Myra Melford's Snowy Egret: The Other Side of Air
Liberty Ellman | Myra Melford | Ron Miles | Stomu Takeishi | Tyshawn Sorey
Forming in 2012, followed by a self-titled debut in 2015, Snowy Egret is accessibly leftfield composer-pianist Myra Melford’s most recent...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
McCormack Yarde Elysian Quartet: Juntos
Andrew McCormack | Emma Smith | Jason Yarde | Jenny May Logan | Laura Moody | Vincent Sipprell
Andrew McCormack has a double release this summer, his jazz piano trio CD reviewed above and a new Third Stream...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2014
Old and New Dreams
Charlie Haden | Dewey Redman | Don Cherry | Ed Blackwell
These two releases, both examples of exceptional music-making, represent the second batch of ECM’s new Luminescence vinyl reissue programme, casting...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2023
Azat Bayazitov: The Door Is Open
Adam Rogers | Azat Bayazitov | Boris Kozlov | David Kikoski | Samvel Sarkisyan
The St. Petersburg-based Rainy Days label launched in 2018 with a mission to present the vibrancy of current Russian jazz....
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2020
DJ Khalab: Layers
The Italian DJ and producer Raffaele Costantino - most recognised as DJ Khalab - is a musical and geographical adventurer....
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2023
Alex Hitchcock Quintet: Live At The London And Cambridge Jazz Festivals
Alex Hitchcock | James Copus | Jay Davis | Joe Downard | Will Barry
Saxophonist and composer Alex Hitchcock formed this band for his 2016 postgrad finals at the Royal Academy of Music, and...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2018
Peter Bernstein: Signs Live!
Brad Mehldau | Christian McBride | Gregory Hutchinson | Peter Bernstein
The guitarist Peter Bernstein jokes in the sleeve notes that the new album Signs Live! was a late album launch...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017
The Comet Is Coming: The Afterlife
Dan Leavers | Joshua Idehen | Max Hallett | Shabaka Hutchings
This EP companion to Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery comes from the same sessions, and expands on...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: February/2020
Aaron Goldberg: The Now
Aaron Goldberg | Eric Harland | Kurt Rosenwinkel | Reuben Rogers
This is the fifth CD by the pianist Aaron Goldberg (Joshua Redman, Wynton Marsalis) with the former Charles Lloyd group...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2015
Cautious Clay: Karpeh
Ohio-born multi-instrumentalist Joshua Karpeh – aka Cautious Clay (yes, it’s a play on Muhammed Ali’s birth name) – is perhaps...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: December/January/2023/2024
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