Reviews
Espen Berg: The Trondheim Concert
Some artists have a calling, and although Espen Berg has not said as much, he has naturally gravitated towards solo...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2022
Jasmine Myra: Horizons
Jasmine Myra’s debut presents a new generation of spiritual jazz, a resurgent mode always at the heart of Matthew Halsall’s...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: November/2022
The Bad Plus: the bad plus
Dave King | Ben Monder | Reid Anderson | Chris Speed
There is a sense of abandon and creative exuberance on this album, essentially the re-birth of The Bad Plus, in...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2022
Cecil Taylor: The World Of Cecil Taylor
Archie Shepp | Dennis Charles | Cecil Taylor | Buell Neidlinger
In many ways the Candid period was the warm up for Cecil Taylor to become Cecil Taylor on Blue Note....
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2022
The Headhunters: Speakers In The House
God may have made them funky, but The Headhunters may now have one of their cherished number in heaven.It’s hard...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2022
Michel Petrucciani: Solo In Denmark
It hardly seems like 23 years since the demise of Petrucciani, since the uncommon bone-disease that destined him to a...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2022
Sélébéyone: Xaybu: The Unseen
Damion Reid | Steve Lehman | HPrizm | Gaston Bandimic | Maciek Lasserre
Sélébéyone can justifiably lay claim to being one of the world's most original combinations of improvised music, hip-hop, spoken word...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2022
Jakob Bro/Joe Lovano: Once Around The Room: A Tribute To Paul Motian
Apart from being one of the greatest drummers in improvised music, Paul Motian was also a composer who achieved the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2022
Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet: Spirit To All
Joanna Duda | Oskar Török | Wojtek Mazolewski | Marek Pospieszalski | Qba Janicki
Double bassist, composer and bandleader Wojtek Mazolewski is at the vanguard of the resurgence in Polish jazz; 2020’s When Angel’s...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2022
Al Foster: Reflections
Nicholas Payton | Kevin Hays | Al Foster | Vincente Archer | Chris Potter
The highly experienced Foster (born 1944)is a veteran now, and used this session to associate with players from the next...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2022
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