Reviews
Maynard Ferguson: Live and Well In London
I think this is what they call a near miss. A limited edition with a run of just 500 copies,...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: April/2021
Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent: Quiet Is The Star
Alan Broadbent | Georgia Mancio
A follow-up to their outstanding Songbook album released in 2017, Quiet Is The Star presents a further nine beautifully crafted...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2021
Stefano Di Battista: Morricone Stories
Stefano Di Battista | André Ceccarelli | Daniele Sorrentino | Frédéric Nardin
How do you pay fitting tribute to Ennio Morricone, the great Italian composer who died in July last year? For...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2021
Tina Brooks: The Waiting Game
Johnny Coles | Philly Joe Jones | Wilbur Ware | Kenny Drew | Tina Brooks
Quite why Alfred Lion chose to hold back three out of four albums he recorded with tenor saxophonist Harold Floyd...
Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: April/2021
Isfar Sarabski: Planet
Alan Hampton | Makar Novikov | Shahriyar Imanov | Sasha Masin | Mark Guiliana | Isfar Sarabski
It could be argued that major labels, with few exceptions, have always had the tendency to follow, rather than take,...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2021
Menagerie: Many Worlds
This Melbourne-based ensemble, whose last album, 2017's Arrow of Time, picked up plenty of plaudits over here (Gilles Peterson, Jamie...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: April/2021
Rawfrücht
Teuk Henri | Thomas Van Cottom | Hugues Warin
This overlooked debut from 1990s Belgian guitars -and-drum trio Rawfrücht turns out to be a hidden gem. Climb aboard the...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: April/2021
Joe Chambers: Samba de Maracatu
Joe Chambers | Steve Haines | MC Parrain | Brad Merritt | Stephanie Jordan
When Chick Corea died in February, the name of Joe Chambers might have been a peripheral thought for some fans...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2021
Johnsen/Sahlandler/Moen: Second Time's The Charm
This contemporary Norwegian-based piano trio take an off-the-wall yet largely unstimulating approach to standards and originals, painting it black with...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2021
Snowpoet: Wait For Me
The word Snowpoet, alone, steers the ear toward the intimate and abstracted landscapes of this album. The duo of Chris...
Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: April/2021
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