Reviews

Review of Various Artists: We Out Here

Various Artists: We Out Here

Nubya Garcia | Ezra Collective | Theon Cross | Triforce | Moses Boyd | Featuring Maisha | Kokoroko | Shabaka Hutchings | Joe Armon-Jones

Brownswood

Rating: ★★★

A timely overview of the part of the young London jazz scene grown through channels such as Tomorrow’s Warriors and...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

Review of Dizzy Gillespie: Live At Singer Concert Hall 1973

Dizzy Gillespie: Live At Singer Concert Hall 1973

Jon Faddis | Mike Longo | Earl May | Mickey Roker | Dizzy Gillespie | Al Gafa

Fondamenta

Rating: ★★★

Rather like last year’s Hamburg radio archive album Live At Onkel Po’s (reviewed in Jazzwise 217), this is slightly underwhelming,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2018

Review of Jamie Saft: Solo a Genova

Jamie Saft: Solo a Genova

Jamie Saft

RareNoiseRecords

Rating: ★★★

Following the artistic success of Saft’s collaboration with Steve Swallow and Bobby Previte on RareNoise’s The New Standard and Loneliness...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2018

Review of Maynard Ferguson: M. F. Horn 4 & 5 - Live at Jimmy's

Maynard Ferguson: M. F. Horn 4 & 5 - Live at Jimmy's

Rich Petone | Randy Purcell | Pete Jackson | John De Flon | Gragam Ellis | Danny Cahn | Randy Jones | Bob Summers | Andy Macintosh | Maynard Ferguson

BGO

Rating: ★★★

As is often the case, the flawless execution of Maynard Ferguson’s large band belies the fact that it was recorded...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2018

Review of Lars Møller & Aarhus Jazz Orchestra feat. The Danish Sinfonietta, Kala Ramnath & Abhijit Banerjee: Glow of Benares

Lars Møller & Aarhus Jazz Orchestra feat. The Danish Sinfonietta, Kala Ramnath & Abhijit Banerjee: Glow of Benares

Cesar Joaniquet | Stefan Friis Ringive | Ole Ulvedal | Jette Kristensen | Mads Bærentzen | Bjarne Stange Nielsen | Esben Kjær | Ole Visby | Abhijit Banerjee | Hans Ulrik

Dacapo Records

Rating: ★★★★

The Indian composer-violinist Kala Ramnath’s forays into East-West collaborations have taken many forms and paths. Down the years she and...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: March/2018

Review of Joe McPhee/Pascal Niggenkemper/Ståle Llavik Solberg: Imaginary Numbers

Joe McPhee/Pascal Niggenkemper/Ståle Llavik Solberg: Imaginary Numbers

Joe McPhee | Ståle Llavik Solberg | Pascal Niggenkemper

Clean Feed

Rating: ★★★

Veteran reed and brass man McPhee continues to expand his discography with impressive dedication to the task and this is...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

Review of Fire!: The Hands

Fire!: The Hands

Andreas Werliin | Johan Berthling | Mats Gustafsson

Rune Grammofon

Rating: ★★★

Perhaps as a reaction to the bloated excess of Fire! Orchestra, this sixth album from the core trio of Gustafsson,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2018

Review of Ashley Henry & the RE:ensemble: Easter EP

Ashley Henry & the RE:ensemble: Easter EP

Mattic | Luke Flowers | Daniel Casimir | Jean Toussaint | Eddie Hick | James Capus | Ashley Henry | Williams Cumberbache | Cherise Adams-Burnett | Anthony Joseph

Silvertone/Sony

Rating: ★★★

Blue Note and the Verve group of historic jazz labels have maintained a healthy, if tiny, redoubt in Universal’s vast...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2018

Review of Sameer Gupta: A Circle Has No Beginning

Sameer Gupta: A Circle Has No Beginning

Jay Ghandi | Marc Cary | Morley Kamen | Brandee Younger | Pawan Benjamin | Neel Murgai | Rashaan Carter | Arun Ramamurthy | Marika Hughes | Sameer Gupta

self-released

Rating: ★★★

Brooklyn Raga Massive has emerged over the last few years as a forward-thinking collective devoted to exploring diverse sounds inspired...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2018

Review of Kris Davis & Craig Taborn: Octopus

Kris Davis & Craig Taborn: Octopus

Kris Davis | Craig Taborn

Pyroclastic

Rating: ★★★★

Piano duos have been around for a while but recent iterations – Kaja Drachsler-Eve Risser: Craig Taborn-Vijay Iyer; Kris Davis-Benoit...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

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