Reviews
Sam Anning: Earthen
Kyrie Anderson | Sam Anning | Andrea Keller | Mat Jodrell | Theo Carbo | Carl Mackey
As I have previously flagged up in these pages, the Australian jazz scene (largely, but by no means totally, concentrated...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2024
Dave Douglas: Gifts
Dave Douglas | Rafiq Bhatia | James Brandon Lewis | Ian Chang
Despite run-outs with luminaries like Lage and Halvorson, Douglas isn’t best known for collaborating with guitarists, and certainly none has...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2024
Ghost-Note: Mustard n’Onions
Snarky Puppy alumni Searight and Werth finally follow up 2018’s riotous Swagism with another big-noised funk excursion, this time stacked...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2024
Greg Murphy: You Remind Me
Steve Johns | David Stoller | Greg Murphy | Malou Beauvoir | Obasi Akoto | Frank Lacy | Zach Brock
Pianist and composer Greg Murphy's seventh album as leader, a heartfelt tribute to his late wife Nancy, is a frustrating...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2024
Paula Rae Gibson featuring Matthew Bourne: Loving In Real Time
Matthew Bourne | Paula Rae Gibson
Matthew Bourne’s extensive hunger for collaboration was starved during lockdown, and the second of two summer days playing with Northeastern...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2024
Dan Weiss: Even Odds
Dan Weiss | Matt Mitchell | Miguel Zenón
The innovative American percussionist/composer Dan Weiss has long been making absorbing jazz out of composing group music from drum patterns...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2024
Marta Sánchez: Perpetual Void
Savannah Harris | Christopher Tordini | Marta Sánchez
New York-based Spanish pianist and composer Sánchez, who’s been recently performing with saxophonist David Murray, makes her fifth album (and...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2024
Various Artists: Inspiring Elvis: The Music Behind The King of Rock and Roll
We can’t be sure that Elvis knew and was influenced by all these African American artists and their recordings, but...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2024
Jamil Sherriff’s Five Gold Rings: Red Kite
Sam Quintana | Caroline Boaden | Richard Iles | Jim Corry | Jamil Sherriff
Jamil Sherriff has exerted a mighty influence for good on the UK scene in his role as jazz programme leader...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: May/2024
Anthropods: Abundant Shores
Jakob Gnigler | Susanna Gartmayer | Irene Kepl | Clemens Sainitzer | Mark Holub
Two Vienna-based bands, each featuring Led Bib drummer Mark Holub– but that’s about it for commonalities. Acoustic quintet Anthropods was...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: May/2024
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