Reviews

Review of Tim Armacost: Something About Believing

Tim Armacost: Something About Believing

Tom Harrell | Tim Armacost | Gary Smulyan | John Patitucci | Al Foster

TMA Records/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Wes Montgomery: Four Classic Albums

Wes Montgomery: Four Classic Albums

Paul Chambers Pierre Michelot | Philly Joe Jones | Wynton Kelly | Hank Jones | Sam Jones | Johnny Griffin | Milt Jackson | Jimmy Cobb | Wes Montgomery | Buddy Montgomery

Avid Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Kit Downes: Dr Snap

Kit Downes: Dr Snap

Robin Fincker | Kit Downes | Ben van Gelder | Ketija Ringa Karahona | Percy Pursglove | Sun-Mi Hong | Petter Eldh | Reinier Baas | Juliane Schütz | Veslemøy Narvesen

Editor's Choice

Bimhuis Records

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Derek Bailey/Simon H Fell: At Sound 323

Derek Bailey/Simon H Fell: At Sound 323

Derek Bailey | Simon H Fell

Confront Recordings

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Austin Peralta: Endless Planets – Deluxe Edition

Austin Peralta: Endless Planets – Deluxe Edition

Zach Harmon | Austin Peralta | Zane Musa | Hamilton Price | Strangeloop | Ben Wendel

Brainfeeder

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Sam Norris: Small Things Evolved Slowly

Sam Norris: Small Things Evolved Slowly

Sam Norris | Harry Ling | Jay Verma | Will Sach

Sam Norris Music/Resonant Postcards Collective

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Jordina Milla & Barry Guy: Live In Munich

Jordina Milla & Barry Guy: Live In Munich

Barry Guy | Jordina Mills

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Art Pepper: Art of Art

Art Pepper: Art of Art

George Cables | Carl Burnett | Art Pepper | David Williams

Red Records

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra: This Rock We’re On: Imaginary Letters

Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra: This Rock We’re On: Imaginary Letters

Chris Potter | Mike Holober | Marvin Stamm | John Patitucci | James Shipp | Charles Pillow | Matt McDonald | Tony Kadleck | Nir Felder | Jared Schonig

Palmetto Records

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Chris Corsano: The Key (Became The Important Thing [& Then Just Faded Away])

Chris Corsano: The Key (Became The Important Thing [& Then Just Faded Away])

Chris Corsano

Drag City

Rating: ★★★

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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