Reviews
Boreal Sun: Dawn
This project is the work of two high-flying educators and practitioners of modern music: pianist Roberts and singer Östblom, who...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: July/2024
Something Else!: Soul Jazz
Predicated as a new ‘dream’ band and fronted by Herring, this group of top players is setting out to attract...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2024
Parlor Greens: In Green We Dream
Tim Carman | Adam Scone | Jimmy James
Dig out those saddle shoes, you’re going dancing. It all started with a jam, like the best music always does,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2024
John Escreet: The Epicenter of Your Dreams
John Escreet | Eric Revis | Damion Reid | Mark Turner
John Escreet’s latest album, a sax-and-rhythm quartet, balances trenchant acoustic modernism with the avant-garde and conjures strong emotions with angular...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2024
Kathrine Windfeld Sextet: Aldebaran
With some comparing her work to that of Maria Schneider, the Danish pianist-composer Kathrine Windfeld comes with a justified reputation...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2024
The Jazz Defenders: Memory In Motion
Jake McMurchie | Will Harris | Ian Matthews | George Cooper | Nick Malcolm
The brainchild of pianist/organist George Cooper, the Bristol-based Jazz Defenders claim that they are ‘defending the spirit of hard bop...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: July/2024
SOL SOL: Almost All Things Considered
Anna Lund | Elin Forkelid | Mauritz Agnas | David Stackenäs
The six tracks of this third album from Swedish quartet SOL SOL were alternately composed by saxophonist Elin Forkelid and...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: July/2024
Richard Fairhurst: Inside Out
Dave Whitford | Tim Giles | Richard Fairhurst
Richard Fairhurst has an impressive pedigree. Five years after beginning to learn the piano at the age of 15, he...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: July/2024
PNY Quintet: Over The Wall
Steve Swell | Rob Brown | Peter Giron | John Betsch | Michel Edelin
French label Rogueart has long been an important home for American and European improvisers who occasionally join forces to make...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2024
Tomeka Reid: 3+3 And Then
Tomeka Reid | Tomas Fujiwara | Jason Roebke | Mary Halvorson
Aside from her work with Nicole Mitchell and Art Ensemble Of Chicago, Tomeka Reid has staked a claim as a...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2024
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