Reviews

Review of Allan Botschinsky Quintet: Live at The Tivoli Gardens 1966

Allan Botschinsky Quintet: Live at The Tivoli Gardens 1966

Jesper Lundgaard | Alex Riel | Bent Jædig | Bent Jaedig | Allan Botschinsky | Jacob Fischer

Stunt Records

Rating: ★★★★

In the 1960s, Botschinsky established himself on the Danish jazz scene as genuine talent and upcoming star-in-the-making. Much in demand,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2023

Review of Trevor Watts/Liam Genockey: The Art Is In The Rhythm

Trevor Watts/Liam Genockey: The Art Is In The Rhythm

Liam Genockey | Trevor Watts

Jazz In Britain

Rating: ★★★★

By 1989, the saxophonist, composer and band leader Trevor Watts was already recognised as a major player on the London...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: February/2023

Review of Lakecia Benjamin: Phoenix

Lakecia Benjamin: Phoenix

Lakecia Benjamin | Sonia Sanchez | Orange Rodriguez Anastassiya Petrova | Angela Davis | EJ Strickland | Ivan Taylor | Jahmal Nichols | Wayne Shorter | Josh Evans | Victor Gould

Editor's Choice

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Star of last year's orchestral tribute to Charles Mingus at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Lakecia Benjamin has proved herself capable...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2023

Review of Julie Campiche Quartet: You Matter

Julie Campiche Quartet: You Matter

Leo Fumagalli | Julie Campiche | Clemens Kuratle | Manu Hagmann

Enja

Rating: ★★★★

Julie Campiche's Quartet was an unexpected highlight of the entirely ‘remote’, live-streamed London Jazz Festival of 2020, with some striking...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2023

Review of Tyshawn Sorey Trio +1 with Greg Osby: The Off-Off Broadway Guide To Synergism

Tyshawn Sorey Trio +1 with Greg Osby: The Off-Off Broadway Guide To Synergism

Aaron Diehl | Tyshawn Sorey | Greg Osby | Russell Hall

Pi Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Two offs might make an on… or alternatively, it could be twice as off. Which means music that is doubly...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2023

Review of Jason Rebello and Tim Garland: Life to Life

Jason Rebello and Tim Garland: Life to Life

Tim Garland | Jason Rebello

Editor's Choice

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Exceptionally well-conceived and flawlessly executed, Garland and Rebello have come up with nine original compositions between them, plus the folk...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2023

Review of Digby Fairweather: Notes From A Jazz Life Volume 3

Digby Fairweather: Notes From A Jazz Life Volume 3

Digby Fairweather-Danny Moss Quintet | Dave Shepherd's Dixielanders | Lennie Hastings | Lennie Hastings Quartet | Stan Barker | Keith Ingham | Susannah McCorkle | Denny Wright | M&B Jam Session | Digby Fairweather

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★

Volumes One and Two were reviewed in Jazzwise 251 and 269. Rather than re-visit those texts, let's look again at...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2023

Review of Album Interview: Soweto Kinch/LSO: White Juju

Album Interview: Soweto Kinch/LSO: White Juju

Lee Reynolds | Gregory Hutchinson | Soweto Kinch | Rick Simpson | the London Symphony Orchestra | Nick Jurd

LSO Live

Rating: ★★★★

With 2019's The Black Peril, saxophonist, rapper, composer and former history student Soweto Kinch further stretched the list of cultural...

Reviewed by John Fordam in issue: February/2023

Review of Billy Pod: Quintessence

Billy Pod: Quintessence

Mirko Scarcia | Rupert Cox | Tom Ollendorf | Vasileios Podaras AKA Billy Pod

Puzzlumusik

Rating: ★★★

In a somewhat career limiting move, Vasileios Podaras (Billy Pod to his London chums) rocked up in the UK just...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2023

Review of Sebastian Rochford: A Short Diary

Sebastian Rochford: A Short Diary

Kit Downes | Sebastian Rochford

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Track titles seem to be merely an afterthought for a lot of jazz musicians. It's not so often within the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2023

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