Reviews
Peggy Lee: Let's Love
These 1974 sessions put Lee in a rather poppish setting, and the results don't do her (still exceptional) voice proper...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2014
Paul Higgs: Pavanne
The former director of the National Theatre and RSC is also a trumpeter-composer, and here he effectively mixes together the...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014
Peirani & Parisien: Belle Époque
Emile Parisien | Vincent Peirani
Released as part of ACT's new ‘Duo Art’ series, this collaboration between two of France's top young jazzers is an...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2014
Joel Harrison and Anupam Shobhakar: Multiplicity Leave The Door Open
This Indo-jazz partnership brings together two US-based musicians playing in an assortment of styles. The title track with its tempo...
Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: June/2014
Jumoké Fashola: The Condition of Being A Woman
Oli Hayhurst | Simon Wallace | Jumoké Fashola | James Maddren | Richard Olatundé Baker
Everyone appreciates a jazz vocalist who takes risks, and there's plenty of the latter on Jumoké Fashola's excellent debut album,...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2014
Misha Tsiganov: The Artistry Of The Standard
Alex Sipiagin | Boris Kozlov | Misha Tsiganov | Donald Edwards | Seamus Blake
Seeing leader Tsiganov's name gave me a momentary qualm. He had added vapid synthesiser washes to the otherwise stirring hard...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2014
Max Merseny: Everlasting
This German jazz-funk saxophonist mixes up smooth jazz, fusion and Roy Ayres-type soul with a dash of ‘old skool’ hip...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014
Graham Collier Jazz Ensemble: Luminosity The Last Suites
The timing of this handsomely packaged collection of Collier's last two un-recorded suites, ‘Luminosity’ and ‘The Blue Suite’ is appropriate...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2014
Seamus Blake/Chris Cheek: Reeds Ramble
Ethan Iverson | Matt Penman | Chris Cheek | Jochen Rueckert | Seamus Blake
Two-tenor excursions have certainly changed over the years. Though there are a couple of blues, you won't find any of...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2014
Iva Bittová, Gyan Riley, Evan Ziporyn: Eviyan Live
An engaging set featuring the Czech violinist-singer, with guitarist Gyan Riley and clarinetist Evan Ziporyn, works within an experimental yet...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

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