Reviews

Review of Nucleus: Live at the BBC

Nucleus: Live at the BBC

Allan Holdsworth | John Taylor | Jeff Clyne | Ian Carr | Roy Babbington | Karl Jenkins | Nic France | Chris Spedding | Charlie Mariano | John Marshall

Editor's Choice

Repertoire REPUK1410

Rating: ★★★★

The 14-CD boxed set of Barbara Thompson at the BBC that the Repertoire label produced in 2020 looked like a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2022

Review of Matthew Bourne/Emil Karlsen: The Embalmer

Matthew Bourne/Emil Karlsen: The Embalmer

Emil Karlsen | Matthew Bourne

Relative Pitch RPR 1139

Rating: ★★★

Emil Karlsen is a young Norwegian drummer currently based in the UK who is making a name for himself on...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2022

Review of Indo Jazz Fusions with Larry Adler

Indo Jazz Fusions with Larry Adler

Jeff Clyne | John Marshall | Larry Adler | Clem Alford | Keshav Sathe | John Mayer | Stan Sulzmann | Jim Moyse

British Progressive Jazz

Rating: ★★★

Brought to us by part of the team who masterminded the excellent Jazz In Britain label, British Progressive Jazz is...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2022

Review of Jim Hall: It’s Nice To Be With You – Live in Berlin

Jim Hall: It’s Nice To Be With You – Live in Berlin

Jimmy Woode | Daniel Humair | Jim Hall

MPS 0216969MSW

Rating: ★★★

Hall and family were in Berlin on holiday but Joachim Berendt made sure to record the guitarist, having first observed...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2022

Review of John Dankworth Orchestra: Composition With Colour: Live 1971

John Dankworth Orchestra: Composition With Colour: Live 1971

John Dankworth | Bruce Graham | Don Fay | Tony Cook | Chris Spedding | Henry Lowther | David Horler | John Jenkins | Mike Gibbs | Duncan Lamont

British Progressive Jazz

Rating: ★★★

Brought to us by part of the team who masterminded the excellent Jazz In Britain label, British Progressive Jazz is...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2022

Review of Miles Okazaki: Thisness

Miles Okazaki: Thisness

Miles Okazaki | Sean Rickman | Matt Mitchell | Anthony Tidd

Pi Recordings 193

Rating: ★★★★

A longstanding sideman to Steve Coleman, guitarist-composer Miles Okazaki has been steadily building an impressive discography as an artist in...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2022

Review of Ebi Soda: Honk If You’re Sad

Ebi Soda: Honk If You’re Sad

Yazz Ahmed | Dan Gray | Deji Ijishakin | Hari-Lee Evans | Conor Knight | Louis Jenkins | VVilhelm | Sam Schlich Davies

Tru Thoughts TRU424

Rating: ★★★

Youthful Brightonian quartet Ebi Soda bring some of the character of the bohos’ favourite coastal town into their take on...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: April/2022

Review of Matt Slocum: With Love and Sadness

Matt Slocum: With Love and Sadness

Walter Smith III | Matt Slocum | Taylor Eigsti | Larry Grenadier

Sunnyside SSC 1648

Rating: ★★★★

Drummer Matt Slocum’s second album for the Sunnyside label is a beautifully crafted seven-part Suite, inspired by his reflections on...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: April/2022

Review of Zela Margossian Quintet: The Road

Zela Margossian Quintet: The Road

Jacques Emery | Alexander Inman-Hislop | Zela Margossian | Adem Yilmaz | Stuart Vandegraff

Ropeadope RAD641

Rating: ★★★★

This is Margossian’s second album, following on from her critically acclaimed debut Transition from 2018. There has been just one...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2022

Review of Danilo Pérez ft. The Global Messengers: Crisálida

Danilo Pérez ft. The Global Messengers: Crisálida

Faris Ishaq | Layth Sidiq | Kalesema | Farayi | Eirini Tornesaki | Roman Diaz | Tareq Rantisi | Danilo Pérez | Vasilis Kostas | Naseem Alatrash

Editor's Choice

Mack Avenue MAC1178

Rating: ★★★★

Pérez draws on his strong social conscience in creating Crisálida (meaning chrysalis). From the safe confines of a nurturing cocoon,...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: April/2022

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