Ken Vandermark's Topology Nonet featuring Joe McPhee: Impressions of Po Music
As McPhee explains in his sometimes-poetic liner notes, the notion of ‘Po’ derives from the philosopher Edward de Bono –...
Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: October/2013
Olivia Trummer: Fly Now
Kurt Rosenwinkel | Matt Penman | Obed Calvaire | Olivia Trummer
Combining a beautifully fluid rhythmic conception, a varicoloured harmonic palette and a knack for penning instantly memorable melodies, the German-born...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Paul Motian: On Broadway Vol.III
Bill Frisell | Charlie Haden | Joe Lovano | Lee Konitz | Motian
Having reviewed the box set of Motian’s five On Broadway albums as recently as Jazzwise 171, I’m somewhat surprised at...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2013
Mole: RGB
Hernan Hecht | Mark Aanderud | Stomu Takeishi
Mole remain one of the more satisfying bands on the RareNoise roster. Now augmented by Takeishi's bass, RGB is an...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2015
ACV: Busk
Adrian Tilbrook | Andy Champion | Graeme Wilson | Mark Williams | Paul Edis
Formed in 2009, ACV is the quintet of the young, Tyneside-based jazz musician Andy Champion, a go-to double bassist on...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013
Billy Pod: Quintessence
Mirko Scarcia | Rupert Cox | Tom Ollendorf | Vasileios Podaras AKA Billy Pod
In a somewhat career limiting move, Vasileios Podaras (Billy Pod to his London chums) rocked up in the UK just...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2023
Joachim Kühn Trio: Voodoo Sense
Archie Shepp | Joachim Kühn | Koussi Bessan Joseph | Majid Bekkas | Ramon Lopez
Now 69, Joachim Kühn has held the mantle of Germany’s pre-eminent jazz pianist for several decades now with good reason....
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2013
Jyoti (Georgia Anne Muldrow): Mama, You Can Bet!
LA-based singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Georgia Anne Muldrow is an original. Under her own name she makes left-field contemporary soul....
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: September/2020
Tori Freestone Trio: El Mar de Nubes
Dave Manington | Tim Giles | Tori Freestone
Tenerife's highlands and sea-of-clouds coastline are spiritual homes for the imaginative British saxophonist Tori Freestone, who took a break there...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2019
Mark Guiliana: Beat Music! Beat Music! Beat Music!
New Jersey-born Guiliana has been brewing his hybrid electro-jazz elixir for the best part of two decades now, and yet...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: June/2019
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