Rez Abbasi Silent Ensemble: A Throw of Dice

Jennifer Vincent | Rez Abbasi | Jake Goldbas | Rohan Khrishnamurthy | Pawan Benjamin

Soundtracking a film can often open up a whole new world to the jazz composer. New writing strategies and latent...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2020

Julia Biel: Black and White Vol. 1

Julia Biel

Recorded in her own studio, produced by Idris Rahman, and mixed by Emre Ramazanoglu, Julia Biel’s latest studio release Black...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2020

Black String: Karma

Min Wang Hwang | Aram Lee | Yoon Jeong Heo | Nguyên Lê | Jean Oh

There’s more to the South Korean music scene than K-pop, you know. That’s just part of Hallyu, or the Korean...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2020

Maxine Sullivan: The Maxine Sullivan Collection 1937-49

As a broad introduction to this fine singer, this is an excellent 3CD starter, including her work with Claude Thornhill,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Steve Khan: Patchwork Medio Mezclado

Rob Mounsey | Dennis Chambers | Tatiana Parra | Ruben Rodriguez | Steve Khan | Randy Brecker | Jorge Estrada | Marc Quinones | Bob Mintzer | Bobby Allende

Khan has long behind left his jazz rock days, but the philosophy of fusion remains implicit to his art. Mezclado...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2020

Bill Evans: Master Pianist

Bringing together the two albums Evans made after Scott LaFaro’s death, Moon Beams and How My Heart Sings!, this issue...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: Efflorescence Vol.1

Matthew Shipp | Ivo Perelman

Few artists have shown the courage of their convictions as tenor saxophonist Perelman has in the past two decades. Commitment...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2020

Jim Beard/Jon Herington: Chunks and Chairknobs

Pianist Beard and guitarist Herington are veteran Steely Dan touring fusionists, and come together here in a good-humoured, unelaborate duo...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2020

Eskelin/Weber/Griener: The Pearls

A sax-bass-drums trio experimenting with the elasticity of time on earlier jazz forms, with saxophonist Eskelin’s snaking tenor convincingly recasting...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2020

Kyle Eastwood: Cinematic

Andrew McCormack | Quentin Collins | Kyle Eastwood | Brandon Allen | Stefano di Batista | Chris Higginbottom | Camille Bertailt | Hugh Coltman

You could say that the seed for Cinematic was sown in Kyle Eastwood’s 2017 album, In Transit, which featured an...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2020