Reviews
Tex Beneke: Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop!
A member of Glenn Miller's fabled orchestra from his first session in July 1938 until the orchestra disbanded in 1942,...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2023
Jackson Mathod: Come On Now
Trumpeter and occasional vocalist Jackson Mathod is rapidly approaching star status among those UK audiences fortunate enough to catch his...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: February/2023
Flock
Al MacSween | Bex Burch | Danalogue | Tamar Osborn | Sarathy Korwar
The bass clarinet, played with a certain attention to atmosphere, inevitably summons echoes of Bennie Maupin's glowering contribution to Miles...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2023
Timothy Norton: Visions of Phaedrus
Randy Ingram | Kush Abadey | Josh Evans | Jerome Sabbagh | Leandro Pellegrino | Timothy Norton
The Brooklyn-based bass player Timothy Norton has been a feature of the New York jazz scene for the past decade:...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2023
Edward Vesala: I’m Here
Although a trailblazer of Finnish jazz, whose ECM albums such as Nan Madol and Satu are classic entries in that...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2023
Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp: Fruition
The 26-year association of Brazilian tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman and American pianist Matthew Shipp has led to the kind of...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2023
Esther Bennett: Home Is Where The Art Is
Terence Collie | Duncan Lamont Jr | Esther Bennett
Esther Bennett describes Home Is Where the Art Is as a ‘labour of love’ and, cliché that that phrase has...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2023
Rebecca Nash: Redefining Element 78
Rebecca Nash's suite Redefining Element 78 was originally commissioned for the Bristol Jazz and Blues Festival in tribute to scientist...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: February/2023
Fred Hersch and Esperanza Spalding: Alive at the Village Vanguard
Esperanza Spalding | Fred Hersch
The Hersch/Spalding duo were back at the Village Vanguard in January, to celebrate the release of this album. Spalding eschews...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2023
Jesper Thilo Quartet: Live At JazzCup
Daniel Franck | Søren Kristiansen | Jesper Thilo | Frands Rifbjerg
Thilo is the doyen of Danish saxophonists, a vastly experienced player who, for 25 years or more, was a standout...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2023
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