Reviews
Kevin Figes: Wallpaper Music II
Ashley John Long | Mark Whitlam | Brigitte Beraha | Kevin Figes | Jim Blomfield
Over half a century ago the seismic impact of the new ‘rock’ music so mystified mainstream music industry moguls that...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: March/2024
Album Interview: Youn Sun Nah: Elles
This latest studio album from the South Korean vocalist and songwriter (previously with ACT Music) finds her creatively reimagining a...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2024
Matthieu Bordenave Quartet: The Blue Land
Patrice Moret | James Maddren | Florian Weber | Matthieu Bordenave
For the follow up to his ECM trio debut La traverse, the 40-year-old French saxist Matthieu Bordenave adds a fourth...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2024
Rachel Z Trio: Sensual
Jonathan Toscano | Omar Hakim | Matt Penman | Tony Levin | Mino Cinelu | Rachel Z
Rachel Z has quite the CV. She worked on Wayne Shorter’s Grammy-winning Highlife album and was co-writer of the Grammy-winning...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2024
Nitai Hershkovits: Call On The Old Wise
This album, from late 2023, is a gem. Hershkovits, a sideman for Oded Tzur and Avishai Cohen and noted for...
Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: February/2024
Ray Gallon: Grand Company
Ray Gallon | Lewis Nash | Ron Carter
Pianist Gallon’s second disc as leader puts him in ‘grand company’ indeed, but he is no stranger to the work...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2024
Oiro Pena: Puna
Led by composer-multi-instrumentalist Antti Vauhkonen, Oiro Pena is a Finnish collective that epitomises the pleasing creative oddities that have defined...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2024
Charles Mingus: Mingus Takes Manhattan
As far as titles go, nothing could be more appropriate for a character as brilliant and turbulent as Charles Mingus....
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2024
Isaiah Collier: Parallel Universe
Sun Ra, Jimi Hendrix, Cannonball, Weldon Irvine, Nina Simone, Marvin, Aretha, Peter Tosh, J-Dilla, Fela, Miles, Gil. The roll call...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2024
Moses Yoofee Trio: Ocean
Noah Fürbringer | Roman Klobe | Moses Yoofee
This mini-album is an introduction to the 24-year-old pianist-producer Moses Yoofee and his Berlin-based electric-acoustic trio, who have been working...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2024
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