Ensemble Für Neue Musik Zürich: Led By The Yellow Bricks

Nothing you could really call jazz here, but this Swiss chamber sextet, led by the Japanese composer Noriko Hisada, show...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2017

Enrico Pieranunzi/Mads Vinding/Alex Riel: Yesterdays

It's 20 years since Pieranunzi, Vinding and Riel took to the stage at the Copenhagen Jazzhouse to perform this live...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2018

John Beasley: Monk'estra Vol.2

John Beasley | Ben Shepherd | Brian Swartz | Tom Luer | Ryan Dragon | Francesco Torres | Pedrito Martinez | Dontae Winslow | Bob Sheppard | Conrad Herwig

Vol.1 was welcomed in Jazzwise 212, though I had a couple of reservations and secretly wondered (off-screen) how well it...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2017

Blue Note All-Stars: Our Point Of View

Derrick Hodge | Robert Glasper | Kendrick Scott | Lionel Loueke | Ambrose Akinmusire | Marcus Strickland

An effective summary of Blue Note's current roster with the emphasis placed firmly on the strength of the soloists. Chances...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2017

Girls In Airports: Live

Gerald Watkins | Jason Marsalis | Jasen Weaver | Oscar Rossignoli

Live albums often major in mutual exhilaration. Martin Stender's fine Danish band's fifth album distils a subtler essence during three...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2020

Satoko Fuji: Aspiration

Natsuki Tamura | Wadada Leo Smith | Satoko Fuji | Ikue Mori

Pianist-composer Fuji has been a prolific and consistently adventurous recording artist for the best part of two decades and this...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2017

Carsten Lindholm: Indispiration

The Danish drummer-composer collective's rolling personnel features Erik Truffaz and Get the Blessing's Jim Barr and Pete Judge, but his...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2017

Arturo O'Farrill & Chucho Valdés: Familia: Tribute to Bebo + Chico

Chucho Valdés | the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra | the Third Generations Ensemble | Arturo O'Farrill | Jessie Valdés | Zack O'Farrill | Leyanis Valdés | Anoushka Shankar | Adam O'Farrill

“There were at least two instances in which I literally had to hide in the bathroom to cry,” say Chucho...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2017

Trevor Taylor/Ian Brighton/Steve Beresford: Kontakte Trio

Steve Beresford | Ian Brighton | Trevor Taylor

Guitarist Ian Brighton's recent return to playing after a nearly 40-year sabbatical is one of the more heartening tales from...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2017

Rob Mazurek: Rome

Rob Mazurek

The four solo pieces that make up this album -ranging from six to 17 minutes long – were commissioned for...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2017