Review of Omar Sosa & Yilian Canizares: Aguas

Omar Sosa & Yilian Canizares: Aguas

Inor Sotolongo | Omar Sosa | Yillian Canizares

Otá

Rating: ★★★

Keyboardist-producer Omar Sosa’s pursuit of new pathways in Cuban music has led to interesting collaborations over the years, and this...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Feb/2019

Review of Alex Sipiagin: Ascent To The Blues

Alex Sipiagin: Ascent To The Blues

Alex Sipiagin | Art Hirahara | Boris Kozlov | Diego Rivera | Rudy Royston

Posi-Tone

Rating: ★★★

Sipiagin has been a mainstay of the New York scene since moving from Russia in 1990, and has been a...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2022

Review of Colin Steele Quartet: Diving For Pearls – Jazz Interpretations Of The Pearlfishers Songbook

Colin Steele Quartet: Diving For Pearls – Jazz Interpretations Of The Pearlfishers Songbook

Alyn Cosker | Calum Gourlay | Colin Steele | Dave Milligan

Marina Records

Rating: ★★★★

You wait years for one Colin Steele record and then two come along at the same time. With his second...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Review of Raul Midon: Don't Hesitate

Raul Midon: Don't Hesitate

Daniel Bailen | Daniel Sadownick | David Bailen | Dianne Reeves | Lizz Wright | Marcus Miller | Midon | Richard Hammond

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★

The American vocalist-guitarist's singing and playing are as consistent as ever, but he is let down by his material on...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2014

Review of Alice Zawadzki: Within You Is A World Of Spring

Alice Zawadzki: Within You Is A World Of Spring

Alice Zawadzki | Fred Thomas | Hyelim Kim | Laura Senior | Lucy Nolan | Misha Mullov-Abbado | Peggy Nolan | Rob Luft | Simmy Singh

Whirlwind

Rating: ★★★★

London-based singer, violinist and pianist Alice Zawadzki gifts us a second album both tender in spirit and defiantly anti-genre, hooking...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2019

Review of John Russell, Phil Durrant, John Butcher: Conceits-1987 & 1992

John Russell, Phil Durrant, John Butcher: Conceits-1987 & 1992

John Butcher | John Russell | Phil Durrant

Editor's Choice

Emanem

Rating: ★★★★

Originally released in 1988, this is a landmark album in free improv. Though all three have made wonderful music in...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: September/2015

Review of Romain Collin: Press Enter

Romain Collin: Press Enter

Grey McMurray | Jean-Michel Pilc | Kendrick Scott | Laura Metcalf | Luques Curtis | Megan Rose | Mino Cinelu | Romain Collin

ACT

Rating: ★★★

Born in France but based in New York, to which he moved after graduating from the Berklee College of Music...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2015

Review of Cartoon: Change of Meaning

Cartoon: Change of Meaning

Chris Biscoe | John Pope | Roger Turner

Confront

Rating: ★★★

Cartoon is a UK-based trio made up of the versatile multi-reeds veteran Chris Biscoe, an underappreciated player best known for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019

Review of Thumbscrew: Convallaria

Thumbscrew: Convallaria

Mary Halvorson | Michael Formanek | Tomas Fujiwara

Cuneiform Rune

Rating: ★★★★

Formanek fans may well observe that this trio is a vital cog in the engine of the double bassist's sumptuous...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2016

Review of Noah Preminger: Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground

Noah Preminger: Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground

Ian Froman | Jason Palmer | Kim Cass | Noah Preminger

NP

Rating: ★★★

Southern Blues devotees will recognise the title of the Blind Willie Johnson masterpiece, and if that whets the appetite then...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2016

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