Reviews
Groove Razors: Spacetime
Chris Webb | Tomasz Zyrmont | Laurie Lowe | Nik Svarc | Kevin Glasgow | Matt Hodge | Alan Short
All credit to any band that can record, promote and get noticed entirely off their own back. Groove Razors, not...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2021
Romanovská Tichý Hubrý: Bylo To Právé/It Was Right At
Michal Hubrý | Petr Tichý | Anna Romanovská
If you don't have connections to what's happening in Prague, it's hard to stay abreast of Bohemia's musical bohemia. The...
Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: February/2021
Alexander von Schlippenbach: Slow Pieces For Aki
Aki is Aki Takese, Alexander von Schlippenbach's fellow pianist and partner, and it was her suggestion that Schlippenbach might usefully...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: February/2021
Alonzo Demetrius: Live From The Prison Nation
Yesseh Furaha-Ali | Brian Richburg Jnr | Alonzo Demetrius | Daniel Abraham Jnr | Benjamin Jephta
Although recorded in concert at Berklee, the primary statement from newcomer Alonzo Demetris is that this beacon of musical education...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2021
Ronnie Scott Quartet: BBC Jazz Club 1964-1966
I'm glad I got to know Scott's music during his Tracey period, having heard the earliest edition here both in...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2021
Tori Handsley: As We Stand
Ruth Goller | Tori Handsley | Sahra Gure | Moses Boyd
Like a double cherry, this album has two parts delicately connected: vivid instrumentals, and songs that take a soul-jazz shape;...
Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: February/2021
Sooäär/Yaralyan/Ounaskari: Goodbye July
Markku Ounaskari | Jaak Sooäär | Ara Yaralyan
Armenian/Estonian double bassist Ara Yaralyan and Finnish drummer Markku Ounaskari have previously worked together in a trio led by Finnish...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2021
The Sylvie Courvoisier Trio: Free Hoops
Sylvie Courvoisier | Drew Gress | Kenny Wollesen
Free Hoops is the Courvoisier Trio's third album, and picks up directly from where the last one, D'Agala, left off...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: February/2021
Erroll Garner: The Classic Trio Recordings 1949
Erroll Garner | John Simmons | Alvin Stoller | Leonard Gaskin | Charlie Smith
The big problem throughout the issue history of these trio sessions recorded by Savoy is that they are technically poor...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2021
Dexter Gordon: Monmartre 1964
Neils-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | Dexter Gordon | Tete Montoliu | Alex Riel
Storyville's trawl through the Dexter Gordon tape archives continues with this latest volume, taken from two Danish performances, taped a...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: February/2021
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