Reviews
Michael J. Bolton: Earthrise: A Motion Picture In Sound
The Apollo space missions made a big impact on the childhood of British bassist/composer Michael J Bolton (no relation to...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2019
Sam Rivers Trio: Sam Rivers Archive Project Vol.1: Emanation
Norman Connors | Cecil McBee | Sam Rivers
Sam Rivers' brief tenure in Miles Davis' 1964 quintet should be more than a footnote in jazz history. It is...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2019
Ben Davis/Fred Thomas/Zac Gvirtzman: Monk Spent Youth
Zac Gvirtzman | Fred Thomas | Ben Davis
Davis and Thomas are reliable cornerstones of the London scene, while the lesser-known pianist and producer Gvirtzman (aka Zac Gvi)...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2019
Paul Motian: Tribute
Paul Metzke | Carlos Ward | Sam Brown | Paul Motian | Charlie Haden
A product of what I think was Manfred Eicher's second trip to New York for the purposes of recording, which...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2019
John O Gallagher/Liam Noble/Drew Gress/Jim Bashford: Meridians
Liam Noble | Jim Bashford | John O'Gallagher | Drew Gress
The 30-so minutes of this album were recorded while the short-lived Anglo-American quartet briefly toured the UK, a project organised...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2019
Miles Davis: The Lost Quintet
Dave Holland | Miles Davis | Wayne Shorter | Chick Corea | Jack DeJohnette
This performance, by what has come to be known as Davis' ‘Lost Quintet’, was taken from his Autumn 1969 tour...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2019
Gianluigi Trovesi/Gianni Coscia: La Misteriosa Musica Della Regina Loana
Gianluigi Trovesi | Gianni Coscia
One of Italy's most influential progressive jazz musicians, Gianluigi Trovesi has always drawn from a rich vein of Italian tradition...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2019
David Helbock: Playing John Williams: Piano Works XIV
This is David Helbock's third album for ACT, an association that got off to a flying start with Into the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2019
Enrico Rava: Easy Living
Stefano Bollani | Rosario Bonaccorso | Gianluca Petrella | Enrico Rava | Roberto Gatto
There's no downside to being a Miles Davis disciple, if you can do something as personal with that sound as...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2019
Nicolas Meier World Group: Peaceful
Kevin Glasgow | Demi Garcia | Richard Jones | Nicolas Meier
The clues are in the titles. Meier's World Group, as opposed to his metal project, My Dark Side or his...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2019
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