Reviews
Fergus McCreadie: Forest Floor
David Bowden | Fergus McCreadie | Stephen Henderson
You’ll recall that McCreadie came second to Xhosa Cole in that BBC Young Jazz Musician contest, way back before the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2022
Cleveland Watkiss: The Great Jamaican Songbook Vol.1
One of our greatest jazz singers has never denied his reggae origins, and this celebration of killer roots and lovers'...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2022
The Pucciarelli Group: Uplift
Giusseppe Pucciarelli | Aldo Capasso | Ergio Valente | Marco Gagliano
Italian guitarist Giuseppe Pucciarelli is a name unfamiliar to me up until now, and on the evidence of Uplift, his...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2022
Oded Tzur: Isabela
Johnathan Blake | Petros Klampanis | Nitai Hershkovits | Oded Tzur
This is a bewitching session from the unique Tel Aviv-born improviser and composer Oded Tzur – a performer with a...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2022
Tomas Fujiwara’s Triple Double: March
Brandon Seabrook | Mary Halvorson | Tomas Fujiwara | Ralph Alessi | Gerald Cleaver | Taylor Ho Bynum
When drummer, composer and bandleader Tomas Fujiwara issued the first Triple Double recording in 2017, the ensemble configuration elicited as...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2022
Chris Laurence: Ken Wheeler: Some Gnu Ones
And now for the good gnus! Here’s three songs specifically written for the deep toned double bass of Chris Laurence...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2022
Pat Matshikiza & Kippie Moeketsi: Tshona!
In the past few years the Canadian label We Are Busy Bodies has staked a strong claim to be a...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2022
Luke Stewart’s Silt Trio: The Bottom
Chad Taylor | Luke Stewart | Brian Settles
Washington DC-based bassist Luke Stewart has already amassed a wildly eclectic discography that touches on post-rock, noise, art-punk and more....
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2022
Lisa Hilton: Life Is Beautiful
Rudy Royston | Lisa Hilton | Luques Curtis
‘Despite the masks and other challenges, musicians need to create music.’ West Coast pianist, composer, bandleader and producer Lisa Hilton...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2022
John Carter: Castles of Ghana
John Carter was born in Fort Worth, Texas, just six months before his friend, Ornette Coleman. A prodigy, he graduated...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2022
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