Reviews
Tim Ray Trio: Fire & Rain
John Lockwood | Tim Ray | Mark Walker
Pianist Ray was MD for Tony Bennett from 2016 through to the late singer's retirement in 2021 but is clearly...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2023
Emma Rawicz: Chroma
Ant Law | Emma Rawicz | Asaf Sirkis | Ivo Neame | Immy Churchill | Conor Chaplin
Like her splendid debut Incantation, there's something of the concept album about Rawicz's Chroma as befits a blossoming artist who...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2023
Chris Allard: Melodic Collective
Will Glaser | Oli Hayhurst | John Turville | Robbie Robson | Chris Allard
The clue's in the band's title as Allard releases another sophisticated, swinging and most importantly, melody-filled collection of largely his...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2023
Leo Genovese: Estrellero
Demian Cabaud | Marcos Cavaleiro | Leo Genovese
Argentinian pianist Leo Genovese has been turning heads following his high profile tours and recordings with singer-bassist Esperanza Spalding ever...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2023
Tyshawn Sorey: Continuing
Aaron Diehl | Matt Brewer | Tyshawn Sorey
In recent years, the astonishingly prolific American composer/improviser Tyshawn Sorey has written contemporary-classical song-cycles, pieces for experimental chamber orchestras, led...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2023
Jon Regen: Satisfied Mind
“I called the album Satisfied Mind because it's the first time a collection of songs truly sounds like me”, New...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2023
Ethel Waters: Stormy Weather – The Hits 1921-47
Ethel Waters (born in 1896) was a key influence on American pop vocals in the 1920s and 30s, well-documented in...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2023
Sam ‘The Man’ Taylor: Sax Supreme: The Singles and Albums Collection 1949-58
Not much remembered these days, Taylor was the direct predecessor of King Curtis, in terms of building a solo reputation...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2023
The Matt Wates Sextet: Ballad For Steve
Malcolm Creese | Andy Panayi | Matt Wates | Leon Greening | Matt Home | Martin Shaw
Time was when Wates issued new sextet albums at a steady rate, starting as far back as 1993. Latterly the...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2023
Maulawi: Orotunds
Michael Fuller | Maulawi Nururdin
A welcome reissue of an item in the catalogue of the iconic Strata label that's rarer than hen's fillings, let...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2023
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