Reviews

Review of Wollesen Ferm: Heart in Hand

Wollesen Ferm: Heart in Hand

Rune Kjeldsen | Anders Christensen | Ned Ferm | Kenny Wollesen

Stunt

Rating: ★★

Wollesen and Ferm are American but rooted in Copenhagen and active in the scene there. Their debut as co-leaders on...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2023

Review of The Banger Factory: Warriors

The Banger Factory: Warriors

Luca Caruso | Deschanel Gordon | Ruben Fox | Mark Kavuma | Theo Erskine | Conor Chaplin

Banger Factory Records

Rating: ★★★

Mark Kavuma's close articulation, razor-sharp timing and soulful tone put him firmly in the lineage of legendary trumpeter Lee Morgan....

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2023

Review of Village of the Sun: First Light

Village of the Sun: First Light

Simon Ratcliffe | Moses Boyd | Binker Golding

Gearbox Records

Rating: ★★★

London duo Binker & Moses aren’t really the type to sit still. Last year's excellent album Feeding the Machine, their...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: February/2023

Review of Sunking: Smug

Sunking: Smug

Cole Schuster | Alex Dyring | Bobby Granfelt | Donnie Sujack | Alex Dugdale | Antoine Marte

Anti Records

Rating: ★★★★

A side project from Granfelt and Marte, best-known for leading the Seattle-based retro futurist collective High Pulp (see Jazzwise 275),...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2023

Review of Robert Mitchell True Think: Hold The Light/The New Resistance

Robert Mitchell True Think: Hold The Light/The New Resistance

Saleem Raman | Alice Mitchell | Tom Mason | Omar | Xan Blacq | Gillian | Carleen Anderson | Gordon Wedderburn | Deborah Jordan | Yelfris Valdes

Depth Of Field

Rating: ★★★

There has always been a strong socially– conscious element in the music of Robert Mitchell and on this multi-layered, ambitious...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Review of Hedvig Mollestad & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Maternity Beat

Hedvig Mollestad & Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Maternity Beat

Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen | Ellen Brekken | Ståle Storløkken | Martin Myhre Olsen | Trine Knutsen | Torstein Lofthus | Mae Elise Solberg | Erlend Skomsvoll | Adrian Loseth Waade | Thomas Johansson

Editor's Choice

Rune Grammofon RCD/LP

Rating: ★★★★

Mollestad's great gift is to use music to give voice to those who have had their own taken from them....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Review of Sonido Solar: Eddie Palmieri Presents Sonido Solar

Sonido Solar: Eddie Palmieri Presents Sonido Solar

plus Jeremy Powell | Reinaldo DeJesus | Joe Fiedler | Luques Curtis | Zaccai Curtis | Camilo Molina | Jonathan Powell | Marcos López | Louis Fouché | Eddie Palmieri

Truth Revolution Recording Collective

Rating: ★★★★

“The young musicians that are on this record have given me the fortitude to write and play piano at another...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Review of Matters Unknown: We Aren't Just

Matters Unknown: We Aren't Just

Matt Davies | Lyle Barton | Rosie Turton | Alec Hewes | Jonny Enser | Jansen Santana | Mohamed Gueye | Nick Richards | Olivia Bhattacharjee | Viva Msimang

New Soil/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

Multi-instrumentalist Jonny Enser (aka MatterS Unknown) is best known for contributing to afro-funk group Nubiyan Twist's trademark, horn-heavy sound. We...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Review of Chick Corea: The Montreux Years

Chick Corea: The Montreux Years

Chick Corea Freedom Band | Chick Corea Quartet | Chick Corea New Trio | Chick Corea | Chick Corea Akoustic Band | Chick Corea and The Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra | Chick Corea Elektric Band

BMG

Rating: ★★★★

When Chick Corea's long and productive career was ended in February 2021, he left behind a recorded legacy that the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Review of Steve Turre: Generations

Steve Turre: Generations

Ed Cherry | Karl Wright | Buster Williams | Lenny White | Trevor Watkis | Andy Bassford | Derrick Barnett | Steve Turre | Corcoran Holt | Isaiah J. Thompson

Smoke Sessions

Rating: ★★★

Trombonist Turre is heard here with some younger players, one of whom is his son Orion, the idea being to...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

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