Reviews

Review of Anthony Braxton: 12 Comp (ZIM) 2017

Anthony Braxton: 12 Comp (ZIM) 2017

Anthony Braxton

Firehouse

Rating: ★★★★

The montage of pictures of Anthony Braxton on the sleeve of his 1969 album B-X0 NO-47A is noteworthy. In one...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2021

Review of Pat Donaher: Occasionally

Pat Donaher: Occasionally

Pat Donaher

Self-release/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

‘This is the first album I’ve made that focuses more on compositions than improvisations,’ says alto saxophonist Pat Donaher of...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2021

Review of Dopolarians: The Bond

Dopolarians: The Bond

William Parker

Mahakala Music

Rating: ★★★

Garden Party, the 2019 debut album by Dopolarians, featured an almost entirely Southern line-up: the core trio of saxophonist Chad...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2021

Review of Wilma Baan: So Nice

Wilma Baan: So Nice

Wilma Baan

Self-release

Rating: ★★★★

Heartfelt, touching and intimate – there's so much to enjoy in this captivating debut album from vocalist Wilma Baan. Born...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2021

Review of Archipelago: Echoes To The Sky

Archipelago: Echoes To The Sky

Faye MacCalman

Editor's Choice

New Jazz & Improvised Music Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Tyneside trio Archipelago introduced their unique sound on their 2017 debut Weightless: a heady mix of post-rock drumming, free-bop saxophone...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: July/2021

Review of João Donato, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammed: Jazz Is Dead JID007

João Donato, Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammed: Jazz Is Dead JID007

João Donato

Jazz Is Dead

Rating: ★★★★

And so the LA-based Midnight Hour production duo continues the fabulous analogue-skewed JID collaborative series, each featuring a jazz hero...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2021

Review of Todd Cochran TC3: Then Again, Here and Now

Todd Cochran TC3: Then Again, Here and Now

Todd Cochran

Sunnyside

Rating: ★★★★

San Franciscan Cochran, once known as Bayeté, and now in his 70th year, came to early prominence with the likes...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2021

Review of Various Artists: Alone Together

Various Artists: Alone Together

Joe Webb

Decca/Universal

Rating: ★★★

The piano is a protean instrument, physically expanding in the 19th century to fit Beethoven's bursting imagination, and intimately responding...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2021

Review of Zaid Rahbani: Bennesbeh Labokra… Chou?

Zaid Rahbani: Bennesbeh Labokra… Chou?

Ziad Rahbani

Editor's Choice

WeWantSounds

Rating: ★★★★

A crate-digger's delight, a rare gem re-polished, a tomorrow from yesterday: the re-issue of the superb Bennesbeh Labokra… Chou? (‘What...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2021

Review of Ben Goldberg: Everything Happens to Be

Ben Goldberg: Everything Happens to Be

Ben Goldberg

BAG Production/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

Ben Goldberg is a veteran clarinettist whose work explores the unique identity and richly-veined sonic of his instrument through time.Drawing...

Reviewed by Selwyn Hants in issue: June/2021

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