Reviews
Allen Kwela: Black Beauty
A first ever – and most welcome – reissue for this landmark 1975 SA township jazz album. Curiously enough, for...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Ayanna Witter-Johnson: Ocean Floor
LSO Percussion Ensemble | Gwilym Simcock | Ayanna Witter-Johnson
Singer-songwriter, pianist and cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson has developed an increasingly fruitful collaboration with the LSO which has resulted in works...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Nigel Price Organ Trio: That’s It. Right There
Nigel Price | Joel Barford | Ross Stanley
The album title seems to say it all. This is what the Price organ trio is destined to do. No...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Kofi Flexxx: Flowers In The Dark
With its longest track being just under eight minutes and its shortest just over two, Flowers In The Dark, which...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Imogen Ryall: Sings The Charles Mingus/Joni Mitchell Songbook
Nigel Thomas | Eric Ford | Julian Nicholas | David Beebee | Imogen Ryall
‘A door opener for me’ is how vocalist Imogen Ryall describes Mingus, the unforeseen collaboration between Joni Mitchell and Charles...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Johnny Griffin: Live at Ronnie Scott’s 1964
Malcolm Cecil | Johnny Griffin | Stan Tracey | Jackie Dougan
A simplistic overview of modern jazz tenor saxophone in 1964 would have Stan Getz blowing bossa-nova at one end and...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Andre Roligheten: Marbles
Andre Roligheten | Gard Nilssen | Jon Rune Strom | Mattias Stahl | Johan Lindstrom
Forget all those cliches about Nordic Noir, Roligheten’s music is abuzz with sunshine and energy. Marbles kicks off with a...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Myele Manzanza: Crisis & Opportunity Vol. 4 – Meditations
Matthew Sheens | Matt Penman | Myele Manzanza
“I’m not trying to entertain you. I’m not trying to make you dance. Not on this record.” It’s a strong...
Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Mark Turner: Live At The Village Vanguard
Jonathan Pinson | Jason Palmer | Joe Martin | Mark Turner
This could be called the Village Vanguard rite of passage. A live album from one of the most storied of...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Jeremy Rose/Zela Margossian: Visions of Nar/Daughter of the Seas
Jeremy Rose | Hilary Geddes | Zela Margossian | Adam Yilmaz | Bobby Singh
In jazz, programmatic themes have often provided the source of compositional inspiration, and interesting though the concept may be, it...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/January/2023/2024
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