Reviews

Review of Bill Evans: Further Ahead – Live in Finland 1964-1969

Bill Evans: Further Ahead – Live in Finland 1964-1969

Eddie Gomez | Bill Evans | Chuck Israels | Marty Morell | Niels-Henning Ørsted-Pedersen | Larry Bunker | Alan Dawson

Editor's Choice

Elemental Music

Rating: ★★★★

The first session here, for Finnish radio with Israels and Bunker is by the group that would record Trio ‘65...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2025

Review of Georgia Mancio/Alan Broadbent: A Story Left Untold

Georgia Mancio/Alan Broadbent: A Story Left Untold

Georgia Mancio | FAME’s Studio Orchestra | Alan Broadbent | Andrew Cleyndert | Dave Ohm

Editor's Choice

Roomspin Records

Rating: ★★★★

Completing a critically-acclaimed trilogy following Songbook (2017) and Quiet Is The Star (2021), the latest collaboration between vocalist Georgia Mancio...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2025

Review of Joe Henderson: Multiple

Joe Henderson: Multiple

Joe Henderson | Jack DeJohnette | Larry Willis | James ‘Blood’ Ulmer | John Thomas | Arthur Jenkins | Dave Holland

Milestone/Jazz Dispensary Top Shelf Series

Rating: ★★★★

Joe Henderson made many albums over his long and storied career, but there are two that I return to again...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2025

Review of Simin Tander: The Wind

Simin Tander: The Wind

Harpreet Bansal | Samuel Rohrer  Schlagzeug | Simin Tander | Björn Meyer

Jazzland

Rating: ★★★

German-Afghan singer Simin Tander received the German Record Critics’ Award in 2016 for her ECM album with pianist Tord Gustavsen,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2025

Review of Billy Marrows & Grande Familia: The Penelope Album Live

Billy Marrows & Grande Familia: The Penelope Album Live

Gustavo Clayton Marucci | Billy Marrows | Tom Potter | Tom Ridout | Olli Martin | Chris Williams | Teresa Macedo | Dijan Mbanu | Angus Bayley | Anna Drysdale

Discus Music

Rating: ★★★★

Captured live at Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho, this is an expanded version of Marrows’ original release, Penelope. Written...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2025

Review of Mark Turner: We Raise Them To Lift Their Heads

Mark Turner: We Raise Them To Lift Their Heads

Mark Turner

Loveland

Rating: ★★★★

This first solo sax album by Mark Turner has the feel of a significant artistic statement. The ‘Sonny Rollins at...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2025

Review of Angel Bat Dawid & Naima Nefertari: Journey to Nabta Playa

Angel Bat Dawid & Naima Nefertari: Journey to Nabta Playa

Ishmael Ali | Efuru Hawa Kilolo Harmon-Miller | Angel Bat Dawid | Naima Nefertari | Olula Negre | Michelle Manson

Spiritmuse Records

Hundreds of miles south of Cairo, in an area known as Nabta Playa, lies the world’s oldest known stone circle....

Reviewed by Gail Tasker in issue: May/2025

Review of Joachim Kühn: Échappée

Joachim Kühn: Échappée

Joachim Kühn

Intakt

Rating: ★★★★

A major figure in the European avant-garde since the 1960s, German pianist Joachim Kühn has been captivating listeners for decades...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2025

Review of Freddie Hubbard: On Fire: Live at the Blue Morocco

Freddie Hubbard: On Fire: Live at the Blue Morocco

Freddie Hubbard | Herbie Lewis | Kenny Barron | Bennie Maupin | Freddie Waits

Editor's Choice

Resonance Records

Rating: ★★★★

Sometimes the hyperbole that surrounds a Resonance release can run away with itself. In one or two instances, the rarity...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2025

Review of Or Bareket: YŌM

Or Bareket: YŌM

Savannah Harris | Jeremy Corren | Godwin Louis | Or Bareket

Enja

Rating: ★★★

Widely involved as a sideman on the New York scene, YŌM is bass player and composer Or Bareket’s fourth album...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: May/2025

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