Reviews
Kenny Wheeler: Angel Song
Bill Frisell | Lee Konitz | Dave Holland | Kenny Wheeler
Wheeler once told me that the Angel Song album took shape out of a series of discussions he had with...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2024
Charles Mingus: Incarnations
Reviewing the second of the two original Mingus releases on Candid in Jazzwise 289, I found myself requesting the re-release...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2024
Various Artists: Groove Of ESSR: Funk, Disco, Jazz From Soviet Estonia Vol I (1974-1988)
Jaan Kumani | Uno Naissoo | Gunnar Graps | Marju Kuut
As the annual Jazzkaar festival shows, Estonia has both an eager audience for jazz as well as an impressive contemporary...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2024
Steve Turre: Sanyas
Buster Williams | Nicholas Payton | Lenny White | Ron Blake | Steve Turre | Isaiah J Thompson
Recorded live as part of the Smoke Jazz Club’s 25th Anniversary Season, Turre’s band open his title piece with some...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2024
Tamar Osborn/Yohannes Kebede/Will Glaser: 44:42
Will Glaser | Yohannes Kebede | Tamar Osborn
44:42 begins like a scene from a Noh play. Sharp bursts of flute, frantic yet spaced out, spar with off-kilter...
Reviewed by Gail Tasker in issue: July/2024
Laura Misch: Sample The Earth
In 2023, Laura Misch released her debut album Sample The Sky, a nature-inspired oeuvre of leftfield pop electronica. Her close...
Reviewed by Gail Tasker in issue: July/2024
John Edwards/Emil Karlsen/Dominic Lash: Action Theory
Dominic Lash | Emil Karlsen | John Edwards
Dominic Lash is best known as an improvising double bassist with strong ties to the likes of Alexander Hawkins and...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2024
Zara McFarlane: Sweet Whispers: Celebrating Sarah Vaughan
In the world of vocal jazz, few names command as much reverence as Sarah Vaughan. Known as the ‘Divine One’,...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2024
New Regency Orchestra
NRO is an 18-piece Afro-Cuban big band with a vibe straight out of the Nuyorican barrios and a repertoire variously...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2024
David Murray: Francesca
David Murray | Luke Stewart | Russell Carter | Marta Sanchez
At Kahil El Z Bar’s concert at the Flagey Jazz Festival in Brussels at the start of the year, David...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2024
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