Craig Taborn: Shadow Plays

Craig Taborn

Despite the excellence of his trio work solo piano is a format in which Craig Taborn has thrived in what...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2021

Matthias Lindermayr: Triptych

This young Munich-based trumpeter performs here with acoustic guitar/percussion accompaniment in a kind of blandly introspective jazz-pop; a little more...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2021

Kurt Elling: SuperBlue

Corey Fonville | Kurt Elling | DJ Harrison | Charlie Hunter

Fresh from bagging his second Grammy in March earlier this year for his brilliant debut on Edition Records, Secrets Are...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2021

Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge: Within Us

Warren Wolf | Chuck Owen

Originating in the University of South Florida (from where jazz educator Chuck Folds will retire later this year), the Jazz...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2021

Jared Schonig Quintet & Big Band: Two Takes

David Cook | Donny McCaslin | Carl Maraghi | Jared Schonig | Luis Perdomo | Brian Pareschi | Ben Kono | Dave Pietro | Jon Gordon | Alan Ferber

Schonig is a New York drummer who plays Broadway shows when he’s not supporting top jazz players. He’s been given...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2021

Henry Threadgill & Zooid: Poof

Christopher Hoffman | Jose Davilla | Henry Threadgill | Elliot Humberto Kavee | and Libery Ellman

Henry Threadgill’s status as a major innovator in creative music over the last 60 years is upheld by his relentless...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2021

Blackwood: Peter-Anthony Togni & Jeff Reilly: Lost and Found

A Canadian duo’s debut album with bass clarinettist Jeff Reilly, an international artist in the field of improvisation and classical...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2021

Anders Helmerson Trio: Opus i

This power piano trio favour prog rock’s tricky time meters, percussive accents and densely arpeggiated trance-y piano and while it’s...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2021

Stacey Kent: Songs From Other Places

Art Hirahara | Stacey Kent

Some day in the future, a keen scholar of the music will write a fabulous PhD about all of the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2021

Miki Yamanaka: Stairway to the Stars

Orlando le Fleming | Orlando Le Fleming | Miki Yamanaka | Mark Turner

Miki Yamanaka, the young Japanese pianist, organist and composer, moved to New York to study and play in 2012 and...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2021