Reviews
Faye Patton: Soul Retrieval
Ryan Pope | Lorenzo Bassignani | Tony Kofi | Faye Patton | Vicky Flint | Ian Newton-Grant
A personable, hard-working figure on East London’s thriving jazz scene, Faye Patton returns here with her fourth album, which not...
Reviewed by Jon Clay in issue: July/2022
Cab Calloway: All The Hits and More 1930-56
Compiling a collection on the basis of ‘hits’, using the post-1936 Billboard ‘Hit Parade’ (and similar unofficial charts) and then...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2022
Trombone Shorty: Lifted
This new 10-track album from the New Orleans multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Trombone Shorty is his first in five years, the...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2022
High Pulp: Pursuit of Ends
Synths, synths and more synths – and 1970s synths too… I’m liking this!Those were my first thoughts when listening to...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: July/2022
Compass: Compass Rises
Al Colone | Tom Ives | Ken Parmele | Rick Lawn | Joel Chace
Rare or obscure, and fetching stratospheric prices among crate-diggers, has never been a guarantee of musical merit. However, I’m happy...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: July/2022
Opus 5: Swing on This
Boris Kozlov | Alex Sipiagin | David Kikoski | Donald Edwards | Seamus Blake
The co-operative modern jazz quintet Opus 5’s articulate solos, ensemble discipline and consistent rhythmic pulse has roots in the legacy...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2022
Yarni: Pigna
Yarni is a Sheffield-based producer, arranger and ensemble leader beloved of the dancefloor-leaning jazz world and such electronic icons as...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2022
Espen Berg Trio: Fjaere
This Norwegian pianist has been involved with significant figures on the local scene such as Marius Neset, and has also...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2022
Peter Brötzmann/Fred van Hove/Han Bennink: Jazz In Der Kammer Nr.71
Han Bennink | Fred van Hove | Peter Brötzmann | Fred Van Hove
The trio of iconic (West) German tenor-slinger, Peter Brötzmann, Dutch drummer Han Bennink and Belgian pianist Fred van Hove evolved...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2022
Chris Coull/Sara Oschlag Quintet: Just One Of Those Things
Dan Sheppard | Darren Beckett | Sara Oschlag | Mark Edwards | Chris Coull
This nine-track album from the Chris Coull/Sara Oschlag quintet features an impressively varied song list which profitably dips into Carmen...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2022
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