Reviews
JD Allen: The Dark, The Light, The Grey and The Colorful
Gregg August | JD Allen | Ian Kenselaar | Nic Cacioppo
JD Allen, the Michigan-born tenor saxophonist, has a poetic imagination and a resolute focus on how best to use it....
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: December/2024
Peter Gall: Love Avatar
Peter Gall | Wanja Slavin | Matthias Pichler | Reinier Baas | Rainer Böhm
Bavarian-born drummer Peter Gall has an impressive pedigree, which includes work with the New York Voices, Take 6, and the...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: December/2024
Myra Brownbridge: The Voyage Out
George Garford | Matthew Holmes | Tony Kofi | Myra Brownbridge | Tom Ollendorff
If you’ve not heard of Myra Brownbridge, it’s because she’s spent her career so far working with better-known headliners -...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: December/2024
McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson: Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’
Jack DeJohnette | Joe Henderson | Henry Grimes | McCoy Tyner
The partnership between Tyner and Henderson had developed in the studio in the years leading up to this live session,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/2024
Brad Shepik: Dream Of The Possible
John Hadfield | Brad Shepik | Amino Belyamani | Sam Minaie | Layale Chaker
Shepik is a versatile and accomplished guitarist who spent time as a sideman for Paul Motian as well as leading...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: December/2024
Eyolf Dale: The Space Between Two Notes
Audun Kleive | Per Zanussi | Norwegian Radio Orchestra | Eyolf Dale | Miho Hazama
The title recalls the scene in The Simpsons where Lisa tells a supercilious jazz club punter, “Listen to the notes...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: December/2024
Catherine Russell and Sean Mason: My Ideal
Sean Mason | Catherine Russell
Russell’s recent US releases have her heartfelt vocal stylings cushioned by a small band. Having lately played Ronnie Scott’s and...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/2024
Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin: Spin
Kaspar Rast | Nik Bärtsch | Jeremias Keller | Sha
Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin have played their own Zurich club Exil for 1,000 Mondays and 20 years, an invaluable live lab...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: December/2024
Ben Wolfe: The Understated
Russell Malone | Sullivan Fortner | Aaron Kimmel | Ben Wolfe | Nicole Glover
This quintet’s collective energy shines out on the second track here, called ‘Occam’s Razor’, underpinned by Wolfe’s bass work, partly...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2024
Adam Glasser Quartet: SA and Beyond
This release matters not just because it’s a pleasure to hear Glasser’s virtuoso chromatic harp. For Glasser, it’s about keeping...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2024
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