Reviews
Brian Charette: Jackpot
Ed Cherry | Bill Stewart | Brian Charette | Corey Weeds
Charette is an intriguing Hammond man. In recent years he’s mixed strings and electronics with the gruffer soul of the...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2022
Snarky Puppy: Empire Central
By digging into their earliest influences, is the Texas-born, New York-raised fusion collective chasing its tail? Maybe not; an album...
Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: September/2022
Ronnie Foster: Reboot
Reboot couldn’t be more aptly named, as it marks Foster’s Blue Note return some fifty years after his debut Two...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2022
David Forman: Like A Rainbow
David Forman is a remarkable autodidact, now in his nineties, who for five decades was a full-time Brighton dentist and...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2022
Joe Webb: Summer Chill
Alex Haines | Kitty Liv Durham | Will Sach | Jas Kayser | Fraser Smith | Joe Webb | João Caetano
The title says it all. This is an album designed to conjure up a relaxed, sunny atmosphere, which pianist/leader Joe...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2022
Gonzalo Rubalcaba/Aymée Nuviola: Live At Marciac
Gonzalo Rubalcaba | Aymée Nuviola
From a European tour during one of the many relaxations of pandemic restrictions, this was apparently the first extended opportunity...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2022
Oliver Lake: Impala
Oliver Lake | Brandon Ross | Pheeroan ak Laff | Geri Allenn | Santi Debriano | Gene Lake
When Oliver Lake formed the World Saxophone Quartet in 1977, it enjoyed remarkable success for a so-called avant garde group....
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2022
Oren Ambarchi/Johan Berthling/Andreas Werliin: Ghosted
Oren Ambarchi | Andreas Werliin | Johan Berthling | Christer Bothén
Australian polymath Oren Ambarchi added guitar to the 2012 album, In The Mouth – A Hand, by Swedish trio, Fire!...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2022
Robocobra Quartet: Living Isn't Easy
Ryan Burrowes | Nathan Rodgers | Peter Howard | Thibault Barillon | Chris W Ryan | Tom Tabori
Robocobra Quartet aren’t a quartet: they’re a punky new wave sextet from Belfast mixing up twitchy grooves, crunchy rock drums,...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: August/2022
The Cookers Quintet: The Path
Joe Poole | Bernie Senensky | Tim Hamel | Alex Coleman | Ryan Oliver
This is an all-Canadian quintet with veteran pianist Senensky the best-known name. Given their chosen monicker, it’s no surprise that...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2022
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