Reviews
Oli Steidle & The Killing Popes: Ego Pills
As you might have suspected from the band name and album title, this is not an album of straightahead jazz...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2019
The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Countdown: Time In Outer Space
Joe Morello | Paul Desmond | Gene Wright | Dave Brubeck
Six studio albums into his Columbia contract, Dave Brubeck recorded Time Out in June, July and August 1959. It was...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2019
Ilmiliekki Quartet: Land Of Real Men
Verneri Pohjola | Antti Lötjönen | Tuomo Prättälä | Olavi Louhivuori
They're back! Older and wiser that's for sure, the Ilmiliekki Quartet was one of the great success stories of the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2019
Zela Margossian Quintet: Transition
Zela Margossi's peripatetic career took her from Lebanon to Armenia to Australia, where she is now establishing her career in...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2019
Matt Mitchell: Phalanx Ambassadors
Matt Mitchell | Kim Cass | Kate Gentile | Patricia Brennan | Miles Okazaki
Mitchell's 2017 release, A Pouting Grimace, flexed its compositional muscle by way of a large ensemble conducted by Tyshawn Sorey;...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: August/2019
Nick Weldon: Eleven Flames
Art Themen | Laura Jurd | Nikki Iles | Trevor Tomkins | Nick Weldon | Andra Sparks
Weldon, hitherto known for his distinctive piano work, has morphed into a bassist and a fine one at that. His...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2019
Sam Newsome: Chaos Theory: Song Cycles For Prepared Soprano Saxophone
As an unerring devotee of the soprano saxophone Sam Newsome draws inevitable comparisons to Steve Lacy. He has a thorough...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2019
Oscar Peterson: Nostalgic Memories
Compiled from duo/trio sessions from 1951-54, this originally appeared as a Clef LP, but this adds more same period work,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2019
Don Cherry/Ed Blackwell: El Corazon
Star performers in Ornette Coleman's legendary bands, Cherry and Blackwell further developed their chemistry on this wonderfully eclectic session that...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2019
Espen Berg Trio: Free To Play
The Trondheim-based rising star pianist comes up trumps with a stimulating, individualistic blend of Mehldau-informed counterpoint, Tigran-ish folk tune filigree,...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019
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