Reviews
Tigran Hamasyan: Luys i Luso
Yerevan State Chamber Choir | Tirgran Hamasyan | Harutyun Topikyan
“Working with the rhythms was complicated for the choir. For instance in ‘Ov Zarmanali’ they are singing chords in 13/16...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2015
Let Spin: Let Go
Moss Freed | Chris Williams | Ruth Goller | Finlay Panter
The four piece Let Spin were described as a ‘new prog-jazz supergroup’ in this mag at the time of the...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015
Brad Mehldau: 10 Years Solo Live
Every so often a set of discs comes along that defines an artist or their place in jazz. Unusually, Brad...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2015
Abbey Lincoln: Sophisticated Abbey
James Leary | Phil Wright | Abbey Lincoln | Doug Sides
In this centenary year of Billie Holiday's birth, the release of a concert performance that brings any kind of attention...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2015
Symphonic Jazz Orchestra: Looking Forward, Looking Back
the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra and guests | Mitch Glickman
This debut disc from the 67-member Symphonic Jazz Orchestra features two new commissions – and ‘Rhapsody in Blue’. Now why...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2015
Alan Barnes: One for Moll
Barry Green | Adam King | Alan Barnes | Mark Taylor
Here's Woodville maestro Barnes front and centre, his slightly sceptical portrait on the cover complemented by a rather more cheerful...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2015
Johnny Hammond: Gears
Although adepts wax lyrical over their work with Donald Byrd, (and rightly so), this is also one of the highlights...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2015
Bobby Hackett & Zoot Sims: Complete Recordings/Strike Up The Band
Not all leads stem from Dizzy Gillespie. Pre-bop there was a plethora of truly inspired trumpet players whose achievements are...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2015
Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Mauch Chunk
Moppa Elliott | Ron Stabinsky | Kevin Shea | Jon Irabagon
Last year's MOPDTK album release Blue, a curious note-fornote transcription of Miles' Kind of Blue, had critics and punters furiously...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015
John Stevens' Away: Away/Somewhere In Between/Mazin Ennit
Last year's John Stevens day at the South Bank during the EFG London Jazz Festival barely scratched the surface of...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2015
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