Review of Kristian Borring: Silent Storm

Kristian Borring: Silent Storm

Arthur Lea | Jon Scott | Kristian Borring | Mick Coady

Jellymould Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

This is the third album from Denmark-born guitarist Kristian Borring and his quartet, but the first where they've gone it...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2016

Review of Larry Vuckovich: Somethin' Special

Larry Vuckovich: Somethin' Special

Chuck McPherson | Larry Vuckovich | Noel Jewkes | Paul Keller | Scott Hamilton

Tetrachord Music

Rating: ★★★

The Montenegrin-born pianist Vuckovich (now a US citizen) has been a luminary of the San Francisco scene since the 1990s,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2012

Review of Da Lata: Fabiola

Da Lata: Fabiola

Carl Smith | Davide Giovanni | Dennis Rollins | Diabel Cissokoho | Ernie McKone | Fabricio FBC | Finn Peters | Franck | Jandira Silva | Jason Yarde

Agogo

Rating: ★★★

The British outfit that brought a vibrant, contemporary slant to Brazilian music throughout the 1990s return with an album that...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Review of Gordon Grdina’s The Marrow with Fathieh Honari: The Marrow With Fathieh Honari

Gordon Grdina’s The Marrow with Fathieh Honari: The Marrow With Fathieh Honari

Fathieh Honari | Gordon Grdina | Hamin Honari | Hank Roberts | Mark Helias

Attaboygirl Records

Rating: ★★★★

Although the oud is one of the emblematic instruments of the Middle East, it has been deployed to good effect...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2024

Review of Stuart McCallum: Distilled

Stuart McCallum: Distilled

Scott McLemore | Sunna Gunnlaugs | Þorgrímur Jónsson

Sunny/Sky

Rating: ★★★

Mancunian guitarist Stuart McCallum’s third solo album finds him building on and expanding the aesthetic he’s helped to develop as...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Review of Gary Peacock Trio: Now This

Gary Peacock Trio: Now This

Gary Peacock | Joey Baron | Marc Copland

ECM

Rating: ★★★

Released to coincide with Peacock's 80th birthday back in May, this makes a change from both his work with pianist...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2015

Review of Bill Evans: Live at Ronnie Scott’s

Bill Evans: Live at Ronnie Scott’s

Bill Evans | Eddie Gomez | Jack DeJohnette

Resonance

Rating: ★★★★

Jack DeJohnette's six-month tenure as a member of the Bill Evans Trio – he left to heed the call of...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/2020

Review of Harry South: The Songbook

Harry South: The Songbook

Alan Branscombe | Alan Skidmore | Bill Eyden | Dick Morrissey | Hank Shaw | Harold Fisher | Harry Klein | Harry South | Humphrey Lyttelton | Jimmy Deuchar

Rhythm and Blues Records

Rating: ★★★★

For this writer, pianist Harry South was always the quiet one with the moustache and goatee beard. Coming onto the...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2017

Review of Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau: Nearness

Joshua Redman & Brad Mehldau: Nearness

Brad Mehldau | Joshua Redman

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★

The influential contemporary pianist and saxophonist's musical relationship goes back to the early 1990s. It was then that a fledgling...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016

Review of Pure Desmond: Pure Desmond Play James Bond Songs

Pure Desmond: Pure Desmond Play James Bond Songs

Christian Flohr | Johann Weiss | Lorenz Hargassner | Sebastian Deufel

Major Music

Rating: ★★★

Like all of you, I like to think I take my jazz seriously. But you know what? Sometimes I just...

Reviewed by Nina Fortune in issue: April/2023

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