Mike Holober & The Gotham Jazz Orchestra: This Rock We’re On: Imaginary Letters
This large-scale production over two compact discs was conceptualised, written and arranged by Mike Holober, regarded as one of the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2024
Izumi Kimura/Barry Guy/Gerry Hemingway: Six Hands Open As One
Barry Guy | Gerry Hemingway | Izumi Kimura
Veteran bassist Guy and percussionist Hemingway are more accustomed to acting in an improvising manner, but this trio with the...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: August/2024
Miles Okazaki: Miniature America
Guitarist Okazaki is well established on the NYC jazz scene, but this sequence of 22 vignettes reveals his command of...
Reviewed by Martin Longley in issue: August/2024
Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp: Magical Incantation
Over a decade into their collaboration, tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman and pianist Matthew Shipp have achieved the important goal of...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2024
Fania All Stars: Latin–Soul–Rock
The audience for this event, held at the Yankee Stadium in New York, topped 40,000, and photographs in the liner...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2024
Sara Oschlag: Yeah!
Alan Barnes | Arnie Somogyi | Darren Beckett | Jason Henson | Mark Edwards | Sara Oschlag
Bookended by the magnificent compositions of Charles Mingus, this 10-track album from vocalist Sara Oschlag is a tour de force...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2024
Alex Sipiagin: Horizons
Alex Sipiagin | Chris Potter | Eric Harland | John Escreet | Matt Brewer
The tight themes, rich sonics and compact improvisations of trumpeter Alex Sipiagin’s second release for the New Jersey-based Blue Room...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2024
Something Else!: Soul Jazz
Predicated as a new ‘dream’ band and fronted by Herring, this group of top players is setting out to attract...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2024
Various Artists: Groove Of ESSR: Funk, Disco, Jazz From Soviet Estonia Vol I (1974-1988)
Gunnar Graps | Jaan Kumani | Marju Kuut | Uno Naissoo
As the annual Jazzkaar festival shows, Estonia has both an eager audience for jazz as well as an impressive contemporary...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2024
John Beasley and Frankfurt Radio Big Band: Returning to Forever
Set up with the blessing of Chick Corea before his death in 2021, this transatlantic project was delayed by Covid,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2025
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