Reviews

Review of McCoy Tyner/Freddie Hubbard Quartet: Like at Fabrik

McCoy Tyner/Freddie Hubbard Quartet: Like at Fabrik

Louis Hayes | Avery Sharpe | Freddie Hubbard | McCoy Tyner

Editor's Choice

NDR Kultur 077100

Rating: ★★★★

This major musical gem just dropped from the vaults of the German radio station NDR and deserves all the brouhaha...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2022

Review of Emma Rawicz: Incantation

Emma Rawicz: Incantation

Ant Law | Emma Rawicz | Finn Genockey | Scottie Thompson | Hugo Piper

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

Saxophonist and flautist Emma Rawicz was 19 at the time this music was recorded last year, but it doesn't take...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2022

Review of Chet Baker Trio: Live in Paris: The Radio France Recordings 1983-1984

Chet Baker Trio: Live in Paris: The Radio France Recordings 1983-1984

Riccardo Del Fra | Chet Baker | Michel Graillier | Dominique Lemerle

Elemental Music 5990442

Rating: ★★

When the Baker trio launches into ‘There Will Never Be Another You’ at the start of this beautifully-produced set from...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2022

Review of John Scofield

John Scofield

John Scofield

Editor's Choice

ECM 2727

Rating: ★★★★

It’s been noted by wiser men than I that for some artists, a Rollins or a Mingus, the gap between...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2022

Review of Tord Gustavsen Trio: Opening

Tord Gustavsen Trio: Opening

Steinar Raknes | Jarle Vespestad | Tord Gustavsen

Editor's Choice

ECM Records ECM 2742

Rating: ★★★★

This latest trio offering from Tord Gustavsen, which welcomes bassist Steinar Raknes into the fold, vibrates between the introspective and...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2022

Review of Baden Powell: Images On Guitar

Baden Powell: Images On Guitar

Joaquim Paes Henriques | Alfredo Bessa | Baden Powell | Janine de Waleyne | Ernesto Gonsalves

MPS 0211343MSW

Rating: ★★★

Yet another treasure from the recently-reopened MPS vaults, this 1973-released ‘live in the studio’ gem is an excellent showcase for...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2022

Review of Barre Phillips: Basse Barre

Barre Phillips: Basse Barre

Barre Phillips

Futura Marge Futura Ger 15

Rating: ★★★★

While the world of jazz was standing on the verge of getting its electric thang on in the late 1960s,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2022

Review of Springtime: Night Raver

Springtime: Night Raver

Jim White | Gareth Liddiard | Dan Luscombe | Chris Abrahams

Joyful Noise JNR409

Rating: ★★★★

The second release from hot- off-the-ranks Australian power trio Springtime is some wild flowering: a demented torrent of sound within...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2022

Review of The OGJB Quartet: Ode To O

The OGJB Quartet: Ode To O

Graham Haynes | Oliver Lake | Joe Fonda | Barry Altschul

TUM TUMCD058

Rating: ★★★

There’s no doubting the credentials of these four éminences grises who, between them, have worked with major avant-gardists including Anthony...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2022

Review of Ben Marc: Glass Effect

Ben Marc: Glass Effect

Joshua Idehen | Midnight Roban | Ben Marc | Marius Alessia | Jason Yarde | Sam Jones | Ed Riches | Judi Jackson

Editor's Choice

Innovative Leisure IL2086

Rating: ★★★★

Ben Marc is a bassist, electronic producer and composer and the nom de plume of Neil Charles: a graduate of...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2022

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