Reviews
Trevor Watts: The Lantern Tree
Trevor Watts doth bestride the saxophone like a colossus and has done so these past four score years and five....
Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: March/2025
Billie Holiday: Travelin’ Light: Classic Recordings 1939-1951
Compiler Tony Rounce’s 25-track selection represents what he says is ‘a splendid overview of the best of 1940s (and early...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2025
The Exu
Dave Kane | Emil Karlsen | James Mainwaring
The final track on this new trio’s impressive debut is dedicated to saxophonist Tim Berne, which gives a pretty good...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2025
Scott Hamilton: Looking Back
Kristian Leth | Hans Backenroth | Scott Hamilton | Jan Lundgren
Over the past decade, US tenorist Hamilton, now based in Italy, has established a fruitful rapport with these experienced Copenhagen-based...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2025
Mari Kvien Brunvoll & Stein Urheim with Moskus: Barefoot In Bryophyte
Anja Lauvdal | Fredrik Luhr Dietrichson | Hans Hulbækmo | Stein Urheim | Mari Kvien Brunvoll
Norway’s much remarked, now venerable declaration of folk-based jazz independence blooms into blissful new dimensions with this first collaboration between...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2025
Okonski: Entrance Music
Steve Okonski | Aaron Frazer | Michael Montgomery
There’s a charm to Okonski’s stripped-down performances that hides vivid composition and knowing arrangements. Andrew Hill fans may find an...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2025
Yazz Ahmed: A Paradise in the Hold
British-Bahraini trumpeter Yazz Ahmed has long used her dual cultural heritage as inspiration for her music. Since 2011’s confident debut,...
Reviewed by Ammar Kalia in issue: March/2025
Brian Molley Quartet and the Asin Langa Ensemble: Journeys
Zakir Hussein, L Shankar and John McLaughlin set a high bar for Indo-jazz fusion with their compelling Shakti project. But...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2025
Bessie Smith: 1925-1926 The Early Electric Recordings
Forever known as the ‘The Empress of the Blues’, and titled ‘the greatest blues singer in the world’ by singer...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2025
Jazz Sabbath: The 1968 Tapes
Milton Keanes | Jacque T’fono | Juan Také
If you’re going to make a musical joke, it had better be a good 'un. Jazz Sabbath's first, self-titled album...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2025
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