry should listen to Mélusine without further...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2023

Review of Satoko Fujii & Otomo Yoshide: Perpetual Motion

Satoko Fujii & Otomo Yoshide: Perpetual Motion

Satoko Fujii | Otomo Yoshide

Ayler Records

Rating: ★★★★

Another month, yet another Satoko Fujii album. But for those of you wearied or worried by the pianist's seemingly inexhaustible...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: April/2023

Review of Ben Wolfe: Unjust

Ben Wolfe: Unjust

Addison Frei | Orrin Evans | Immanuel Wilkins | Nicholas Payton | Aaron Kimmel | Ben Wolfe | Nicole Glover | Joel Ross

Resident Arts Records

Rating: ★★★★

The 10 albums double bassist Ben Wolfe has released as a leader range from large-scale works to small group modern...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: April/2023

Review of Jim Snidero: Far Far Away

Jim Snidero: Far Far Away

Joe Farnsworth | Peter Washington | Orrin Evans | Jim Snidero | Kurt Rosenwinkel

Savant

Rating: ★★★

The career of Jim Snidero, the 64-year-old Washington-raised saxophonist and educator, has embraced organ funk with Jack McDuff in the...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2023

Review of London Brew

London Brew

Theon Cross | Nick Ramm | Tom Skinner | Nubya Garcia | Shabaka Hutchings | Nikolaj Torp Larsen | Tom Herbert | Dave Okumu | Martin Terefe | Benji B

Concord Jazz 7245869/74

Rating: ★★★

This project was put together by Martin Terefe and Bruce Lampcov, a pair of front-rank rock music producers, as an...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: April/2023

Review of Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double: March On

Tomas Fujiwara's Triple Double: March On

Tomas Fujiwara | Ralph Alessi | Gerald Cleaver | Mary Halvorson | Brandon Seabrook | Taylor Ho Bynum

Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

Batten down the hatches, this is a big one. The meat of March On is a 32-minute group improv that...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2023

Review of Mototeru Tagaki/Kim Dae Hwan/Choi Sun Bae: Seishin – Sado

Mototeru Tagaki/Kim Dae Hwan/Choi Sun Bae: Seishin – Sado

Choi Sun Bae | Kim Dae Hwan | Mototeru Tagaki

NoBusiness

Rating: ★★★

This latest batch of releases from Lithuanian label NoBusiness (as part of their ongoing partnership with Japanese imprint Chap Chap)...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: April/2023

Review of Peggy Lee: Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown North Dakota (50th Anniversary Edition)

Peggy Lee: Norma Deloris Egstrom From Jamestown North Dakota (50th Anniversary Edition)

Reinhold Press | Gary Coleman | Louie Shelton | Victor Feldman | Peggy Lee | Artie Butler | Larry Carlton | Michael Omartian | Earl Palmer

Capitol

Rating: ★★★

Conceived by producer Tom Catalano – who’d helmed Neil Diamond's rise to stardom – this late Lee album (her last...

Reviewed by Nina Fortune in issue: April/2023

Review of Kendrick Scott: Corridors

Kendrick Scott: Corridors

Kendrick Scott | Reuben Rogers | Walter Smith III

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★

The Texan drummer Kendrick Scott's major vehicle as leader-composer has been his Oracle band that he formed in 2006. Corridors,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2023

Review of Grupo Um: Starting Point

Grupo Um: Starting Point

Zeca Assumpção | Ze Eduardo Nazario | Lelo Nazario

Editor's Choice

FarOut

Rating: ★★★★

Arguably the premier curator of Brazilian jazz in Britain, if not further afield, FarOut returns with yet another reissue of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2023

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