Reviews

Review of Clare Foster: Kumbhaka

Clare Foster: Kumbhaka

Clare Foster

Self-release/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

You can love the Great American Songbook. You can also love the rhythms of Latin America. And sometimes music –...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2021

Review of Anaïe Reno: Lovesome Thing: Anaïs Reno Sings Ellington & Strayhorn

Anaïe Reno: Lovesome Thing: Anaïs Reno Sings Ellington & Strayhorn

Anaïs Reno

Editor's Choice

Harbinger Records

Rating: ★★★★

It's astonishing to think that Billy Strayhorn was just 16 when he began to write what was to become his...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2021

Review of Samara Joy

Samara Joy

Samara Joy

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

The Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition has played a significant part in launching the careers of a remarkable array...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2021

Review of Graham Costello's Strata: Second Lives

Graham Costello's Strata: Second Lives

Graham Costello

Editor's Choice

Gearbox Records

Rating: ★★★★

Like semi-retired noughties UK punk-jazzers Led Bib, New York free-blasting former buskers Moon Hooch, and now a growing young coterie...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2021

Review of Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp: Embrace Of The Souls

Ivo Perelman & Matthew Shipp: Embrace Of The Souls

Ivo Perelman

SMP

Rating: ★★★★

Brazilian tenorist Perelman and US pianist Shipp have created a personal, wholly distinctive musical vocabulary over numerous recordings for the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2021

Review of Ricky Peterson & the Peterson Brothers: Under the Radar

Ricky Peterson & the Peterson Brothers: Under the Radar

Leopard Records

Rating: ★★★

Although best known in jazz circles for his long association with David Sanborn as well as pop superstars such as...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021

Review of Larry Coryell: Larry Coryell's Last Swing with Ireland

Larry Coryell: Larry Coryell's Last Swing with Ireland

Larry Coryell

Angel Air

Rating: ★★★

The easy headline with The Last Call is that this is Coryell's last concert recording; within weeks he was dead....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2021

Review of Paul Towndrow: Deepening the River

Paul Towndrow: Deepening the River

Paul Towndrow

Editor's Choice

Keywork

Rating: ★★★★

Conceived as a suite to run continuously, this 57-minute composition falls into eleven sections, each of them to some extent...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2021

Review of Stefano Bollani: El Chakracanta

Stefano Bollani: El Chakracanta

Stefano Bollani

Alobar

Rating: ★★★

This disc is a sumptuous widescreen showcase for Italian composer– pianist Stefano Bollani's considerable talents. Recorded at two live gigs...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2021

Review of Aver & Move 78: The Algorithm Smiles Upon You

Aver & Move 78: The Algorithm Smiles Upon You

Village Live Records

Rating: ★★

A Berlin-based nu-jazz/trip hop-influenced band have a new recording that recalls 1990s club culture's early morning chill-out sessions, though in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021

Follow us

Jazzwise Print

  • Latest print issues

From £5.83 / month

Subscribe

Jazzwise Digital Club

  • Latest digital issues
  • Digital archive since 1997
  • Download tracks from bonus compilation albums during the year
  • Reviews Database access

From £7.42 / month

Subscribe

Subscribe from only £5.83

Never miss an issue of the UK's biggest selling jazz magazine.

Subscribe

View the Current
Issue

Take a peek inside the latest issue of Jazzwise magazine.

Find out more