Reviews
Tomasz Stańko: December Avenue
David Virelles | Tomasz Stańko | Reuben Rogers | Gerald Cleaver
Listening to the enigmatic Polish trumpet legend Tomasz Stańko is not something to be taken lightly. His mesmerising new album...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Bill Frisell/Thomas Morgan: Small Town
Following the epic thunder of his run out with Cuong Vu, Small Town finds Frisell, that most serial of collaborators,...
Reviewed in issue August/2017
Trio Mediæval & Arve Henriksen: Rímur
Linn Andrea Fuglseth | Anna Maria Friman | Arve Henriksen | Berit Opheim
Time was when it was a sax, but these days there's nothing that says ‘jazz’ quite so clearly as the...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
Benedikt Jahnel Trio: The Invariant
Benedikt Jahnel | Owen Howard | Antonio Miguel
The Invariant might be taken as a neat summation of where the jazz piano trio is at right now –...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
Taylor Haskins: Gnosis
This New York trumpeter's fascination with all things electronica hails initially from hearing Herbie's ‘Rockit’ back in the day, so...
Reviewed in issue October/2017
Julia Hülsmann Trio: Sooner and Later
Marc Muellbauer | Heinrich Köbberling | Julia Hülsmann
Recently Berlin-based pianist Julia Hülsmann applied her skills to the Kurt Weill songbook and associated pieces for a project with...
Reviewed in issue May/2017
John Abercrombie: Up and Coming
Joey Baron | John Abercrombie | Marc Copland | Drew Gress
A typically modest title from an artist now seamlessly entwined with the ECM label. Abercrombie has long eschewed the rock...
Reviewed in issue April/2017
Colin Vallon Trio: Danse
Julian Sartorius | Patrice Moret | Colin Vallon
It may be called Danse, but this is not dance music. Intimate, atmospheric, modestly demanding, it's quintessential ECM music –...
Reviewed in issue April/2017
Ralph Towner: My Foolish Heart
Few guitarists remain as instantly recognisable as Towner, especially on his signature 12-string. A little annoyingly that much underrated instrument...
Reviewed in issue April/2017
Theo Bleckmann: Elegy
John Hollenbeck | Shai Maestro | Chris Tordini | Ben Monder | Theo Bleckmann
Although the German singer may be largely defined by his interesting renditions of the music of anybody from Charles Ives...
Reviewed in issue April/2017
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