Review of Kaze & Ikue Mori: Crustal Movement

Kaze & Ikue Mori: Crustal Movement

Christian Pruvost | Ikue Mori | Natsuki Tamura | Peter Orins | Satoko Fujii

Circum-Disc/Libra Records

Rating: ★★★★

Crustal Movement is the seventh album from Kaze, the group founded by drummer Peter Orins and the jaw-droppingly prolific pianist...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: July/2023

Review of Michael Dease: Father Figure

Michael Dease: Father Figure

Behn Gilece | Endea Owens | Glenn Zaleski | Immanuel Wilkins | Luther Allison | Markus Howell | Michael Dease

Posi-Tone

Rating: ★★★

While heaping praise on Conrad Herwig for his latest CD for Criss Cross, this writer mentions ‘deep-south’-born Michael Dease as,...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2016

Review of The Matt Wates Sextet: Yemanja

The Matt Wates Sextet: Yemanja

Leon Greening | Malcolm Creese | Martin Shaw | Matt Home | Matt Wates | Steve Main

audio-b

Rating: ★★★

Matt Wates is a very fine altoist, not to mention an accomplished bandleader and composer. It should come as no...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2015

Review of Derek Bailey & Company: Klinker

Derek Bailey & Company: Klinker

Derek Bailey | Mark Wastell | Simon H Fell | Will Gaines

Confront Core Series 04

Rating: ★★★★

In the years leading up to this live set recorded at The Klinker in South London during the summer of...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: June/2018

Review of Ron Miles: Rainbow Sign

Ron Miles: Rainbow Sign

Bill Frisell | Brian Blade | Jason Moran | Rob Miles | Ron Miles | Thomas Morgan

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★

Ron Miles' Blue Note debut as leader, aged 57, reflects his straightahead virtues, and label boss Don Was' nurturing of...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: December/2020

Review of Taylor Eigsti: Plot Armor

Taylor Eigsti: Plot Armor

Becca Stevens | Ben Wendel | Charles Altura | Corinne Sobolewski | David “DJ” Ginyard | Dayna Stephens | Gretchen Parlato | Harish Raghavan | Jules Levy | Julian Lage

GroundUp

Rating: ★★★

Taylor Eigsti is a Californian-born pianist-composer living in New York, who’s been turning heads with his wittily effervescent piano contributions...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2024

Review of Album Interview: Michael Wollny: Nachtfahrten

Album Interview: Michael Wollny: Nachtfahrten

Christian Weber | Eric Schaefer | Michael Wollny

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

With the release of Weltentraum last year it seemed clear that Michael Wollny, voted European Jazz Musician of the Year...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2015

Review of Larry Goldings Trio: I Will

Larry Goldings Trio: I Will

Christian Euman | Karl McComas-Reichl | Larry Goldings

Sam First Records

Rating: ★★★★

Many Jazzwise readers will be familiar with Larry Goldings as one of the leading Hammond organ players in jazz. But...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2025

Review of Tubby Hayes: The Complete Tempo Recordings 1955-59

Tubby Hayes: The Complete Tempo Recordings 1955-59

Alan Branscombe | Bill Eyden | Bobby Breen | Dave Usden | Dickie Hawdon | Harry Klein | Harry South | Ian Hamer | Jack Fallon | Jackie Sharpe

Acrobat

Rating: ★★★★★

Although during his teens Edward Brian (Tubby) Hayes had briefly made his presence heard on recordings by Kenny Baker (1951),...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: July/2013

Review of Sonar (feat. David Torn): Tranceportation Vol.2

Sonar (feat. David Torn): Tranceportation Vol.2

Bernhard Wagner | Christian Kuntner | David Torn | Manuel Pasquinelli | Stephan Thelen

RareNoiseRecords

Rating: ★★★

Swiss ensemble Sonar follow up their 2019 collaboration with guitarist David Torn by culling more music from the lengthy sessions...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2020

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