Reviews
Chad Fowler/Mathew Shipp: Old Stories
According to Fowler, a specialist on the relatively rare saxello, there was very little discussion between himself and pianist Shipp...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2022
Steve Davis: Bluesthetic
Christian McBride | Geoff Keezer | Peter Bernstein | Steve Nelson | Willie Jones III | Steve Davis
It’s 24 years since trombonist Steve Davis last recorded with the front line of Steve Nelson and Peter Bernstein, on...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2022
John Dikeman/Pat Thomas/John Edwards/Steve Noble: Volume 1
John Dikeman | Steve Noble | John Edwards | Pat Thomas
When discussing high-calibre improvisation, much is often made of the seemingly telepathic connections between musicians co-creating in the moment.But few...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2022
Christian McBride: The Q Sessions
Eric Harland | Christian McBride | Mike Stern | Marcus Strickland
Described as an EP (though it’s hardly shorter than some old-fashioned LPs), this set was originally set up as an...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2022
Espen Eriksen Trio ft Andy Sheppard: In the Mountains
Lars Tormod | Espen Eriksen | Andy Sheppard | Andreas Bye
Eriksen followed pianists Tord Gustavsen and Helge Lien into Silje Nergaard’s band. One of Scandinavia’s top jazz singers, she is...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2022
Martha D Lewis: All That You See
UK-Cypriot singer and songwriter Martha D Lewis stands out from the ‘female jazz vocalist’ crowd for two reasons: one is...
Reviewed by Jon Clay in issue: June/2022
Brandon Seabrook/Cooper-Moore/Gerald Cleaver: In The Swarm
Cooper-Moore | Gerald Cleaver | Brandon Seabrook
With electictic instrumentation including a banjo and a diddley-bow (the primitive one-string contraption that sat at the heart of early...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2022
Bass Desires: The Sound of Summer Running
Marc Johnson | Bill Frisell | Joey Baron | Pat Metheny
Marc Johnson had already made two Bass Desires albums on the ECM label when he was signed by Verve. On...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2022
Nina Simone: Little Girl Blue
Jimmy Bond | Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath | Nina Simone
Although she died in 2003, Nina Simone has been screwed over again, this time posthumously, with the release of this...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2022
Alune Wade: Sultan
“I have never stopped reading,” explains France-based Senegalese singer, composer and bass virtuoso Alune Wade of the rich sources and...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2022
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