Peace Flag Ensemble: Noteland
A drumless quintet is unusual, as are free-flowing group improvisations marked by tight construction. Peace Flag Ensemble, a new outfit...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: July/2021
Nitin Sawhney: Live At Ronnie Scott's
Bill Laurance | Jonathan Harvey | Marijus Aleksa
“For any musician growing up in or around London, especially if you’ve grown up loving great improvisation, as I did,”...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2020
Andre Canniere Group: Forward Space
Andre Canniere | George Fogel | Hannes Riepler | Jon Scott | Ryan Trebilcock
Whirlwind Records is run by the bassist and promoter Michael Janisch, an American expat who knows how to make things...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2012
Franco Ambrosetti: Sweet Caress
Alan Broadbent | Franco Ambrosetti | John Scofield | Peter Erskine | Sarah Caswell | Scott Colley
An important figure in European jazz since the 1960s, Ambosetti was a founding member (and later associate director) of fellow...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2024
Yusef Lateef: Live at Ronnie Scott's
Bill Laurance | Jonathan Harvey | Marijus Aleksa
In many ways, Yusef Lateef's reputation preceded him. A tall and commanding stage presence, there are actually very few albums...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2020
Alex Mercado Trio: Symbiosis
Dennis Rollins | Pedro Segundo | Ross Stanley
In the best tradition of latin-rooted jazz pianists, the well-travelled Alex Mercado's playing fizzes with a natural exuberance. In 2012...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015
Adam Rogers/David Binney: R&B
Adam Rogers | David Binney | Gerald Cleaver | Reuben Rogers
Unusually for both Rogers and Binney – and Cleaver, too, for that matter – this is basically a modern blowing...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2015
Benn Clatworthy: What's Going On
Benn Clatworthy | John Donaldson | Matt Home | Simon Thorpe
The son of a sculptor and grandson of revue star Gertrude Lawrence, Clatworthy, born Hastings in 1955, leads something of...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2016
LA Express: LA Express/Shadow Play
David Luell | John Guerin | Robben Ford | Victor Feldman
An intriguing two-fer, if only for the absence of one musician and the presence of another. Tom Scott's name was...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2017
Karen Sharp: Spirit
Dave Green | Karen Sharp | Nikki Iles | Steve Brown
Sharp’s earlier albums teamed her with another front-line player, here she goes it alone, albeit with a fine rhythm section...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
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