Reviews
Tom Harrell: Trip
This album, in tandem with a live concert recently witnessed, suggest that while Harrell's creative spirit remains undiminished, his allegiance...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2017
Enrico Rava and Paolo Fresu: Shades of Chet
Stefano Bollani | Paolo Fresu | Enrico Rava | Enzo Pietropaoli | Robert Gatto
Italian trumpeter Paolo Fresu is regularly compared to Chet Baker, so it's only fitting that he and fellow Italian blower...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2014
Billy Hawks: New Genius of the Blues and Heavy Soul
Two Prestige LPs of grits and gravy Hammond blues compiled back to back give a comprehensive account of this relatively...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2014
Noel Langley: Edentide
Like the Severn Bore, Langley's debut has been a long time coming, but, ye gods, it's spectacular now it's here....
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2014
Azar Lawrence: The Seeker
Benito Gonzalez | Azar Lawrence | Nicholas Payton | Essiet Okon Essiet | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts
Of all the post-Coltrane tenor saxophonists, arguably the most outstanding and least recognised must surely be Azar Lawrence. His youthful...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2014
Dominic J Marshall Trio: Spirit Speech
Dominic J Marshall | Jamie Peet | Tobias Nijboer
A relatively new face on the UK scene, the 25-year-old Amsterdam-based Scottish pianist-composer had lessons from his father in classical...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014
Strayhorn Quartet: One Drop Love Chant
A quartet based around the Gloucester area led by the funk saxophonist Dom Franks with influences from latin and straightahead...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014
Manu Katché: Live in Concert
Three-quarters of this quartet debuted on Manu Katché (ECM) in 2012, when the trumpeter was Nils Petter Molvaer, but management...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2017
Stefano Bollani: Joy in Spite of Everything
Stefano Bollani | Jesper Bodilsen | Bill Frisell | Morten Lund | Mark Turner
This is a well-executed album, impeccably recorded but one senses that these fine musicians are playing within themselves, including the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2014
Various Artists: Greater Lengths: An All Saints Compilation
Roger Eno | Brian Eno | Jon Hassell | Harold Budd | John Paul Jones | Laraaji | John Cale
All Saints were never just going to release a boring old compilation. Instead we have one CD evoking projects by...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2014

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