Volker Kriegel: Two Concerts: Lagos 1979 & Bochum 1990
In 1968, the Gary Burton Quartet appeared at the Berlin Jazz Festival playing a synthesis of jazz and rock music....
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2020
Bobby Avey: Authority Melts From Me
Ben Monder | Bobby Avey | Jordan Perlson | Miguel Zenón | Thomson Kneeland
Bobby Avey won the Thelonius Monk prize for composition in 2011 and currently holds the piano chair with Dave Liebman's...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2014
Ralph Peterson Fo'Tet Augmented: Alive At Firehouse 12 Vol 2: Fo’ N Mo’
Peterson, a drummer to be mentioned in the same breath as the Tains of this world, has been an impressively...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2014
Marcus Strickland Twi-Life: People Of The Sun
The intermittent superhero theme as well as underlying statement of African-American identity of this album is fitting in the year...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Feb/2019
Nick Sorensen and John Law: The Journey Home
Nick Sorensen and John Law have been performing together as a duo (and in larger groups) since 2006, and their...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2012
Harish Raghavan: Calls for Action
Harish Raghavan | Immanuel Wilkins | Joel Ross | Kweku Sumbry | Micah Thomas
Over the previous decade or so, this New York-based Illinois-born bassist has been receiving deserved props for his performances with...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2020
Jim Black Trio: The Constant
Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Thomas Morgan
In the liner notes, the drummer Jim Black gives the simple yet indirect answer of ‘I like songs’ to the...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016
New Simplicity Trio: Common Spaces
Antonio Fusco | Bruno Heinen | Henrik Jensen
Formed in 2014, the moniker New Simplicity Trio is inspired by the breed of late 1970s German contemporary music composers...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017
Sebastian Noelle: Shelter
Dan Weiss | Marc Mommaas | Matt Clohesy | Matt Mitchell | Sebastian Noelle
Sebastian Noelle is a German-born guitarist who emigrated to New York in 2002, where he has since enjoyed developing his...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2016
Marcus Printup: Young Bloods
Allyn Johnson | Coleman Hughes | Dezron Douglas | Marcus Printup | Patrick Bartley | Ulysses Owens
As a newcomer in his 20s, the Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra trumpeter was given a leg up by mature...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: March/2016
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