Reviews
Cool Sweetness Sextet: Shoehorn Shuffle
Pellie von Bülow | Mårten Lundgren | Ole Skipper | Anders Jacobsen | Aage Tanggard | Jen Sendergaard
Leader/arranger Jacobsen wants his charmingly- titled sextet to replicate the West Coast cool school of the 1950s, and fellow-trombonist Jiggs...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2022
Cecil McBee Sextet: Music From The Source
Don Moye | Steve McCall | Cecil McBee | Dennis Moorman | Chico Freeman | Joe Gordon
Yet another exceptional vinyl reissue from Pure Pleasure, complete with top-notch mastering from Cicely Baston at Air Studios in London...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: April/2022
Michael Weiss: Persistence
Eric Alexander | Pete Van Nostrand | Paul Gill | Michael Weiss
It’s 19 years since Michael Weiss’s last recording, from a time when he seemed to be everywhere, after he won...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2022
Itaru Oki Quartet: Live at Jazz Spot Combo 1975
Itaru Oki | Hozumi Tanaka | Keiki Midorikawa | Yoshiaki Fujikawa
Trumpeter Itaru Oki was a key figure in the Japanese free-jazz scene of the late 1960s/early 70s, collaborating with other...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2022
Quentin Angus: The State Of Things
Can Olgun | Michael Mayo | Quentin Angus | Nate Smith | Desmond White
Jazz musicians have long exercised the right not to make jazz, and Australian guitarist Quentin Angus, previously noted for his...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2022
Estraven: Ignored Advice
Alban Claret | Chris Hyde-Harrison | Matt Parkinson | Duncan Eagles
This debut from bassist Chris Hyde-Harrison’s acoustic quartet is a deceptive beast. Careless listening might find it an oddly mainstream...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: April/2022
Various Artists: Le Coq Records Presents the Jazz Allstars Vol 2
The LA-based Le Coq record label launched last year with a pool of established West Coast musicians. Its first release,...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: April/2022
Robert Glasper Experiment: Black Radio III
The third instalment of Robert Glasper’s Black Radio series picks up from where the pianist-producer left off. He goes back...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2022
Søren Kristiansen/Thomas Fonnesbaek: The Touch: Plays The Music Of OP and NHØP
Thomas Fonnesbæk | Thomas Fonnesbaek | Søren Kristiansen
Perhaps it’s a welcome development that, as well as the repertory movement addressing the repertoire of valued jazz composers such...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2022
Potsa Lotsa XL & Youjin Sung: Gaya
Silke Eberhard’s ensemble Potsa Lotsa continues to push the boundaries. Musical boundaries, of course – of which more in a...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2022
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