Reviews
Jeon Lim Yang: Synchronicity
Mat Maneri | Randy Peterson | Jacob Sacks | Jeon Lim Yang
A repeated piano riff going in and out of time, the line slipping off centre, while drums and strings also...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2025
Joe Armon-Jones: All The Quiet Part I
Ezra Collective member Joe Armon-Jones has of late been at the forefront of the London jazz scene. Co-writing and performing...
Reviewed by Ammar Kalia in issue: April/2025
Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra: Rhythm Is Our Business: His 53 Finest 1933-1945
George T Simon, the doyen of big band writers, considered the Lunceford orchestra, “one of the greatest Swing bands that...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2025
Anouar Brahem: After the Last Sky
Anja Lechner | Dave Holland | Anouar Brahem | Django Bates
Brahem began this project before the horrors of Gaza unfolded. But it remains a powerful response to the tragedy of...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2025
David Ferris Septet: Sketches
Now based in London, Ferris hails originally from Cornwall via Birmingham (the latter also being the home of Stoney Lane...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: April/2025
Emma Rawicz & Gwilym Simcock: Big Visit
This outstanding duet album from pianist Gwilym Simcock and saxophonist Emma Rawicz emerged from a serendipitous meeting at Simcock’s 40th...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2025
Emily Masser: Songs with my Father
James Owston | Dean Masser | Steve Brown | Emily Masser | Matyas Gayer
It’s a family affair. Emily Masser’s mother Gill died just before Emily began studying at the Guildhall, and she is...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: April/2025
Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes: Expansions
For anyone who grew up in the jazz-funk belt of Kent, London and Essex in the 1970s and 80s, Expansions...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: April/2025
Matters Unknown: Silhouettes: A Dream Sphere Journal
Silhouettes: A Dream Sphere Journal is what multi-hyphenate musician and activist Jonathan Enser describes as “love letters to the society...
Reviewed by Gail Tasker in issue: April/2025
Adam Ben Ezra: Heavy Drops
Adam Ben Ezra | Omer Mor | Michael Olivera Garcia
Adam Ben Ezra is the very model of a modern musician. A flamboyant virtuoso, he’s evolved a distinctive style of...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: April/2025
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