Reviews
Solstice: Food for Thought
Dave Manington | Tori Freestone | Will Glaser | Jez Franks | Brigitte Beraha | John Turville
Solstice lay before you such a tasting menu of musical treats, it's hard to know where to begin: Jez Franks'...
Reviewed in issue February/2021
Judith and Dave O’Higgins: His ‘n’ Hers
Jeremy Brown | Graham Harvey | Judith O’Higgins | Josh Morrison | Dave O’Higgins
Recorded just two days before lockdown, His ‘n’ Hers finds Mr and Mrs O’Higgins cutting this set in inspired response...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Rob Barron Trio: From This Moment On
Rob Barron | Jeremy Brown | Josh Morrison
I missed out on Barron's debut album What's In Store (reviewed in Jazzwise 214) done with the same rhythm-section plus...
Reviewed in issue November/2020
Meraki
Jonathan Silk | Jacky Naylor | Nick Jurd
Meraki are a new trio formed in Birmingham and led by pianist Jacky Naylor (winner of the prestigious Dankworth Prize...
Reviewed in issue August/2020
James Copus: Dusk
Tom Cawley | James Copus | Jason Brown | Conor Chaplin
As will be apparent elsewhere in these pages, young trumpeter Copus is currently making a name for himself, hitherto with...
Reviewed in issue August/2020
Joe Downard: Seven Japanese Tales
Rupert Cox | Alex Hitchcock | James Copus | Will Barry | Joe Downard | Felix Ambach
This impressive debut from UK bassist -producer Joe Downard offers musical counterparts to seven short stories by Japanese author Jun'ichir...
Reviewed in issue July/2020
Mezcla: Shoot the Moon
Former BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year David Bowden also plays bass on the limpidly beautiful, locally nostalgic folk-jazz...
Reviewed in issue May/2020
Noemi Nuti: Venus Eye
Chris Eldred | Noemi Nuti | Gareth Lockrane | Emiliano Caroselli | Tom Herbert
This follow-up to her acclaimed 2015 debut on Ubuntu, Nice to Meet You, sees vocalist, instrumentalist and composer Noemi Nuti...
Reviewed in issue April/2020
Paul Booth: Travel Sketches
Paul Booth | Steve Hamilton | Andrew Bain | Dave Whitford
Urbane, relaxed, yet bristling with intent, Travel Sketches is all you'd expect from a Booth release: immaculate playing, a feel...
Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2019/2020
Rob Cope: Gods of Apollo
Rob Luft | Jon Ormston | Rob Cope | Elliot Galvin
Moon-shots had become routine by the time Gene Cernan walked on our satellite's surface in 1972, pottering about in the...
Reviewed in issue August/2019
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