Tim Ray Trio: Fire & Rain
John Lockwood | Mark Walker | Tim Ray
Pianist Ray was MD for Tony Bennett from 2016 through to the late singer's retirement in 2021 but is clearly...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2023
David Virelles: Carta
Ben Street | David Virelles | Eric McPherson
My word, this is good. Renowned Cuban pianist/composer Virelles is joined by a first-class rhythm section for this, his eighth...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2023
Christian Dillingham: Cascades
Christian Dillingham | Dave Miller | Greg Artry | Lenard Simpson
Bassist Christian Dillingham has a round sound, strong fingers and a score of sideman album credits ranging from modern jazz...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2023
Howl Quartet: Airglow
Dan Smith | Harry Brunt | Matt Parkinson | Pete Komor
Reading the Howl Quartet’s PR material, replete with phrases like “wild, expressive” and “outright untamed”, it is hard to correlate...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: November/2023
Wynton Kelly plus Don Sleet: Four Classic Albums
Of the post-bop pianists born in the decade after Bud Powell (Kenny Drew, Barry Harris, Sonny Clark et al), Kelly...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2023
Susan Alcorn/José Lencastre/Hernâni Faustino: Manifesto
Hernâni Faustino | José Lencastre | Susan Alcorn
Pedal steel ace Susan Alcorn has single-handedly liberated her instrument from its traditional role in country music, recontextualising it as...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: October/2023
Edward Simon: Femeninas: Songs of Latin American Women
Adam Cruz | Edward Simon | Luis Quintero | Magos Herrera | Reuben Rogers | Romero Lubambo
Venezuelan pianist Edward Simon has a strong attachment to the Great Latin American Songbook. His 2016 trio album, entitled Latin...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2023
Azamiah: In Phases
There’s a load of really interesting jazz coming out of Scotland, and more specifically Glasgow, at the moment. If you...
Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: August/2023
Louise Dodds and Elchin Shirinov: Two Hours After Midnight
Elchin Shirinov | Louise Dodds
Named after the powerful final letter Mary, Queen of Scots wrote to the King of France, her brother-in-law Henri III,...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2023
Aja Monet
Aja Monet is a chronicler, a Brooklyn griot, a freedom fighter with fire in her veins and a way with...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2023
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