Review of Phil Donkin: Walk Alone

Phil Donkin: Walk Alone

Phil Donkin

Klaeng-records

Rating: ★★★

Solo jazz/improv bass records are not plentiful - Barre Phillips may have been the first with his seminal 1968 Journal...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: July/2023

Review of Bobby McFerrrin: Spirit You All

Bobby McFerrrin: Spirit You All

Ali Jackson | Bobby McFerrin | Charley Drayton | Esperanza Spalding | Gil Goldstein | Joey Blake | Larry Campbell | Larry Grenadier | Latanya Hall | Lisa Fischer

Sony Masterworks

Rating: ★★★★

The recent UK premiere of this music at the Barbican was a joyous affair and thankfully it translates well to...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2013

Review of Ethan Iverson: Technically Acceptable

Ethan Iverson: Technically Acceptable

Ethan Iverson | Kush Abadey | Rob Schwimmer | Simón Willson | Thomas Morgan | Vinnie Sperrazza

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

The pianist-composer Ethan Iverson, since parting company with The Bad Plus in 2017, has been maintaining a steady profile with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2024

Review of Rudy Linka: Acoustic and Electric Retrospective

Rudy Linka: Acoustic and Electric Retrospective

Adam Nussbaum | Bill Stewart | Bob Mintzer | Bruce Hall | Dan Fabricatore | George Mraz | Gil Goldstein | Jay Anderson | John Abercrombie | John Scofield

Supraphon

Rating: ★★★

Lavishly packaged, with impressive portraits of a range of Linka's guitars, shots from studio recordings and ample coverage of his...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2014

Review of Will Vinson: Four Forty One

Will Vinson: Four Forty One

Billy Hart | Clarence Penn | Eric Harland | Fred Hersch | Gerald Clayton | Gonzalo Rubalcaba | Jochen Rueckert | Larry Grenadier | Matt Brewer | Matt Penman

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Will Vinson, an alto sax specialist originally from London who moved to New York exactly two decades ago, has managed...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2020

Review of Anoushka Shankar: Land of Gold

Anoushka Shankar: Land of Gold

Akram Khan | Alev Lenz | Anoushka Shankar | Arif Durvesh | Blaqstarr | Caroline Dale | Corzano e Paterno Choir | Larry Grenadier | M.I.A. | Manu Delago

Editor's Choice

Deutsche Grammophon

Rating: ★★★★

To my mind, Land of Gold is Anoushka Shankar's most realised and adventuresome, non-classical project of her career thus far....

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: October/2016

Review of John Stein: Lifeline

John Stein: Lifeline

Alexandre Zamith | Daniel Grajew | Dave Hurst | Dave Zinno | David ‘Fathead’ Newman | Ed Lucie | Evan Harlan | Fernando Brandão | Frank Herzberg | Greg Conroy

Editor's Choice

Whaling City Sound

Rating: ★★★★

We reviewed Kansas City guitarist Stein's Whaling City Serendipity CD favourably in our October 2021 issue, while admitting that his...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2022

Review of Brad Mehldau: Largo

Brad Mehldau: Largo

Brad Mehldau | Daniel Kelley | Darek Oleszkiewicz | David Shostac | Earl Dumler | Emilie A Bernstein | Gary Gray | George Thatcher | Jerry Folsom | Jim Keltner

Editor's Choice

Nonesuch

Rating: ★★★★

Brad Mehldau’s eclecticism is now something of a given – recent releases such as Jacob’s Ladder and Finding Gabriel have...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: August/2023

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