Reviews
Hampton Hawes: For Real!
Frank Butler | Scott LaFaro | Hampton Hawes | Harold Land
Creating headlines like ‘Junkie Jazzman Pardoned by President’, Hampton Hawes’ career was never short of controversy. Indeed, the pianist’s hyper-candid...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: July/2024
The Jakub Klimiuk Quintet: (un)balanced
Mark Lockheart | Cody Moss | Simeon May | Harry Pearce | Adam Merrell | Jakub Klimiuk
Jakub Klimiuk is a Polish guitarist, now living in London, drawing his own band of locals into his compositional world....
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: July/2024
Sam Newbould: Homing
Xavi Torres | Beth Aggett | Jort Terwijn | Bernard van Rossum | Guy Salamon | Sam Newbould
Ooh, if you hear a sweeter earworm than the theme to ‘Barba Tenus Sapientes’ slip it my way. For those...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2024
Sean Khan Presents the Modern Jazz and Folk Ensemble: Volume 1
Jazz and folk have always danced together, and Khan celebrates that alliance with a special focus on great singer-songwriters of...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2024
Magnus Öström & Dan Berglund: e.s.t. 30
Dan Berglund | Magnus Öström | Joel Lyssarides | Magnus Lindgren | Verneri Pohjola | Ulf Wakenius
Thirty years after the formation of e.s.t., Öström and Berglund have assembled this all-star cast to celebrate the music of...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2024
Ivo Perelman Quartet: Water Music
Ivo Perelman | Tom Rainey | Matthew Shipp | Mark Helias
Saxophonist Ivo Perelman has one of the largest and most varied discographies in contemporary improvised music; but along with his...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2024
Jake Long: City Swamp
Jake Long was the mastermind behind Maisha, one of the best bands to emerge out of the 'new London jazz...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: July/2024
Alexis Valet: Following the Sun
Dayna Stephens | Kush Abadey | Joe Martin | Aaron Parks | Alexis Valet
The young Bordeaux-raised vibraphonist Alexis Valet was good enough soon after his student years to recruit European jazz stars like...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2024
Elephant9: Mythical River
Ståle Storløkken | Torstein Lofthus | Nikolai Hængsle
Elephant9 have been presenting their freshly invigorating contemporary spin on the Hammond B3-led ensemble tradition ever since emerging amid a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2024
Album Interview: Ian Shaw & Tony Kofi: An Adventurous Dream - The Music Of Billy Strayhorn And Duke Ellington (At Pizza
Dave Green | Barry Green | Tony Kofi | Ian Shaw
It’s fascinating to compare this powerful collaboration, and it is a real double header with Kofi and Shaw sharing credits,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2024
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