Reviews

Review of The Eivind Aarset 4-tet: Phantasmagoria

The Eivind Aarset 4-tet: Phantasmagoria

Eivind Aarset | Jan Bang | Arve Henriksen | Audun Erlien | Erland Dahlen | Wetle Holt | John Derek Bishop

Editor's Choice

Jazzland 3779392

Rating: ★★★★

When Eivind Aarset debuted on Jazzland with Electronique Noir back in 1998, it was clear he was a guitarist with...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2021

Review of Lukasz Pawlik: Long-Distance Connections

Lukasz Pawlik: Long-Distance Connections

Mike Stern | Phil South | Randy Brecker | Dawid Główczewski | Gary Novak | Cezary Konrad | Michał Kapczuk | Tom Kennedy | Dave Weckl | Szymon Kamykowski

Summit Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Originally self-released in Poland two years ago, Long-Distance Connections now gets an international release. Recorded across three continents - Pawlik’s...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2021

Review of David Ornette Cherry: Organic Nation Listening Club (The Continual)

David Ornette Cherry: Organic Nation Listening Club (The Continual)

David Ornette Cherry | Kenichi Iwasa | Ollie Elder Jr | Naima Karlsson | Crystal Blackcreek Carlisle | Tyson McVey | Joe Janiga | Gemi Taylor | John L. Price | Ralph Jones III

Spiritmuse CD-SPM-006

Rating: ★★

Multi-instrumentalist David Ornette Cherry was born the same year that his father, Don Cherry, and namesake, Ornette Coleman, recorded the...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2021

Review of Eliane Elias: Mirror Mirror

Eliane Elias: Mirror Mirror

Chick Corea | Eliane Elias | Chucho Valdés

Editor's Choice

Candid Records CCD 30042

Rating: ★★★★

Asked to name some of the great jazz piano duo albums and you might think of An Evening with Herbie...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2021

Review of Miho Hazama and the Danish Radio Big Band: Imaginary Visions

Miho Hazama and the Danish Radio Big Band: Imaginary Visions

| Miho Hamza

Edition Records EDN1182

Rating: ★★★

Miho Hazama, born in Japan, works between New York City, where she now lives, and Europe where she is chief...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2021

Review of Run Logan Run: For A Brief Moment We Could Smell The Flowers

Run Logan Run: For A Brief Moment We Could Smell The Flowers

Matt Brown | Riaan Vosloo | Andrew Neil Hayes

Worm Disc

Rating: ★★★★

Lockdown proved a useful regrouping space for duo Run Logan Run after original member Andrew Neil Hayes recruited new drummer...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: November/2021

Review of Marc Cary: Life Lessons

Marc Cary: Life Lessons

Dan Chmielinski | Marc Cary | Diego Joaquin Ramirez

Sessionheads United

Rating: ★★★

Marc Cary, the Washington-raised New York pianist and composer, who turned an unusual jazz apprenticeship on DC's funky Go-Go dance...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2021

Review of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: First Flight to Tokyo: The Lost 1961 Recordings

Art Blakey | Bobby Timmons | Wayne Shorter | Jymie Merritt | Lee Morgan

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

Recorded live at the Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo at the end of Blakey’s first ever tour of Japan, the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2021

Review of Matt Mitchell/Kate Gentile: Snark Horse

Matt Mitchell/Kate Gentile: Snark Horse

Davy Lazar | Mat Maneri | Ava Mendoza | Brandon Seabrook | Kim Cass | Matt Nelson | Kate Gentile | Matt Mitchell | Jon Irabagon | Ben Gerstein

Pi Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Following his discovery by Tim Berne in 2009, Pennsylvania-born pianist Matt Mitchell has been confirming that he's a unique contemporary-music...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2021

Review of Jazzmeia Horn and her Noble Force: Dear Love

Jazzmeia Horn and her Noble Force: Dear Love

Anwar Marshall | Sullivan Fortner | Jazzmeia Horn | Keith Brown | Eric Wheeler

Editor's Choice

Empress Legacy Records ELR001

Rating: ★★★★

A big band album written, arranged and produced by vocalist and composer Jazzmeia Horn, Dear Love presents a collection of...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2021

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