Christian Sands: Christmas Stories
Given pianist Sands’ profile these days, it seemed sensible to set aside one’s usual indifference to the American record industry’s...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Renee Rosnes: Kinds of Love
Carl Allen | Chris Potter | Christian McBride | Renee Rosnes | Rogério Boccato
The pianist-composer Renee Rosnes doesn’t get talked about very much in the jazz media but her spiritual alliances with a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2021
Kaja Draksler/Petter Eldh/Christian Lillinger: Punkt.Vrt.Plastik
Christian Lillinger | Kaja Draksler | Petter Eldh
The first time Slovenian pianist Kaja Draksler, Swedish bassist Petter Eldh and German drummer Christian Lillinger met was on the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2019
Warren Wolf
Christian McBride | Gregory Hutchinson | Jeremy Pelt | Peter Martin | Tim Green | Warren Wolf
Born in The Wire territory of Baltimore, Warren, now 31, is quite a rarity these days in that he tells...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2011
Chick Corea: Trilogy 2
Brian Blade | Chick Corea | Christian McBride
As the 78-year-old Chick Corea reminded UK audiences at this summer's Love Supreme festival, wear and tear doesn't touch the...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
Christian Muthspiel 4: Seaven Teares
Christian Muthspiel | Franck Tortiller | Matthieu Michel | Steve Swallow
This album from Austrian multi-instrumentalist Christian Muthspiel is a ‘Tribute to John Dowland’, the great English Renaissance composer and contemporary...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2014
Walter Smith III: Twio
Christian McBride | Eric Harland | Harish Raghavan | Joshua Redman | Walter Smith
Many listeners probably woke up to the patiently-spun, dry-toned lines of Texan tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III around 2011, on...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2018
Christian Vuust: Urban Hymn
Aaron Parks | Ben Street | Christian Vuust | Jeff Ballard
This is a very classy tribute album – not, as former indie-kid readers may hazard a guess, to The Verve's...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2014
Christian Wolff & Eddie Prévost: Uncertain Outcomes
Christian Wolff | Eddie Prévost
Christian Wolff, now 83, is the last surviving member of the New York School, a loose coalition of composers that...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: November/2017
Christian Muthspiel & Steve Swallow: Simple Songs
Christian Muthspiel | Steve Swallow
This disc from Austrian trombonist Christian Muthspiel and US bassist Steve Swallow would have fitted in seamlessly with ACT's current...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2014
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