Reviews
Dai Fujikura/Jan Bang: The Bowmaker
Fujikura and Bang create sound worlds at once enigmatic yet strangely certain. ‘Nearly Invisible’, so appropriately titled, could be an...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2022
Enrico Rava/Fred Hersch: The Song Is You
Enrico Rava has a particular affinity for working in duo with pianists, his notable previous collaborators including Stefano Bollani and...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2022
Max Roach: Members, Don’t Git Weary
Andy Bey | Charles Tolliver | Max Roach | Stanley Cowell | Gary Bartz | Jimmy Merritt
Almost a decade after recording the 1959 masterpiece We Insist! Freedom Now Suite, a landmark in modern-day socially conscious music,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2022
Andrew McCormack Trio: Terra Firma
Rod Youngs | Andrew McCormack | Joe Downard
Since his award-winning 2006 debut Telescope, Andrew McCormack's piano trio recordings have curiously been thin on the ground. The pianist–composer...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2022
David Sylvian: Blemish
David Sylvian's journey from pretty pop idol to the outer reaches of the avant-garde is equalled by few other musicians:...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2022
Dameronia's Legacy All-Stars: Live at Audi Forum Ingolstadt
Dameronia was a 1980s all-star group dedicated to the performance of music by Tadd Dameron, and led, initially, by drummer...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2022
Elan Mehler Trio: There Is A Dance
Francisco Mela | Elan Mehler | Tony Scherr
Elan Mehler was discovered by Gilles Peterson in 2007 and went on to release three albums for Peterson's Brownswood imprint:...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: October/2022
Helge Lien and Knut Hem: Villingsberg
Self-producing your own album can be a bit like being let loose in the chocolate factory. But once inside, which...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2022
Jason Palmer: Con Alma
Kendrick Scott | Leo Genevese | Jason Palmer | Joe Martin
Jason Palmer's spiky tone and long angular lines are rooted in the lyrical, harmonically sophisticated trumpet tradition of Booker Little.Original...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2022
Keith Jarrett: Bordeaux Concert
From the man who probably singlehandedly put the totally improvised solo piano recital on the map in the 1970s and...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2022
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