Review of Julian Argüelles: Tonadas

Julian Argüelles: Tonadas

Ivo Neame | James Maddren | Julian Argüelles | Sam Lasserson

Edition

Rating: ★★★

Premier UK saxophonist-composer Julian Argüelles has been in inspired form throughout a prolific period of recording this past decade. He...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2018

Review of Julie Sassoon Quartet: Voyages

Julie Sassoon Quartet: Voyages

Julie Sassoon | Lothar Ohlmeier | Meinrad Kneer | Rudi Fischerlehner

Jazzwerkstatt 218

Rating: ★★★★

Julie Sassoon's European quartet certainly sounds like a postbop-to-free jazz band in its piano/horn/rhythm instrumentation, the punch of its ensemble-playing,...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2022

Review of Brian Bromberg: Thicker Than Water

Brian Bromberg: Thicker Than Water

Alex Acuña | Brandon Fields | Brian Bromberg | Brian Simpson | Doug Webb | Everette Harp | Franklin Richardson III | Gannin Arnold | Gary Meek | George Duke

Editor's Choice

Artistry Music

Rating: ★★★

Remember when records came with proud disclaimers about no synthesisers being used in the making of an album? Well, Brian...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2018

Review of Ivan Lins: My Heart Speaks

Ivan Lins: My Heart Speaks

Carltos Del Puerto | Dianne Reeves | Ivan Lins | Jane Monheit | Josh Nelson | Leo Amuedo | Mauriico Zottarelli | Randy Brecker | Tibilisi Symphony Orchestra | Twanda

Editor's Choice

Resonance

Rating: ★★★★

The album title, My Heart Speaks, is taken from the Lins composition, ‘The Heart Speaks,’ and was recorded on an...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2023

Review of Rob Luft: Dahab Days

Rob Luft: Dahab Days

Alice Zawadzki | Byron Wallen | Corrie Dick | Joe Webb | Joe Wright | Laura Senior | Lucy Nolan | Peggy Nolan | Rob Luft | Simmy Singh

Editor's Choice

Edition Records

Rating: ★★★★

Rob Luft is always travelling, and as he travels, he absorbs every kind of music in his path, creating hallucinogenic...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: November/2023

Review of Liran Donin's 1000 Boats: 8 Songs

Liran Donin's 1000 Boats: 8 Songs

Ben Brown | Chris Williams | Josh Arcoleo | Liran Donin | Maria Chiara Argirò | Ranjana Ghatak

Editor's Choice

Cavalo Records

Rating: ★★★★

Led Bib's lyricism can be lost in their reputation for attack. Their bassist Liran Donin, though, is all melody and...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2018

Review of Abbie Finn Trio: On Pink Lane

Abbie Finn Trio: On Pink Lane

Abbie Finn | Harry Keeble | Paul Grainger

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

While the nation waits for our politicians’ talk of ‘levelling up’ to be matched by some action, we can take...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: February/2023

Review of Joe Henderson: The Complete An Evening with Joe Henderson

Joe Henderson: The Complete An Evening with Joe Henderson

Al Foster | Charlie Haden | Joe Henderson

Editor's Choice

Red Records

Rating: ★★★★

Joe Henderson’s position in the tenor sax canon is summed up by the title of his 1986 Blue Note recording...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2023

Review of Master Oogway: A Lot of Music About Everything

Master Oogway: A Lot of Music About Everything

Håvard Nordberg Funderud | Karl Erik Horndalsveen | Lauritz Heitmann Skeidsvoll | Martin Heggli Mellem

Nice Things Records

Rating: ★★★

Master Oogway’s last – and live – album, Happy Village, shared billing with guest flautist Henriette Eilertsen, together creating a...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2023

Review of Roberto Ottaviano QuakTet: Sideralis

Roberto Ottaviano QuakTet: Sideralis

Alexander Hawkins | Gerry Hemingway | Michael Formanek | Roberto Ottaviano

Dodicilune

Rating: ★★★★

Italian saxophonist Roberto Ottaviano's Sideralis opens by conspicuously upending jazz convention. The rhythmic underlay provided by piano, bass and drums...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: November/2017

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