Reviews

Review of Harold Lopez-Nussa: Te Lo Dije

Harold Lopez-Nussa: Te Lo Dije

Harold López-Nussa

Mack Avenue Records

Rating: ★★★★

The latest release from Havana-based pianist and composer Harold López-Nussa possesses irrepressible party DNA. From the opener, ‘Habana Sin Sabanas’...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2020

Review of Bill Frisell: Valentine

Bill Frisell: Valentine

Bill Frisell

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

This might be their recording debut as a trio, but this threesome has toured hard for the last two years....

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2020

Review of Alan Wakeman: The Octet Broadcasts 1969 and1979

Alan Wakeman: The Octet Broadcasts 1969 and1979

Alan Wakeman

Gearbox

Rating: ★★★★

Gearbox Records have been deep diving and have come up with a sunken treasure – two broadcasts by Alan Wakeman's...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2020

Review of Allison Neale: Quietly There

Allison Neale: Quietly There

Stunt

Rating: ★★

Seattle-born altoist Neale's light-touch style owes much to ] the influence of her chosen mentors, Art Pepper and Paul Desmond....

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2015

Review of Louis Armstrong: Live in France

Louis Armstrong: Live in France

Louis Armstrong

Dot Time

Rating: ★★★

This limited edition vinyl LP is a virtually identical issue to the first part of the CD Live In Europe...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2020

Review of Ingrid Laubrock/Kris Davis: Blood Moon

Ingrid Laubrock/Kris Davis: Blood Moon

Ingrid Laubrock

Intakt Records

Rating: ★★★★

The follow-up to saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock's vigorous Kasumi duo album on Intakt with Japanese piano virtuoso Aki Takase is this...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2020

Review of Bob James: Once Upon A Time: The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions

Bob James: Once Upon A Time: The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions

Bob James

Resonance

Rating: ★★★★

This reviewer has been fairly well insulated from Bob James, apart from the inevitable ‘Angela/Theme From Taxi’ and his very...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2020

Review of Roscoe Mitchell: Splatter

Roscoe Mitchell: Splatter

Roscoe Mitchell

Dischi Di Angelica

Rating: ★★★

Art Ensemble of Chicago leader Roscoe Mitchell has a tremendous body of work comprising projects outside of that legendary group,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2020

Review of The Zawinul Syndicate: Black Water & Lost Tribes

The Zawinul Syndicate: Black Water & Lost Tribes

Joe Zawinul

BGO Records

Rating: ★★★

After 15 years and 16 albums, Weather Report quietly became history in 1986 following their final album This Is This....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2020

Review of David Sanborn: Anything You Want

David Sanborn: Anything You Want

David Sanborn

The Warner Reprise Elektra Years 1975-1999/Soul Music Records

Rating: ★★★

I guess even Sanborn had to grow old: the teen who played with Albert King; the tyro who rocked at...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2020

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