Reviews

Review of Claudia Campagnol: I'm Strong

Claudia Campagnol: I'm Strong

Niclas Campagnol | Claudia Campagnol

Giant Sheep Music

Rating: ★★★

Born in Budapest and based in Copenhagen, vocalist, composer and multi-instrumentalist Claudia Campagnol is one of Denmark's rising stars, chosen...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2019

Review of Album Interview: Quentin Collins Sextet: Road Warrior

Album Interview: Quentin Collins Sextet: Road Warrior

Leo Richardson | Willie Jones | Meilana Gillard | Dan Nimmer | Jean Toussaint | Quentin Collins | Joe Sanders

Editor's Choice

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★★

Trumpeter Collins assembled a spectacular line-up for this very impressive album, balancing an all-American rhythm section with a strong UK...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2019

Review of Soft Machine: The Harvest Albums: 1975-1978 — Bundles

Soft Machine: The Harvest Albums: 1975-1978 — Bundles

Mike Ratledge | Karl Jenkins | Allan Holdsworth | John Marshall | Roy Babbington

Esoteric Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Given the era and the label, Harvest being EMI's prog-rock arm, it's no surprise that this is the Softs squarely...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2019

Review of Brand/Beresford/Edwards/Sanders: All Will Be Said, All To Do Again

Brand/Beresford/Edwards/Sanders: All Will Be Said, All To Do Again

Mark Sanders | Steve Beresford | John Edwards | Sarah Gail Brand

Regardless

Rating: ★★★

It's hard to name more than a handful of trombonists working in free improv - Alan Tomlinson and Conny Bauer...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2019

Review of Runswick Hymas: Big Bands 1974-78

Runswick Hymas: Big Bands 1974-78

Chris Pyne | Stan Sulzmann | Phil Lee | Harold Fisher | Cliff Bevan | Tony Hymas | Dick Abel | Tony Coe | Don Rendell | Norma Winstone

ASC

Rating: ★★★

“Bands, those funny little plans that never work quite right,” sang Jonathan Donahue on Mercury Rev's Deserter's Songs. That line...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2019

Review of Miguel Zenón: Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera

Miguel Zenón: Sonero: The Music of Ismael Rivera

Miguel Zenón | Hans Glawischnig | Luis Perdomo | Henry Cole

Miel

Rating: ★★★★

The Miguel Zenón quartet on his 12th recording as leader with Venezuelan pianist Luis Perdomo and bassist Hans Glawischnig goes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2019

Review of Jazzmeia Horn: Love and Liberation

Jazzmeia Horn: Love and Liberation

Stacey Dillard | Victor Gould | Jazzmeia Horn | Ben Williams | Jamison Ross | Sullivan Fortner | Josh Evans

Editor's Choice

Concord

Rating: ★★★★

Winner of the 2015 Thelonious Monk Institute International Jazz Competition, the Dallas-born, NYC-based vocalist Jazzmeia Horn released one of the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2019

Review of Leo Richardson Quartet: Move

Leo Richardson Quartet: Move

Leo Richardson | Ed Richardson | Rick Simpson | Tim Thornton | Alex Garnett

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★★

I heard Richardson's quartet live recently and admired their energy and full-on commitment to the post-Coltrane cause. Richardson (son of...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2019

Review of Mark Kavuma: The Banger Factory

Mark Kavuma: The Banger Factory

David Mrakpor | Kaidi Akibinni | Rueben James | Mussinghi Nrian Edwards | Michael Shrimpling | Mark Kavuma | William Cleasby | Artie Zaitz

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★

Deschanel Gordon's piano has an audible, ambient glint as he introduces ‘Dear KD’. When William Cleasby's drums add a quiet...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: October/2019

Review of Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio

Stan Getz & The Oscar Peterson Trio

Max Roach | Stan Getz | Herb Ellis | Oscar Peterson | Ray Brown | Dizzy Gillespie

Jazz Images

Rating: ★★★★

As is the way with this label, it's this release's two extra tracks which feature Gillespie and Roach, otherwise it's...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2019

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