Reviews
Alexi Tuomarila: Departing the Wasteland
Finnish pianist/composer Alexi Tuomarila’s European reputation has been growing steadily for 20 years, for a scalding improv virtuosity hitched to...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2025
Peter Evans: Extra
Peter Evans | Jim Black | Petter Eldh
New York veteran Peter Evans’ live solo trumpet marathons crackle with energy, clambering to reckless high notes, amplifying and hammering,...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: February/2025
Ese & The Vooduu People: Is This Jazz?
So, is it jazz? Gershwin’s ‘Summertime’ is on Is This Jazz?, and George Benson’s ‘On Broadway’ too. But never have...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: February/2025
Peter Somuah: Highlife
Peter Somuah is a Ghanaian trumpeter and bandleader based in the Netherlands, who grew up in Accra playing in highlife...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: February/2025
Dave Holland & Lionel Loueke: United Vol 1
Bass legend Dave Holland recalls that the spark for this beautiful dialogue with the Benin-born guitarist/vocalist Lionel Loueke sprang from...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2025
Clark Terry Quartet with Thelonious Monk: In Orbit
Philly Joe Jones | Sam Jones | Thelonious Monk | Clark Terry
Clark Terry is one of jazz’s more underrated and under-documented front-rank trumpeters, so it was refreshing to see Mark ‘Banger...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2025
Finn Carter: Hymn For My Dad
Kaidi Akinnibi | Joe MacLaren | Finn Carter | Morgan Simpson
Finn Carter is much in demand as a sideman for a lot of very prominent contemporary acts whose names never...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: February/2025
Hungry Ghosts: Segaki
Paal Nilssen-Love | Yong Yandsen | Christian Meaas Svensen
Yong Yandsen is a Malaysian tenor saxophonist who, among other things, has collaborated with the Norwegian rhythm section of bassist...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2025
Pierrick Pédron: The Shape Of Jazz To Come (Something Else)
Thomas Bramerie | Pierrick Pédron | Elie Martin-Charriere | Carl-Henri Morriset
Having distinguished himself through several acclaimed releases as leader and duo partner to Cuban piano legend Gonzalo Rubalcaba, French alto...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2025
Gato Barbieri: Standards Lost and Found
Giovanni Tommsso | Pepito Pignatelli | Gato Barbieri | Franco D’Andrea
Italian label Red Records is building a formidable catalogue of hidden gems. The early career of Argentine saxophonist Gato Barbieri...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2025
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