Wayne Horvitz/Geoff Harper/Eric Eagle: The Snowghost Sessions

Wayne Horvitz | Geof Harper | Eric Eagle

Horvitz pitched in three very differing contexts. ‘Those Who Remain’ is a concerto for orchestra and improvising soloist (Frisell, who...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2019

Jimmy Smith: Bashin' + Midnight Special

This 2CD set lives up to Jazz Images' high presentational standards with some fine pictures from Frank Wolff, and two...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2019

Bob Sheppard: The Fine Line

John Beasley | Simon Moullier | Bob Sheppard | Maria Puga Lareo | Aaron Safarty | Kendrick Scott | Jasper Somsen | Mike Cottone | Benjamin Shepherd

Bob Sheppard is one of the sharpest multi-reed players in contemporary jazz but he rarely fronts his own outfits in...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2019

Hymn: Silence, The Birds

This trio integrates Stockhausen-informed electronics with jazzy-folk acoustics, with veteran violinist Sylvia Hallett making play with a spinning bicycle wheel....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019

Evan Parker/Matthew Wright Trance Map +: Crepuscule In Nickelsdorf

Adam Linson | Matthew Wright | Ashley Wales | John Coxon | Evan Parker

Temporarily breaking away from saxophone soloing, Evan Parker teams up with turntablist and sampler Matthew Wright – together with Spring...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: September/2019

Michele Rabbia/Gianluca Petrella/Eivind Aarset: Lost River

Eivind Aarset | Gianluca Petrella | Michele Rabbia

The versatile drummer Michele Rabbia is a purveyor of both airily crisp-toned grooves and a painterly percussive soundscape, and has...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019

Anat Cohen Tentet: Triple Helix

Vitor Gonçalves | Owen Broder | Sheryl Bailey | Anthony Pinciotti | James Shipp | Nick Finzer | Christopher Hoffman | Odded Lev-Ari | Anat Cohen | Nadja Noordhuis,

A huge name in United States jazz circles, Israeli-born New York-based Anat Cohen has won “clarinetist of the year” 10...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2019

Noah Preminger/Broken Shadows/Gregory Tardy/Bill Frisell/Billy Lester/Kenny Werner/Hank Roberts: Newvelle Records: Seaso

Adopting a unique marketing strategy, first put into effect in 2015, Newvelle Records, co-founded by Elan Mehler and Jean-Christophe Morisseau,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2019

David Kikoski: Phoenix Rising

Joe Farnsworth | Eric Alexander | David Kikoski | Peter Washington

For his authority and fluency as a selflessly creative child of the jazz-piano era spanning Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, Chick...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2019

Gerry Mulligan: The Concert Jazz Band

Bill Crow | Gerry Mulligan | Bill Takas | Bob Brookmeyer | Dick Meldonian | Dave Bailey | Phil Sunkel | Doc Severinson | Zoot Sims | Danny Stiles

A good decade and a half after the Swing Era went bust, 1960 hardly seemed an auspicious time in which...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: September/2019