Review of João Lencastre's Communion 3: Song(s) of Hope

João Lencastre's Communion 3: Song(s) of Hope

Eivind Opsvik | Jacob Sacks | João Lencastre

Clean Feed

Rating: ★★★

Portuguese drummer and composer João Lencastre's first visit to New York in 2002 - where he came into contact with...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2019

Review of Yuri Goloubev: Two Chevrons Apart

Yuri Goloubev: Two Chevrons Apart

Asaf Sirkis | John Turville | Tim Garland | Yuri Goloubev

Basho Records

Rating: ★★★

Yuri Goloubev, the Moscow-born classical bassist who became a sought-after jazz player following his move to Italy in 2004, has...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2020

Review of Stanley Cowell: Musa-Ancestral Streams

Stanley Cowell: Musa-Ancestral Streams

Stanley Cowell

Editor's Choice

Strata-East/Pure Pleasure Records

Rating: ★★★★

2020 was particularly bad for bereavements in the jazz world, but the loss of Stanley Cowell in the dying embers...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2021

Review of Billy Bottle & The Multiple: Unrecorded Beam

Billy Bottle & The Multiple: Unrecorded Beam

Angus Menter | Billy Bottle | Gary Evans | Jay Darlington | Kate Westbrook | Lee Fletcher | Markus Reuter | Martine Waltier | Mike Outram | Roz Harding

Leo

Rating: ★★★

Mystical reflections on England's green and pleasant land might have gone out of fashion after 1970s prog rock but the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

Review of Mark Kavuma: Kavuma

Mark Kavuma: Kavuma

Artie Zaitz | Conor Chaplin | Kyle Poole | Mark Kavuma | Mussinghi Brian Edwards | Reuben James | Ruben Fox

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★

The love letters to hard-bop keep coming. Ugandanraised Kavuma's UK CV ranges from Brixton pub nights to the National Theatre,...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2018

Review of Nate Wooley & Columbia Icefield: Ancient Songs Of Burlap Heroes

Nate Wooley & Columbia Icefield: Ancient Songs Of Burlap Heroes

Mary Halvorson | Mat Maneri | Nate Wooley | Ryan Sawyer | Susan Alcorn | Trevor Dunn

Pyroclastic

Rating: ★★★

Before a note of music enters your ear, the design of this CD really catches the eye. The stunning photography...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2023

Review of Lee Ritenour: The Captain's Journey/Feel The Night/Rio

Lee Ritenour: The Captain's Journey/Feel The Night/Rio

Abe Laboriel | Alex Acuna | Anthony Jackson | Bill Champlin | Buddy Williams | Dave Grusin | David Foster | Ernie Watts | Ian Underwood | Jay Graydon

BGOCD

Rating: ★★

A treble-pack of Captain Fingers in his funky fusion prime. These albums were the first under the guiding hand of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2015

Review of Carsten Dahl Trinity: Mirrors Within

Carsten Dahl Trinity: Mirrors Within

Carsten Dahl | Nils Bosse Davidsen | Stefan Pasborg

Storyville

Rating: ★★★

Carsten Dahl and his collaborators, Nils Bosse Davidsen and Stefan Pasborg, don't talk to one another. Or at least they...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2021

Review of Arthurs, Khroustaliov, Sartorius: Hangkerum

Arthurs, Khroustaliov, Sartorius: Hangkerum

Isambard Khroustaliov | Julian Sartorius | Tom Arthurs

Clean Feed

Rating: ★★★★

This new release on Lisbon experimental label Clean Feed is the first time these three leading improvisers have recorded together...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: March/2020

Review of Rabih Abou-Khalil: Hungry People

Rabih Abou-Khalil: Hungry People

Gavino Murgia | Jarrod Cagwin | Luciano Biondini | Michel Godard | Rabih Abou-Khalil

World Village

Rating: ★★★

The Paris-based Lebanese oud player Rabih Abou-Khalil has enjoyed a long career with Enja Records, where his mastery of this...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2012

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