Reviews
Made To Break: Cherchez La Femme
Christof Kurzman | Tim Daisy | Devin Hoff | Ken Vandermark
Not for nothing is Ken Vandermark known as the hardest working man in avant-jazz. Each of these three lengthy compositions...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2014
Matt Slocum: Black Elk's Dream
Gerald Clayton | Massimo Biolcati | Walter Smith III | Dayna Stephens | Matt Slocum
American drummer/composer Matt Slocum has a light touch, a strong melodic pulse and is steadily rising up the New York...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2014
Paul Bley: Play Blue-Live in Oslo
Bley's gentle subversion of established jazz practice in the mid-1960s on albums such as Closer on the ESP label appeared...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2014
Bernie Worrell: Elevation: The Upper Air-Solo Piano
As all British schoolchildren, past and present, know, Dr Who regenerates every few years and steps out of his Tardis...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2014
Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Orchestra: Jazz Is Universal
One of the seminal albums by this fine orchestra makes a welcome reappearance on its original label, proving that what...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2014
Ben Webster: In Norway
A live session from Trondheim, for Webster completists, but not as good as the previous decade's Danish Steeplechase sessions, and...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2014
Keith Jarrett: Arbour Zena
Dennis Russell Davies | Keith Jarrett
These two albums are part of the first batch of ECM's The Story Of Our Listening compact disc reissue series...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2014
Sławek Dudar Quartet: Inside City
This Polish, Wroclaw-based saxophonistcomposer's mostly folk-derived themes (including a sombre ballad paying tribute to Esbjörn Svensson) are driven by rock,...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014
Dee Daniels: State of the Art
A latecomer to jazz vocals, this New York-based singer has something of her namesake Dee Dee Bridgewater about her interpretations...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014
Ambrose Akinmusire: The Imagined Savior is Far Easier To Paint
This is trumpeter Akinmusire's second album on the Blue Note label that follows the critically acclaimed When the Heart Emerges...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2014

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