Neil Cowley Trio: Spacebound Apes
Evan Jenkin | Leo Abrahams | Neil Cowley | Rex Horan
All credit to Cowley for producing an album that works on many levels: you can buy into the concept –...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2016
Lawrence D. ‘Butch’ Morris: Possible Universe (Conduction 192)
A lot of ink has been spilled about the originality of the late Morris' principle of conduction – the conducting...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2015
Kaja Draksler/Petter Eldh/Christian Lillinger: Punkt.Vrt.Plastik
Christian Lillinger | Kaja Draksler | Petter Eldh
The first time Slovenian pianist Kaja Draksler, Swedish bassist Petter Eldh and German drummer Christian Lillinger met was on the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2019
Alina Bzhezhinska: Inspiration
Alina Bzhezhinska | Joel Prime | Larry Bartle | Tony Kofi
From the opening delicate ripples of ‘Wisdom Eye,’ you can tell that London-based Ukrainian harpist Alina Bzhezhinska has forged a...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2018
Keith Jarrett: Rio
Is this Keith Jarrett's finest solo recording to date? It could well be. Recorded in Rio de Janeiro earlier this...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
Jakob Bro/Joe Lovano: Once Around The Room: A Tribute To Paul Motian
Apart from being one of the greatest drummers in improvised music, Paul Motian was also a composer who achieved the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2022
Matt Chandler: Matt Chandler Group Featuring Tony Kofi
Ian Beetin | Karl Bingham | Matt Chandler | Neil Hunter | Tony Kofi
Derbyshire-based guitarist Matt Chandler has had some notable non-jazz gigs (he’s responsible for the six-string work on late-1970s punk firebrand...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2011
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Sweet Sister Suite
Scottish National Jazz Orchestra mastermind Tommy Smith commissioned this Kenny Wheeler suite of ruefully lyrical themes from the late great...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2018
Marcus Strickland Twi-Life: Nihil Novi
Reeds man Strickland has always been a soulful player, but this is the album where he lays down soulful jazz...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2016
Julie Campiche Quartet: Onkalo
Clemens Kuratle | Julie Campiche | Leo Fumagalli | Manu Hagmann
The heating element of this quartet is Campiche’s harp; at times naïve, candid or fiercely resounding, but always drawing attention...
Reviewed by Debra Richards in issue: May/2020
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