Reviews
Roni Ben-Hur: Love Letters
Ingrid Jensen | Ugonna Okegwo | Jason Tieman | Roni Ben-Hur
The clue’s kind of in the title: after decades in the business as a respected performer and educator, Ben-Hur pays...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2023
Alex Flood: Oscillate
Alexander Flood | Paulo Cedraz | Àbáse | Joel Prime | Horatio Luna | Lewis Moody
But is it jazz? "This is dance music," announces the note accompanying the title track of Oscillate, the third album...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2023
Uriel Herman: Different Eyes
Avri Borochov | Uriel Herman | Uriel Weinberger | Itamar Borochov | Haim Peskoff | Maayan Doari
Uriel Herman, the young pianist and composer from Jerusalem, studied classical piano and composition with exalted Israeli conservatoire teachers during...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2023
Héctor Lavoe: La Voz
It’s Fania Flashback time! Re-mastered by the legendary Kevin Gray for vinyl and also re-released in hi-res digital on Craft...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2023
Yosef Gutman Levitt with Lionel Loueke: Soul Song
Ofri Nehemya | Omri Mor | Yosef Gutman Levitt | Lionel Loueke
Hard on the heels of Levitt’s lustrous collaboration with guitarist Tal Yalahom, Tsuf Harim, comes this rather different coalition. Where...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2023
Phi-Psonics: Octava
Seth Ford-Young | Mitchell Yoshida | Sylvain Carton | Josh Collazo
A cursory listen to Octava would probably be unduly beguiled by the album’s overall smooth and even sound. Phi-Psonics follow...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: August/2023
Yusef Lateef: Detroit Latitude 42, Longitude 83
An ode to one of the great black music Meccas in America would, one expects, be nothing less than soulful,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2023
Joy
Ernest Mothle | Chris Francis | Frank Roberts | Keith Bailey | Jim Dvorak
Two lost jazz treasures, resurrected courtesy of Mike Gavin's Cadillac label (which incidentally celebrates its 50th anniversary this year). Led...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: July/2023
Matthew Herbert x London Contemporary Orchestra: The Horse
How does polo horse semen relate to jazz? In the case of this music, largely constructed from a horse skeleton's...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2023
Kenny Burrell: Four Classic Albums
Originally inspired by Charlie Christian, Burrell, now in his 92nd year, must be counted as one of the jazz world's...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2023
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