Billy Childs: The Winds of Change
Ambrose Akinmusire | Billy Childs | Brian Blade | Scott Colley
The title track was originally written for Roy Hargrove and a large accompanying orchestra, but Childs' mission on this album...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2023
Aarhus Jazz Orchestra: Lars MØteller’s Rewrite of Spring
Dave Liebman | Lars Møller | Marilyn Mazur
Big bands are very much a part of the European jazz scene in a way that they are not in...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2016
Phil Haynes/Drew Gress/David Liebman: Coda(s): No Fast Food III
Dave Liebman | Drew Gress | Phil Haynes
Phil Haynes was 62 years of age on 15 June, a Downtown warrior who has remained true to the ethos...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2023
Marko Churnchetz: Devotion
Andrew Cyrille | Dave Douglas | Uri Caine
The 28-year-old Slovenian pianist Marko Churnchetz spends much of his time journeying between his home country and New York. The...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019
Chet Doxas: Rich In Symbols
Chet Doxas, a young Brooklyn-based saxophonist, is of Canadian extraction, as are his quartet’s versatile bassist Zack Lober and guitarist...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018
Tommy Andrews Quintet: The Crux
Dave Hamblett | Dave Manington | Nick Costley-White | Rick Simpson | Tommy Andrews
The son of not one but two trumpeters, woodwind player Tommy Andrews graduated from the Guildhall School of Music in...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2014
Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet: Goldbrun
Gulli Gudmunsson | Joost Lijbaart | Wolfert Brederode | Yuri Honing
In 2018, there’s nothing new in jazz musicians presenting versions of post-Beatles pop tunes. You might even say it’s the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2018
Charles Pillow Large Ensemble: Electric Miles
Charles Pillow | Dave Liebman | Tim Hagans
In October 2005, Joe Zawinul collaborated with the WDR Big Band in a series of orchestral arrangements of his original...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Alati: Ascending the Morning
Brigitte Beraha | Chris Dowding | Dave O'Brien
A package which initially appears modest, yet is most generous in spirit. Dowding has previously set the poetry of Arthur...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2023
Oz Noy: Asian Twistz
Dave Weckl | Étienne Mbappé | Oz Noy
Noy, excuse the pun, is most annoying. There's so much to enjoy about this live album. There's a rawness to...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2015
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