Reviews
Ezra Collective: Dance, No One’s Watching
The omens were good. ‘God Gave Me Feet For Dancing’, the lead single from Ezra Collective’s wildly anticipated third album...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2024
Vince Guaraldi: You’re (Not) Elected Charlie Brown
Glenn Cronkhite | Tom Harrell | Vince Guaraldi | Mel Martin | Seward McCain | Pat O’Hara
As with Guaraldi’s It Was a Short Summer (reviewed in Jazzwise May 2024) this new release is an amalgam of...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2024
Møster!: Springs
Hans Magnus ‘Snah’ Ryan | Nikolai Hængsle | Kenneth Kapstad | Kjetil Møster
Norwegian saxophonist Kjetil Møster’s self-named jazz-rock unit released its first album, Edvard Lygre Møster, in 2013 and has moved through...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2024
Avishai Cohen: Ashes to Gold
Ziv Ravitz | Yonathan Avishai | Avishai Cohen | Barak Mori
It takes guts for an artist to speak out against their own government, but Avishai Cohen, the Tel Aviv-based trumpeter,...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: November/2024
Devin Daniels: LesGo!
Julien Knowles | Chris Fishman | Jermaine Paul | Devin Daniels | Benjamin Ring
Devin and his cohort met at UCLA’s Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance, and Mr Hands himself has personally mentored...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: November/2024
Samara Joy: Portrait
Recorded at the legendary Van Gelder Studio, this follow-up to Samara Joy’s Grammy-winning 2022 album Linger Awhile sees the vocalist,...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2024
Art Themen Organ Trio: Live in Soho
Pete Whittaker | George Double | Art Themen
I heard this band at Swanage (admittedly with trumpeter Martin Shaw added) and thought them a wow. Now comes the...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2024
Fernando Huergo Big Band: Relentless
No, I hadn’t heard of composer/bassist Huergo before, although he has a 60-session discography, according to Tom Lord’s Jazz Discography....
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2024
Fictional Souvenirs: Volatile Object
John Butcher | Pat Thomas | Ståle Liavik Solberg
The second album by the trio of Thomas, Butcher and Solberg documents both sets of a performance at London’s Cafe...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2024
Tiny Bradshaw: The Jumpin’ Beat For The Hip Kids
Ohio-born Myron ‘Tiny’ Bradshaw (1905-1958) was a bandleader, singer, and drummer who started out in New York bands, before forming...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2024
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