Reviews
Pierrick Pédron: Kubic's Monk
Thomas Bramerie | Pierrick Pédron | Ambrose Akinmusire | Frank Agulhon
Yes, I know. Yet another Monk tribute album. Actually, this one is very good, but do let's have a moratorium...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2012/2013
Nils Landgren: The Moon, The Stars and You/Collector's Edition
The original CD release of Landgren's meditations about all things moony, starry and generally heavenly was a spanglesome treat. Now...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2012/2013
Yaron Herman: Alter Ego
Ziv Ravitz | Emile Parisien | Logan Richardson | Stephane Kerecki | Yaron Herman
Judging by his sleeve notes for this fourth album, and his second for Siggi Loch's ACT following Follow The White...
Reviewed in issue November/2012
Wolfgang Haffner: Heart of the Matter
Heart of the Matter is a logical continuum of Shapes and Round Silence in its use of subtle electronic tone...
Reviewed in issue November/2012
Jessica Pilnäs: Norma Deloris Egstrom: A Tribute To Peggy Lee
Mattias Ståhl | Jessica Pilnäs | Karl Olandersson | Fredrik Jonsson | Fleshquartet
The uniqueness of this terrific second CD from Swedish vocalist Jessica Pilnäs, a homage to the singer and songwriter Peggy...
Reviewed in issue October/2012
Album Interview: Bugge Wesseltoft & Henning Kraggerud: Last Spring
Henning Kraggerud | Bugge Wesseltoft
Although most of Wesseltoft's work has been released by his own Jazzland label, including his hugely influential New Conception of...
Reviewed in issue September/2012
Adam Bałdych and the Baltic Gang: Imaginary Room
Jacob Karlzon | Verneri Pohjola | Morten Lund | Marius Neset | Lars Danielsson | Adam Baldych
It says a lot for the development of European jazz that a genuine ‘all-star’ band can be assembled from the...
Reviewed in issue August/2012
Various artists: The Jubilee Years: 20 Magic Years
Some choice cuts here from the ACT vaults, and a reminder of the wide range of jazz produced by this...
Reviewed in issue May/2012
JBBG – Jazz Big Band Graz: Urban Folktales
It is fair to say that few jazz labels in the last two decades have championed the cause of big...
Reviewed in issue May/2012
EST: 301
Esbjörn Svensson | Magnus Öström | Dan Berglund
Is this some of the finest moments from EST? Quite probably the verdict visited by posterity will be yes, as...
Reviewed in issue April/2012
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