Review of Paragon: Cerca

Paragon: Cerca

Arthur Lea | Jon Scott | Matthias Nowak | Peter Ehwald

Jellymould

Rating: ★★★★

This ensemble recording, the second following Quarterlife Crisis released in 2009 by the quartet Paragon really hits its target. They're...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014

Review of Jason Palmer: Con Alma

Jason Palmer: Con Alma

Jason Palmer | Joe Martin | Kendrick Scott | Leo Genevese

SteepleChase

Rating: ★★★

Jason Palmer's spiky tone and long angular lines are rooted in the lyrical, harmonically sophisticated trumpet tradition of Booker Little.Original...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2022

Review of Bill Evans Trio: The Classic Trio 1959-61

Bill Evans Trio: The Classic Trio 1959-61

Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Scott LaFaro

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★

I'm losing count of how many times I've reviewed some or all of this material, since it achieved public domain...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2018

Review of Benjamin Koppel/Joe Lovano: The Mezzo Sax Encounter

Benjamin Koppel/Joe Lovano: The Mezzo Sax Encounter

Benjamin Koppel | Joe Lovano | Jonathan Blake | Kenny Werner | Scott Colley

Cowbell

Rating: ★★★

Pitched midway between the soprano and alto, the mezzo sax combines the tonal qualities of both. It adds the alto's...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Review of Doubling down on bass: Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer: But Who’s Going To Play The Melody?

Doubling down on bass: Christian McBride and Edgar Meyer: But Who’s Going To Play The Melody?

Chrstian McBride | Edgar Meyer

Editor's Choice

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Team up one of the world’s leading classical bassists with his counterpart from the jazz environment, and the results should...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2024

Review of Jake Leckie: Planter of Seeds

Jake Leckie: Planter of Seeds

Beth Goodfellow | Cathlene Pineda | Darius Christian | Jake Leckie | Nadav Peled | Randal Fisher

Self-release/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

"Jake Leckie creates rootsy acoustic organic funky folk-jazz for the people!" So says Leckie’s own website, and who can disagree?...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2024

Review of Patrick Cornelius: While We're Still Young

Patrick Cornelius: While We're Still Young

Gerald Clayton | Jason Palmer | John Ellis | Kendrick Scott | Miles Ozaki | Nick Vayenas | Patrick Cornelius | Peter Slavov

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

US alto-saxophonist Cornelius is a semi-regular visitor to Britain, often at the behest of bassist Mike Janisch and it’s on...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2016

Review of Terence Blanchard & The E-Collective: Breathless

Terence Blanchard & The E-Collective: Breathless

Charles Altura | Donald Ramsey | Fabian Almazan | JRei Oliver | Oscar Seaton | PJ Morton | Terence Blanchard

Blue Note

Rating: ★★

The same group gave a somewhat underwhelming performance at last year's Tampere Jazz Happening and though this recording is a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2015

Review of Billy Childs: Acceptance

Billy Childs: Acceptance

Billy Childs

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Childs' last new release, 2017's Rebirth, was greeted with considerable pleasure in Jazzwise 218 and with nothing less than a...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2020

Review of Wolfgang Muthspiel: Angular Blues

Wolfgang Muthspiel: Angular Blues

Brian Blade | Scott Colley | Wolfgang Muthspiel

Rating: ★★★

In 2014, the lyrical, meticulously nuanced music of the Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel found its way to the ECM label...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2020

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