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Open Thread
Julien Wilson | Theo Carbo | Peggy Lee | Dylan van der Schyff
If, at times, the Earshift label has (on some titles at least) erred towards the weird, the occasionally wonderful and...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2024
Tito Puente and His Orchestra: Salsa Salsa
In 1984, Chris Warwick, in the process of setting up his own label, set off for New York after hearing...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2024
Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Espen Berg: Maetrix
Maetrix combines the name of the cult 1999 film with metrics, and was a result of a 2016 commission from...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2024
Earthtones Trio: Sound Tracks
Betsy Taylor | Tom Gordon | Katherine Bryan | Euan Stevenson
Euan Stevenson’s latest album is a captivating musical journey through his hometown of Falkirk, Scotland. Known for his work with...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2024
Sonny Rollins: Freedom Weaver (The 1959 European Tour Recordings)
Kenny Clarke | Sonny Rollins | Henry Gimes | Joe Harris | Pete LaRoca
In one of the short interviews included in these engrossing live recordings (mostly in Sweden, but also West Germany, France,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2024
Matyas Gayer Trio: Westbourne Park
Dave Green | Steve Brown | Matyas Gayer
I’ve heard Hungarian-in-London Gayer subbing in Five-Way Split and playing for the Nat Steele-Mark Crooks Quintet, and have been impressed...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2024
Lee Ritenour and Dave Grusin: Brasil
Fifty years or so after they started recording together, including plenty of Brazilian-influenced music, Ritenour and Grusin set off last...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2024
Modern Vikings: Tales of the Skald
David Bowden | Fergus McCreadie | Graeme Stephen | Konrad Wisniewski | Stephen Henderson
Drummer Stephen Henderson is a member of pianist Fergus McCreadie’s 2022 Mercury-nominated trio. This is the debut by his quintet...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2024
John Butcher + 13: Fluid Fixations
It’s a measure of UK saxophonist John Butcher’s standing in the global improv community that he’s able to command such...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2024
Chick Corea Elektric Band II: Paint The World
Chick Corea | Gary Novak | Mike Miller | Jimmy Earl | Eric Marienthal
Corea’s foray into electric music erred towards the OTT – his group Return to Forever went from ferocious virtuosity to...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2024
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