Reviews

Review of Erroll Garner: Symphony Hall Concert

Erroll Garner: Symphony Hall Concert

Erroll Garner | Kelly Martin | Eddie Calhoun

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★

As well as the comprehensive reissue programme of Garner’s albums for his dedicated imprint Octave Records (see Jazzwise 247, 252...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2021

Review of Dave Liebman Expansions: Selflessness: The Music of John Coltrane

Dave Liebman Expansions: Selflessness: The Music of John Coltrane

Alex Ritz | Bobby Avey | Tony Mariono | Matt Vashlishan | Dave Liebman

Editor's Choice

Dot Time Records

Rating: ★★★★

Liebman first saw John Coltrane live at the age of 15: “Once you see the light, you can never turn...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2021

Review of Joe Farnsworth: City of Sounds

Joe Farnsworth: City of Sounds

Joe Farnsworth | Peter Washington | Kenny Barron

Smoke Sessions SSR 2105

Rating: ★★★★

Drummer-led sessions usually fill me with trepidation; too much percussion can dull the brain, I find. Not so this time....

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2021

Review of Krokofant with Storløkken & Håker Flaten: Fifth

Krokofant with Storløkken & Håker Flaten: Fifth

Ståle Storløkken | Axel Skalstad | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten | Tom Hasslan | Jørgen Mathisen

Rune Grammofon

Rating: ★★★

Since their self-titled 2014 debut, Norwegian power trio Krokofant have made a good fist of keeping blazing 1970s-style jazz-rock alive...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2021

Review of Hannah Horton: Inside Out

Hannah Horton: Inside Out

John Crawford | Nic France | Hannah Horton | Ian Shaw | Rob Statham

Self-release/Hannah Horton

Rating: ★★★

Rising sax star Hannah Horton has performed alongside the likes of Amy Winehouse, Tina May, John Etheridge and, at the...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2021

Review of Mathias Eick: When We Leave

Mathias Eick: When We Leave

Andreas Ulvo | Stian Carstensen | Torstein Lofthus | Hàkon Aase | Audun Erlien | Andreas Norbakken | Mathias Eick

ECM 2660

Rating: ★★★

The Norwegian trumpeter Mathias Eick is part of the ECM label’s new post-millennium generation of Euro-jazzers, originally making his name...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2021

Review of Portico Quartet: Monument

Portico Quartet: Monument

Gondwana

Rating: ★★

From acoustic buskers to digital clubsters, Portico Quartet still have the Hang as their identifiable sonic signature but now sample...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2021

Review of Shawn Glyde: The Pyramid Factor

Shawn Glyde: The Pyramid Factor

Blue Canoe Records

Rating: ★★

The drummer Shawn Glyde leads a keys-led smoove fusion outfit specialising in undemanding jazz/pop-influenced grooves with consummate bass guitarists John...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2021

Review of Luke Bainbridge: Surface Tension

Luke Bainbridge: Surface Tension

Kieran McLeod | Ralph Wyld | Luke Bainbridge | Huw V Williams

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

The young drummer Luke Bainbridge graduated with a Masters in Jazz Performance from the Royal Academy of Music in 2020,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2021

Review of Adam Nolan: Prim and Primal

Adam Nolan: Prim and Primal

Derek Whyte | Adam Nolan | Dominic Mullan

Editor's Choice

Self-release

Rating: ★★★★

There's something interestingly different going on at almost every moment on this trio set led by young Kilkenny-born saxophonist Adam...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2021

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