Reviews

Review of Szun Waves: Earth Patterns

Szun Waves: Earth Patterns

Laurence Pike | Luke Abbott | Jack Wylie

The Leaf Label

Rating: ★★★

Szun Waves’ sense of cosmic spirituality loosely compares to The Comet Is Coming, with the latter’s rave apocalypse replaced by...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: September/2022

Review of Azymuth: Telecommunication

Azymuth: Telecommunication

Ivan Conti | Helio Delmiro | Aleuda and Cidinho | Jose Roberto Bertrami | Alex Malheiros

Milestone/Jazz Dispensary

Rating: ★★★★

While America was at the cutting edge of electric fusion, Brazil made a sizeable contribution to the sub-genre by way...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2022

Review of Julian Lage: View With a Room

Julian Lage: View With a Room

Bill Frisell | Dave King | Julian Lage | Jorge Roeder

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Following closely on the heels of last year's Blue Note debut, Squint, View With A Room offers a change of...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2022

Review of Billy Drummond & Freedom of Ideas: Valse Sinestre

Billy Drummond & Freedom of Ideas: Valse Sinestre

Dezron Douglas | Dayna Stephens | Micah Thomas | Billy Drummond

Editor's Choice

Cellar Music Group

Rating: ★★★★

Billy Drummond last released an album under his own name on the Criss Cross label in 1996 – Dubai featured...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2022

Review of Sammy Davis Jr: The Singles Collection 1949-62

Sammy Davis Jr: The Singles Collection 1949-62

Carmen McRae | Gary Crosby | Dean Martin | Frank Sinatra | Sammy Davis Jr

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★

Stage and screen actor, author, comedian, dancer and skilled multi-instrumentalist, Sammy Davis Jr. also possessed a remarkable voice, blessed with...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2022

Review of Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese and Esperanza Spalding: Live at the Detroit Festival

Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese and Esperanza Spalding: Live at the Detroit Festival

Esperanza Spalding | Terri Lyne Carrington | Wayne Shorter | Leo Genovese

Candid

Rating: ★★★

This band came together for this one-off concert at the Detroit Jazz Festival in 2017, and the opening track, ‘Someplace...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2022

Review of Bagman: Bagman Live at Cafe OTO

Bagman: Bagman Live at Cafe OTO

Pat Thomas | Sture Ericson | Raymond Strid

577 Records

Rating: ★★★

Pat Thomas needs little introduction these days as one of the most fiercely inventive and consistently challenging pianists in European...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2022

Review of Deadeye

Deadeye

Jonas Burgwinkel | Kit Downes | Reinier Baas

Dox Records

Rating: ★★★★

Downes has increasingly drawn upon his youthful organ studies which has led to some remarkable projects, be it, among others,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2022

Review of Ethan Philion: Meditations On Mingus

Ethan Philion: Meditations On Mingus

Russ Johnson | Max Bessesen | Brendan Whalen | Geof Bradfield | Alexis Lombre | Norman Palm | Dana Hall | Rajiv Halim | Ethan Philion | Victor Garcia

Editor's Choice

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★★

There’s a lot of good intention and successful realisation here, so don’t be put off by a transcription howler in...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2022

Review of Geoff Eales: Love Sacred and Profane

Geoff Eales: Love Sacred and Profane

Jackie Hicks | Sophie Alloway | Matt Ridley | Jason Yarde | Brenda Ford | Brigitte Beraha | Shirley Smart | Geoff Eales | Mark Lockheart | Ben Waghorn

Editor's Choice

33Records

Rating: ★★★★

You have to love Geoff Eales, not simply for his fabulous keys and compositional skills but the utter passion of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2022

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