Reviews
Superlocrian: Hills & Valleys
Mike Poyser | Tom Green | Hugh Davies | Gavin Mallett | Edward Leaker | Sam Massey | Jade Gall
Trumpeter Massey is Superlocrian’s instigator and the group has already made its mark on radio and in concert; this is...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2024
According To The Sound: Pitch
Although for obvious reasons remote recording took off during the pandemic, it is thankfully no longer the only option. But...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: July/2024
Kasper Rietkerk: The Island
The Island is the debut by the young Dutch saxophonist-composer Kasper Rietkerk, who a few years ago moved to London...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2024
Nigel Price Organ Trio: LIVE ’23
Nigel Price | Peter Johnstone | Ross Stanley | Joel Barford
The definition of jazz, as a specific musical form, was contested almost from its inception, but when the non-specialist audience...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: July/2024
Angus Bayley: Everything’s Dangerous EP
Joshua Blackmore | Julian Sartorius | Angus Bayley
There’s a sense of testing the water on this debut release from keyboardist and conceptualist Angus Bayley. Fully fessing-up to...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: July/2024
Elton Dean’s Unlimited Saxophone Company
Tony Levin | Simon Picard | Paul Dunmall | Trevor Watts | Elton Dean | Paul Rogers
As far as the surviving band members can recall, Dean’s Unlimited Saxophone Company performed live just three times: the group’s...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2024
Ornette Coleman: Friends And Neighbors: Live At Prince Street
Charlie Haden | Ed Blackwell | Ornette Coleman | Dewey Redman
Although the sleeve credit ‘…and the voices of friends and neighbors’ suggests a footnote, if not an afterword to the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2024
Christie Dashiell: Journey in Black
Born in Washington, DC and raised in Greenville, North Carolina, vocalist Christie Dashiell honed her skills at Howard University (where...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2024
Jasper Høiby 3Elements: Like Water
Jasper Høiby | Chaerin Im | Jamie Peet
Jasper Høiby’s 3Elements is a project, rather than a band as such, and Like Water is its second album following...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: July/2024
Kiefer Trio: Something For Real
Pera Krstajic | Kiefer | Luke Titus
When the buzz first started to build around LA-based keyboardist Kiefer circa 2017, it was thanks to his raw self-produced...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: July/2024
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