Stephan Crump/Ingrid Laubrock/Cory Smythe: Planktonic Finales
Cory Smythe | Ingrid Laubrock | Stephan Crump
Formerly London-based, Ingrid Laubrock has subsequently established a name for herself over her eight years on Brooklyn's leftfield jazz and...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017
Per–Oscar Nilsson Group: Now!
The young Swedish guitarist's debut recording mixes balladry and a whisper of Afro-Cuban rhythm into an all-original mix of interlocking...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2012
Wolfgang Haffner: Kind of Tango
First there was Kind of Cool (2015). Next there was Kind of Spain (2017). And now, to complete the trilogy,...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2020
John Fedchock New York Big Band: Like It Is
It only took a couple of bars of the opener, ‘You and the Night and the Music’ to conjure the...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2015
Marshall Gilkes and the WDR Big Band: Lifesongs
Marshall Gilkes | Sabeth Perez
While Germany Deutschlandfunk is Germany’s national state radio and TV station, each of the main German regions also have a...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2024
Leon Thomas: Full Circle
An acclaimed singer in his own right, Leon Thomas is also synonymous with the music of Pharoah Sanders but it...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2024
Ralph Towner/WolfgangMuthspiel/Slava Grigoryan: Travel Guide
Ralph Towner | Slava Grigoryan | Wolfgang Muthspiel
This trio of guitarists from Austria, Kazakhstan and America made their first appearance on disc on From a Dream (2009)...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Peter Materna: The Kiss
Lisa Wulff | Peter Materna | Silvan Strauß
As founder and artistic director of Jazzfest Bonn, Peter Materna is ideally situated to pick out, evaluate and assimilate the...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Alexi Tuomarila Trio: Seven Hills
Alexi Tuomarila | André Fernandes | Mats Eilertsen | Olavi Louhivuori
At 38, Alexi Tuomarila remains comparatively under-appreciated in the UK. That's not so much the case in Continental Europe, where...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2013
Marilyn Crispell and Gerry Hemingway: Table Of Changes
Gerry Hemingway | Marilyn Crispell
As American percussionist Hemingway states in the liner notes, he and compatriot Crispell have now played well over 100 concerts...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: August/2015
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