Reviews
Steph Richards with Joshua White: Zephyr
New York-based Canadian trumpeter Steph Richards has worked both in contemporary classical, with the likes of Kronos Quartet, and in...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2022
Satoko Fujii/This Is It!: Mosaic
Natsuki Tamura | Satoko Fujii | Takashi Itani
Throughout the 21st century so far, the brilliant Japanese piano one-off Satoko Fujii has been prolific, creatively consistent, and fearless...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2022
Eva Cassidy: Live at Blues Alley (25th Anniversary Edition)
Raice McLeod | Eva Cassidy | Hilton Felton | Chris Biondo | Keith Grimes
Once heard, Eva Cassidy’s once-in-a generation voice is hard to forget; Bruce Lundvall, who back in the 1990s was the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2022
Splinters: Inclusivity
Phil Seamen | Jeff Clyne | Stan Tracey | Trevor Watts | Kenny Wheeler | John Stevens | Tubby Hayes
One of the most fascinating experimental projects launched during the turmoil of the early 1970s British modern jazz scene was...
Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: February/2022
Wadada Leo Smith Great Lakes Quartet: The Chicago Symphonies
Jack DeJohnette | John Lindberg | Jonathan Haffner | Henry Threadgill | Wadada Leo Smith
As he stated himself in the pages of Jazzwise last year, Wadada Leo Smith’s productivity has only increased amid the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2022
James P Johnson: Carolina Shout
James P has long been called ‘The Father Of Stride Piano’ (as one of the many subtitles of this album...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2022
Jim Snidero: Strings
Strings was first issued on Milestone (MCD 9326 2) two decades ago. Its reappearance now is welcome in that it...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2022
John Edwards/NO Moore/Eddie Prévost/Alan Wilkinson: EMPoWered
Eddie Prévost | John Edwards | NO Moore | Alan Wilkinson
Presented with an album of improvised music containing just two tracks – one 30 minutes long, the other 20 –...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2022
Alvin Queen Trio: Night Train to Copenhagen
Calle Brickman | Alvin Queen | Tobias Dall
Queen, born in the Bronx in 1950, moved to Geneva in Switzerland in 1979. He had worked in the US...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2022
Andrea Motis and WDR Big Band Cologne: Colors and Shadows
WDR Big Band Cologne | Andrea Motis | Mike Mossman
The Spanish trumpeter and singer Andrea Motis was a child prodigy, and one of the stable of young musicians mentored...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2022
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