Reviews
Mary Halvorson: Amaryllis/Belladonna
A new label and a flowering of new material from the ever-fecund Halvorson. There are actually two different albums which...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2022
Emily Francis Trio: Luma
Emily Francis | Jamie Murray | Trevor Boxall
It’s been a while since the Emily Francis Trio’s debut The Absent (2015), and Luma’s leap forward illustrates the ever-morphing...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2022
Trish Clowes: A View With A Room
James Maddren | Trish Clowes | Chris Montague | Ross Stanley
Hopefully, one of the last releases – although certainly one of the best – born from the disaster that was...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2022
Curtis Fuller Quintet: Blues-ette
Here’s Fuller in his 1950s heyday when he seemed to be perpetually in the New York studios cutting albums for...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2022
Dinah Washington: The Swingin’ Miss D
It’s no surprise that the combination of Washington and Jones seemed a good idea at the time, or that this...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2022
Wolfgang Haffner Dream Band: Live in Concert
German drummer Haffner (born 1965) is a regular on ACT and put this band of his ‘favourite artists’ together for...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2022
Brian Jackson: This Is Brian Jackson
The strong affirmation of the title can be taken a number of ways. Here is the work of an immensely...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2022
Soft Machine: Facelift France and Holland
Mike Ratledge | Hugh Hopper | Elton Dean | Robert Wyatt | Lyn Dobson
Phew, not so much a release, as event that will have Softs fans drooling. There are over two hours of...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2022
Alternative Guitar Summit: Honoring Pat Martino Vol 1
No fewer than 14 guitarists and three rhythm sections make up the Alternative Guitar Summit – an annual live event...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2022
Doudou Gouirand: Voices For Peace
Doudou Gouirand | Joël Allouche | Jean-Sébastien Simonoviev
Octogenarian French saxophonist and composer Gerard ‘Doudou’ Gouirand has played and recorded with many jazz greats across the decades: his...
Reviewed by Jon Clay in issue: June/2022
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