Reviews
Nypan: Republique
This Norwegian guitarist's Parisianbased quintet, featuring Brecker-ish saxophonist Rick Margitza, has a rather generic, pallid latin-based fusion feel to it....
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014
Gary Husband and Alex Machacek: Now
Stéphane Galland | Fabrizio Cassol | Michel Hatzigeorgiou
Historically Husband's enjoyed a tortured relationship with the piano ever since his erstwhile teacher hurled his beloved Bill Evans recordings...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2018
Les McCann: On Time
Not even the out of tune piano can detract from McCann’s impressive swinging drive, aided here by Joe Pass, on...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014
Ella Fitzgerald: The Voice of Jazz
Featuring over 12 hours of music, this 10CD retrospective from Verve Records, Ella Fitzgerald: The Voice of Jazz presents some...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2014
Andre Canniere: Coalescence
Hannes Riepler | Jon Scott | Ryan Trebilcock | Andre Canniere | Ivo Neame
This is the follow up to the trumpeter-composer's standout 2012 debut also on bassist Michael Janisch's prolific Whirlwind label, with...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014
Simcock & Goloubev: Duo Art: Reverie at Schloss Elmau
Gwilym Simcock | Yuri Goloubev
Following his Mercury-nominated solo CD Good Days at Schloss Elmau recorded for Munich's ACT label in 2012, the acclaimed English...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014
Blue Mitchell & Junior Cook: Quintet Sessions/The Cup Bearers/Junior's Cookin'
Dodo Coker | Junior Cook | Ronnie Matthews | Blue Mitchell | Cedar Walton | Roy Brooks | Gene Taylor
Junior Cook and Blue Mitchell made up the front line of Horace Silver's wildly successful Quintet which between 1958 and...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2014
Marty Ehrlich Large Ensemble: A Trumpet in the Morning
Marty Ehrlich's arrangements for his disciplined, brass-heavy 15-piece ensembles remind me of the genre-crossing blends that the experimental big bands...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2014
Don Cherry: Live In Stockholm
Much has been made of Cherry's status as a pioneer of jazz as a universal means of expression that draws...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2014
Amir ElSaffar: Alchemy
Ole Mathisen | Amir Elsaffar | Dan Weiss | Francois Moutin | John Escreet | Amir ElSaffar
A pair of suites dominate here, although this lengthy album is closed out by three individual numbers. The ‘Ishtarum Suite’...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: March/2014

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