Reviews

Review of Jacky Naylor: The Industrial Suite

Jacky Naylor: The Industrial Suite

Jacky Naylor

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★

Last summer's Meraki release demonstrated Yorkshire-born pianist Jacky Naylor's compositional flair, on an album influenced more than a smidge by...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: June/2021

Review of Andy Laverne: Rhapsody

Andy Laverne: Rhapsody

Andy Laverne

SteepleChase

Rating: ★★★

It seems it's currently open season on Bill Evans, what with the Pinheiro/Ineke/Cavalli dedication reviewed below, and the retrospective compilation...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2021

Review of Anthony Joseph: The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running For Their Lives

Anthony Joseph: The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running For Their Lives

Anthony Joseph

Heavenly Sweetness

Rating: ★★★★

Following their successful 2018 collaboration, People Of The Sun, Anthony Joseph called on Jason Yarde once more to oversee the...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: June/2021

Review of Cowboys & Frenchmen: Our Highway

Cowboys & Frenchmen: Our Highway

Outside In Music

Rating: ★★★

An impressive young double sax-led quintet perform alto saxophonist Ethan Helm's contemporary Americana-inspired compositions live at New York's SubCulture flexibly...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021

Review of Marek Dorcik's Spercasa: About Time

Marek Dorcik's Spercasa: About Time

Marek Dorcik

Music Fund Slovakia

Rating: ★★★★

Before arriving in London, the Slovakian drummer Marek Dorcik was based in Manchester for a number of years performing with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021

Review of Hailey Brinnel: I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

Hailey Brinnel: I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

Hailey Brinnel

Next Level/Outside in Music

Rating: ★★★

There's a great spirit of fun on this disc from Hailey Brinnel, a young US vocalist, trombonist and arranger whose...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2021

Review of Ariel Bart: In Between

Ariel Bart: In Between

Ariel Bart

Ropeadope

Rating: ★★★

Bart is still fabulously young, so it's kind of pointless name-dropping masters of the chromatic like Gregoire Maret or Toots...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2021

Review of Squarepusher: Feed Me Weird Things Remastered

Squarepusher: Feed Me Weird Things Remastered

Tom Jenkinson

Warp Records

Rating: ★★★★

This timely 25th anniversary remastered reissue of Tom Jenkinson's debut under the moniker Squarepusher, Feed Me Weird Things (it's also...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: June/2021

Review of Treppenwitz: Sister in Kith

Treppenwitz: Sister in Kith

Discus

Rating: ★★★

Leeds again, with a piano trio fronted by pianist Matthew Alpin that epitomises the DIY scene there; evolving during arts...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021

Review of Fergus Quill Trio: Zoop Zoop

Fergus Quill Trio: Zoop Zoop

Fergus Quill

Tight Lines

Rating: ★★★

According to Facebook, the Fergus Quill Trio is ‘a traditional piano trio’ and, inasmuch as there are three of them...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: June/2021

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