Reviews
Tim Armacost: Something About Believing
Tom Harrell | Tim Armacost | Gary Smulyan | John Patitucci | Al Foster
This album is led by Tim Armacost, whose elegantly robust post-Getz tenor sax will be familiar from his role fronting...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: August/2024
Wes Montgomery: Four Classic Albums
In his quite short life, Wes Montgomery (1923-68) seems to have worked himself to death. Aside from holding down several...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2024
Kit Downes: Dr Snap
I think Kit Downes did himself no harm at all relocating from London to Berlin about a decade ago; he...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2024
Derek Bailey/Simon H Fell: At Sound 323
Here are two of the giants of the UK avant-garde playing together at a show at a London gallery back...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2024
Austin Peralta: Endless Planets – Deluxe Edition
Zach Harmon | Austin Peralta | Zane Musa | Hamilton Price | Strangeloop | Ben Wendel
The story of keyboardist Austin Peralta is one all too familiar to jazz fans: a stellar talent taken too young...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2024
Sam Norris: Small Things Evolved Slowly
Sam Norris | Harry Ling | Jay Verma | Will Sach
The title apparently quotes Erik Satie who once said he took to his room and "small things evolved slowly". It’s...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: August/2024
Jordina Milla & Barry Guy: Live In Munich
Catalan pianist Jordina Milla and British bassist Barry Guy are highly skilled improvisers, as this Munich concert attests, but they...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2024
Art Pepper: Art of Art
George Cables | Carl Burnett | Art Pepper | David Williams
This session from Art’s 1981 European tour, gives us a chance to hear this relatively late quartet in mid-development. They...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2024
Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra: This Rock We’re On: Imaginary Letters
This large-scale production over two compact discs was conceptualised, written and arranged by Mike Holober, regarded as one of the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2024
Chris Corsano: The Key (Became The Important Thing [& Then Just Faded Away])
Over the last quarter-century, improvising percussionist Chris Corsano has collaborated widely and built an impressively diverse CV, playing free-jazz with...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2024
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