Reviews

Review of Angrusori: Live At Tou

Angrusori: Live At Tou

Iva Bittová

Hudson Records

Rating: ★★★★

Angrusori is a double-orchestra (think Mayer-Harriott double quintet) fronted by composer-musicians Nils Henrik Asheim and Iva Bittová. He is Norwegian,...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: June/2021

Review of Roxana Amed: Ontology

Roxana Amed: Ontology

Roxana Amed

Editor's Choice

Sony Music Latin

Rating: ★★★★

This seventh album from the Buenos Aires¬born, US-based singer-songwriter Roxana Amed presents a supremely atmospheric collection of 14 songs. As...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2021

Review of Joan Mar Sauqué: Gone With The Wind

Joan Mar Sauqué: Gone With The Wind

Joan Mar Sauqué

The Changes

Rating: ★★★

The trumpet-guitar-bass line-up inevitably recalls the Chet Baker trios of his later years, and the 25-year-old Sauqué looks recognisably soulful...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2021

Review of Kyle Douglas: Gypsy Lightning

Kyle Douglas: Gypsy Lightning

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

Primarily a Django-inspired gypsy jazz acoustic guitarist, Kyle Douglas also injects a good number of raw earthy styles with US...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021

Review of Ida Sand: Do You Hear Me?

Ida Sand: Do You Hear Me?

ACT

Rating: ★★

The Swedish singer-songwriter, who's collaborated with stellar ACT artists, is more MOR R&B and acoustic pop than jazz in a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021

Review of Lauren White: Ever Since The World Ended

Lauren White: Ever Since The World Ended

Lauren White

Cafe Pacific Records

Rating: ★★★★

On this fifth album from LA-based vocalist White, all of the admirable qualities she possesses seem to be perfectly encapsulated...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2021

Review of Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith: The World of the Children

Shamek Farrah & Sonelius Smith: The World of the Children

Shamek Farrah

Strata-East/Pure Pleasure

Rating: ★★★★

Another month, and yet another splendid Pure Pleasure reissue from Charles Tolliver and Stanley Cowell's pioneering Strata-East label archive. One...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: June/2021

Review of Ralph Peterson: Raise Up Off Me

Ralph Peterson: Raise Up Off Me

Ralph Peterson

Onyx

Rating: ★★★

In a period where bereavements are all too regular, the recent death of drummer-composer-educator Peterson is particularly hard to bear.This...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2021

Review of Raúl Gútierrez Y Sus Estrella Cubanas: Son Elegante

Raúl Gútierrez Y Sus Estrella Cubanas: Son Elegante

Miguelito Valdes

CuGate Clásicos Latinos

Rating: ★★★★

Saxophonist and bandleader Raúl Gutierrez (Irazu, the AfroCuban All-stars) is still firing on all cylinders, having only just released a...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2021

Review of Iain Sinclair & LEE: Dark Before Dark

Iain Sinclair & LEE: Dark Before Dark

577 Records

Rating: ★★★

Sinclair is a writer-filmmaker from Wales and his spoken word narration about the journey of a whalebone box is curiously...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021

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