Reviews
David Bitelli & Ollie Usiskin: Harlesden Sessions
In 2021 George Haslam closed down his SLAM Productions label after some 30 years and more than 250 album releases...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: December/2024
Bach Jazz
Magnus Bergström | Emil Carlsson Rinstad | Ola Winkler
Although one of the earliest Jazz-and-Bach compositions was Welshman Alec Templeton’s ‘Bach Goes To Town,’ an arrangement that was picked...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/2024
Jeff Parker ETA IVtet: The Way Out Of Easy
Jeff Parker | Josh Johnson | Jay Bellerose | Anna Butterss
This is a long CD, so it’s also a double LP: a live Los Angeles set with an incredibly hushed...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: December/2024
Daniel Inzani: Selected Worlds
Composer/pianist Daniel Inzani’s name has often appeared around equally striking nomenclature – he’s worked with Alabaster dePlume and Cosmo Sheldrake...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: December/2024
Matt Slocum: Lion Dance
Walter Smith III | Matt Slocum | Larry Grenadier
You've got to admire the self-confidence of musicians who, after a single rehearsal, go into the studio and lay all...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: December/2024
Zacc Harris: Chasing Shadows
Bryan Nichols | Zacc Harris | Chris Bates | Pete James Johnson | Brandon Wozniak
Zacc Harris is a Minneapolis-based guitarist with a clean, soft-edged sound, that refers back to Metheny and before him to...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: December/2024
Album Interview: The Bad Plus: Complex Emotions
Chris Speed | Reid Anderson | Ben Monder | Dave King
The closest forerunner to the newest incarnation of the iconoclastic The Bad Plus –founder members Reid Anderson and Dave King...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/2024
Bill Laurance & Michael League: Keeping Company
Bill Laurance | Michael League
Longtime members of maximalist fusion ensemble Snarky Puppy, Bill Laurance and Michael League, have established unexpected new ground in their...
Reviewed by Ammar Kalia in issue: December/2024
Jakob Bro, Lee Konitz, Bill Frisell, Jason Moran, Thomas Morgan, Andrew Cyrille: Taking Turns
Andrew Cyrille | Bill Frisell | Jason Moran | Lee Konitz | Jakob Bro | Thomas Morgan
It’s amazing to think that Lee Konitz, with his distinctively questioning, interior sound, played with Miles and Mulligan at the...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: December/2024
Sun Ra Arkestra: Lights On A Satellite
By way of marking Sun Ra Arkestra leader Marshall Allen’s 100th trip around the sun, Lights On A Satellite is...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: December/2024
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