Reviews
Sun-Mi Hong: Fourth Page: Meaning of a Nest
Alistair Payne | Sun-Mi Hong | Nicolò Ricci | Alessandro Fongaro | Chaerin Im
Sun-Mi Hong is now an established drummer on the vibrant Amsterdam scene, having arrived around a decade and a half...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2025
Art Pepper: An Afternoon in Norway: The Kongsberg Concert
Carl Burnett | Art Pepper | Milcho Leviev | Tony Dumas
After appearing at Ronnie Scott’s the previous night until 1.30 am, Pepper’s quartet caught an early morning flight to Oslo,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2025
Amir ElSaffar/Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch: Inner Spaces
Lorenzo Bianchi Hoesch | Amir ElSaffar
Throughout the 2000s, Chicago-born trumpeter-singer Amir ElSaffar showed his skill as a composer and improviser on fine albums such as...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2025
Harvey Parkin-Christie & Hinrik Þórisson: Týndur í Týmarými
Hinrik Þórisson | Harvey Parkin-Christie
There was a time, maybe 20 years ago, when it seemed like every other UK jazz artist of note was...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2025
Kali Trio: The Playful Abstract
Nicolas Stocker | Urs Müller | Raphael Loher
Kali Trio are 10-year veterans of a Swiss scene focused on collective improvisation more than solos, with personal influences also...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2025
Takuya Kuroda: Everyday
Kuroda is a Japanese-born, NYC-based trumpeter with a questing spirit, seven head-turning studio albums and a reputation as an anything-goes...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2025
Gabriel Latchin Trio: The Man I Love
Joe Farnsworth | Jeremy Brown | Gabriel Latchin
We reviewed Viewpoint, this classy UK-US trio’s previous outing, in Jazzwise 284 (May 2023) and liked it a lot. Same...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2025
Jaki Byard: Blues For Smoke
Just eight weeks younger than Mingus, Byard is often viewed in relation to the bassist, although he had a long...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2025
Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange: Inspire/Radicalise
A funk-filled wake-up call? A club-floor rush to the barricades? Regardless of its anarchic intent, and largely because of its...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2025
Various Artists: A New Awakening: Adventures in British Jazz 1966-1971
This three-CD box set, comprising 48 tracks is a very good anthology predicated on the ways British jazz between 1966-71...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2025
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