Dave Torn/Tim Berne/Ches Smith: Sun of Goldfinger
Ches Smith | Craig Taborn | David Torn | Mike Baggetta | Ryan Ferreira | Tim Berne
Put the cat out, loosen the trousers, pour a long one, shut your eyes and when you come round in...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2019
Amir Elsaffar Rivers Of Sound: Not Two
Iraqi-American multi-instrumentalist Elsaffar expands his renowned sextet Two Rivers into a 17-piece orchestra, Rivers Of Sound, and the result is...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2017
The Warriors of The Wonderful Sound: Soundpath
The late and much-missed pianist and AACM (the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians) co-founder Muhal Richard Abrams inspired...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2021
Kris Davis: Diatom Ribbons
Pianist-composer Kris Davis can be found among a small coterie of contemporary New York underground scene experimentalists, including Ingrid Laubrock,...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019
Jeff Davis: Leaf House
Eivind Opsvik | Jeff Davis | Russ Lossing
Drum-led piano trios are always a bit different. There's a unique gravitational pull to the best ones, and that's nothing...
Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: February/2013
Stephan Crump/Ingrid Laubrock/Cory Smythe: Planktonic Finales
Cory Smythe | Ingrid Laubrock | Stephan Crump
Formerly London-based, Ingrid Laubrock has subsequently established a name for herself over her eight years on Brooklyn's leftfield jazz and...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017
Roscoe Mitchell With Ostravaska Banda: Distant Radio Transmission
The fascinating relationship between composition, improvisation and orchestration is vividly played out here. Although known first and foremost as co-leader...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2020
Tricotism: Fingerbustin'
Craig Milverton | Nigel Price | Sandy Suchodolski
It may not be cutting-edgeaa but this debut release from Tricotism – featuring established jazz hands Craig Milverton (piano) and...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2014
Dan Weiss: Starebaby
Ben Monder | Craig Taborn | Dan Weiss | Matt Mitchell | Trevor Dunn
There are two important dedications in this CD's booklet. One is to Ron Saint Germain, a ‘sacré monstre’ in the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2018
New Zion Trio: Fight Against Babylon
Craig Santiago | Jamie Saft | Larry Grenadier
Keyboardist Jamie Saft's closest associations have been with drummer Bobby Previte as a long-term sideman and John Zorn, a kinship...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012
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