Paquito D'Rivera and Trio Corrente: Songs for Maura
Edu Ribeiro | Fabio Torres | Paquito D'Rivera | Paulo Paulelli
New York-based, Cuban-born clarinettist/saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera says that half of his heart is Brazilian, and over the decades he has...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Raf Ferrari Quartet: Quattro
Claudio Sbrolli | Guerino Rondolone | Raf Ferrari | Vito Stano
Pianist and bandleader Raf Ferrari wrote a thesis on the music of Keith Jarrett at the University of Bologna, bassist...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2020
The Elliott Henshaw Band: Who’d Have Guest?
‘Being heavily influenced by the likes of Dave Grusin, The Yellowjackets, Al Jarreau and David Sanborn,’ in-demand drummer and percussionist...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Ornette Coleman: The Art of The Improvisers
Billy Higgins | Charlie Haden | Don Cherry | Ed Blackwell | Jimmy Garrison | Ornette Coleman
Although the title is a manifesto for the soloist, and there are passages aplenty that show Ornette (and Don Cherry),...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Gisle Torvik: Tranquil Fjord
Audun Ellingsen | Gisle Torvik | Hermund Nygård
Torvik is a young Norwegian who came to the guitar late, but with this, his third release, he reveals a...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2013
Gerry Gibbs Thrasher Dream Trio: We're Back
The Thrasher Dream trio is pianist Kenny Barron and bassist Ron Carter supported by leader Gerry Gibbs on drums. Their...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Carlos Garnett: Black Love/Journey To Enlightenment
While the Miles-Jimi union is one of the great ‘what ifs?’ in contemporary black music, a Trane-James Brown collaboration might...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2014
Gato Barbieri: The Third World
Beaver Harris | Charlie Haden | Gato Barbieri | Lonnie Liston Smith | Richard Landrum | Roswell Rudd
Dubbed the ‘Trane of Argentina’ upon his emergence in the mid 1960s, Barbieri's fierce, torrid sound, with its abundance of...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2014
Big Bad Wolf: Pond Life
Jay Davis | Michael de Souza | Owen Dawson | Rob Luft
Big Bad Wolf are building a big bad rep on the indie jazz'n'rock scene, and understandably so. They ply a...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2017
Kenny Drew: Home Is Where The Soul Is
Frank Butler | Kenny Drew | Leroy Vinnegar
Perhaps somewhat overlooked among the significant Americans who plied their trade in Europe, Drew is nonetheless an artist with a...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2016
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