IPA: It's A Delicate Thing
Atle Nymo | Håkon Mjåset Johansen | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten | Magnus Broo
The roots of this Scandinavian group lie in a trio dedicated to the music of Don Cherry; it was the...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: July/2012
Kevin Fitzsimmons: Show Me the Way
This recording by the London-based crooner Kevin Fitzsimmons could hardly be called unusual, but in one respect it actually is....
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013
Steve Noble and Stephen O'Malley: St. Francis Duo
Stephen O'Malley | Steve Noble
Stalwart UK improv drummer, Noble, and O'Malley, guitarist with US avantdoom unit Sunn 0))), have collaborated before, together with Daniel...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2012
Carol Saboya: Belezas: Music of Ivan Lins and Milton Nascimento
Adolfo | Carol Saboya | Dave Liebman | Hendrik Meurkens | Jorge Helder | Rafael Barata | Spiewak
It had to happen eventually that someone would re-harmonise ‘Giant Steps’. The switch here is that, while retaining the melody,...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2013
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Dan Peck | Kevin Shea | Kyle Forester | Mary Halvorson | Peter Evans | Sam Kulik
It's hard to think of the last time an alumnus of Anthony Braxton released an album as satisfyingly entertaining as...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: August/2014
Dan Messore/Iain Ballamy/Tim Harries/Gethin Jones: Indigo Kid
Dan Messore | Gethin Jones | Iain Ballamy | Tim Harries
Dan Messore is a guitarist with, it seems, very little inclination to shred. Across these original instrumentals (arranged by band-mate...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2012
Bruno Heinen, James Kitchman: Rain Shadows
The comparison of this coupling to Jim Hall and Bill Evans is not a facile one. Heinen's piano and Kitchman's...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2023
OPA: Goldenwings
Airto | David Amaro | George Fattoruso | Hermeto Pascoal | Hugo Fattoruso | Ringo Thielmann
It would be glib to tag OPA as ‘the Uruguyan Azymuth’, but the brothers Fattoruso, keyboardist Hugo and drummer George,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2024
Wadada Leo Smith: Trumpet
Turning 80 seems to be rejuvenating the already youthful Wadada Leo Smith. These two very different releases by the trumpeter...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2021
Aapo Heinonen Quintet: Tara
Aapo Heinonen | Héctor Lepe | Teemu Takanen | Tomi Saikkonen | Vesa Ojaniemi
The current Finnish jazz scene is one of the better kept secrets in European jazz. This third album by pianist...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2018
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