Reviews
Oh People: Part Time Elegance
Casper Christensen | Lasse Mørck | Henrik Holst Hansen | Jonas Due | Andreas Toftemark
The title understates the case here, as this quartet of typically accomplished, tasteful and subtly swinging Scandinavians are never less...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: April/2025
Ronnie Scott: Four Classic Albums
This thoughtfully compiled, great-value double-disc set serves something of a dual purpose. For those who know Ronnie Scott, tenor saxophonist,...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: April/2025
Inter-Galactic Research Arkestra: Nuits De La Fondation Maeght
Originally released as two separate LPs in 1971 on Parisian music enthusiast Chantal Darcy’s Shandar label, this enlarged and definitive...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: April/2025
Jamil Sheriff: The Debt
Sam Quintana | Dave Walsh | Jamil Sheriff
Jamil Sheriff is a pivotal figure on the rich Northern jazz scene, both in his role as an educator at...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: April/2025
Yuval Cohen Quartet: Winter Poems
Yuval Cohen | Alon Benjamani | Alon Near | Tom Oren
When the first fulsome notes of Yuval Cohen’s soprano sax come in over Tom Oren’s gentle piano introduction to 'First...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: April/2025
Charles Mingus: In Argentina: The Buenos Aires Concerts
Charles Mingus | Robert Neloms | Dannie Richmond | Jack Walrath | Ricky Ford
Just two years before he went to the great chair in the sky Charles Mingus was still making the earth...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2025
Andreas Schaerer: Anthem for No Man’s Land
Luciano Biondini | Lucas Niggli | Kalle Kalima | Andreas Schaerer
Andreas Schaerer is his own immaculate improvisatory creation, uniquely evolved from scat and vocalese into vocal flights equal to the...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: April/2025
Ensemble C: Every Journey
Like Yazz Ahmed’s Polyhymnia, which celebrated women of courage, Cope’s Every Journey focuses on the adventuresses, those who travelled into...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2025
Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra: The Capitol Singles Plus
In 1953, Ellington moved to Capitol Records from Columbia, citing the better promotion offered by his new label. Two years...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2025
Vijay Iyer/Wadada Leo Smith: Defiant Life
As the title suggests, this is a work inspired by struggle and challenge, despair at the state of the world...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2025
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