Reviews

Review of Bley/Haden/Motian: Memoirs

Bley/Haden/Motian: Memoirs

Paul Motian | Paul Bley | Charlie Haden

Soul Note

Rating: ★★★

If one thought in terms of the pulling power of their names, this would definitely be a summit meeting. Three...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2017

Review of Skullfuck: Fireflies and Mosquitos

Skullfuck: Fireflies and Mosquitos

Raw Tonk Records

Rating: ★★★

What would the Colonel say? This Spanish sax-drums duo live up to their name entirely with a relentlessly cathartic, ear-shattering...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017

Review of Christian Garrick: Spirit of Stephane

Christian Garrick: Spirit of Stephane

VIB

Rating: ★★

This UK violinist's quaint tribute to Django's legendary group partner Stéphane Grappelli includes tunes by Stevie Wonder and Bill Evans,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017

Review of Ridina Ahmedová and Petr Tichý: HLASkontraBAS

Ridina Ahmedová and Petr Tichý: HLASkontraBAS

Ridina Ahmedová | Petr Tichý

Poli5

Rating: ★★★★

The cover of Ridina Ahmedová and Petr Tichý's impeccable, crowd-funded duo debut HLASkontraBAS has an eye peering through a double-bass's...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: May/2017

Review of Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion: This Is The Life I Choose

Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion: This Is The Life I Choose

33 Records

Rating: ★★★

British singer-songwriter Zoe Schwarz’ Blue Commotion are an authentically nostalgic bunch, with originals close to the early bluesy new wave...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017

Review of Ray Charles: Zurich 1962

Ray Charles: Zurich 1962

Dickie Wells | Phil Guilbeau | Keg Johnson | Henderson Chambers | John Hunt | Edgar Willis | Don Wilkerson | Rudy Powell | Bruno Carr | The Raelettes

TCB

Rating: ★★★★

Just three months after yet another raucous open air appearance at the annual jazz festival staged at Antibes Juan-les-Pins, Ray...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2017

Review of Don Joseph: A Tribute to the Jazz Poetry of Don Joseph

Don Joseph: A Tribute to the Jazz Poetry of Don Joseph

Fresh Sound

Rating: ★★★

This is not, as the name suggests, a words and music album, but a collection of playing by a lyrical...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2017

Review of Vazquez Hirshfield Lee: Second Stream

Vazquez Hirshfield Lee: Second Stream

Fresh Sound New Talent

Rating: ★★

With so many piano trios screaming for your attention, the Spanish pianist Yago Vazquez's New York-based, post-cool piano trio won't...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017

Review of Jim Black: Malamute

Jim Black: Malamute

Chris Tordini | Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Óskar Guðjónsson

Intakt

Rating: ★★★

Jim Black emerged in New York's downtown scene of the 1990s, playing alongside Dave Douglas and Tim Berne. He went...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: May/2017

Review of Han Bennink Trio: Adelante

Han Bennink Trio: Adelante

| Simon Toldam

Icp

If any musician seems a good candidate for the title ‘Jazz Janus’, it's Han Bennink – a towering sentinel of...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2017

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