Review of Møster!: Springs

Møster!: Springs

Hans Magnus ‘Snah’ Ryan | Kenneth Kapstad | Kjetil Møster | Nikolai Hængsle

Action Jazz

Rating: ★★★

Norwegian saxophonist Kjetil Møster’s self-named jazz-rock unit released its first album, Edvard Lygre Møster, in 2013 and has moved through...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2024

Review of Florian Weber: Imaginary Cycle: Music for Brass Ensemble and Flute

Florian Weber: Imaginary Cycle: Music for Brass Ensemble and Flute

Anna-Lena Schnabel | Corentin Morvan | Florian Weber | Jean Daufresne | Lisa Stick | Maxine Troglauer | Michel Godard | Patrick Wilbart | Sonja Beeh | Vianney Desplantes

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Florian Weber is one of Germany’s most respected composers and arrangers for large ensemble, his work performed by the Radio...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2024

Review of Georgia Mancio/Alan Broadbent: A Story Left Untold

Georgia Mancio/Alan Broadbent: A Story Left Untold

Alan Broadbent | Andrew Cleyndert | Dave Ohm | FAME’s Studio Orchestra | Georgia Mancio

Editor's Choice

Roomspin Records

Rating: ★★★★

Completing a critically-acclaimed trilogy following Songbook (2017) and Quiet Is The Star (2021), the latest collaboration between vocalist Georgia Mancio...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2025

Review of Vince Guaraldi: Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown

Vince Guaraldi: Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown

Colin Bailey | Monty Budwig | Vince Guaraldi

Editor's Choice

Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Compared to the Peanuts ‘Easter Beagle’ (reviewed in April’s Jazzwise) which was a patchwork of minuscule cues, almost all of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2025

Review of Neil Cowley Trio: Separate Entities EP

Neil Cowley Trio: Separate Entities EP

Evan Jenkins | Neil Cowley | Rex Horan

Hide Inside Records/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

An EP that peeps through three different windows which dignify Neil Cowley’s uniquely designed House of Jazz. Only Mr Cowley...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2025

Review of Carsten Dahl Ensemble: In the Middle of Nothing (To Palle Mikkelborg)

Carsten Dahl Ensemble: In the Middle of Nothing (To Palle Mikkelborg)

Ana Feitosa | Anne Sofie Abildskov Dahl | BBC Children’s Choir | Carsten Dahl | Celina Sørine Dahl | Fredrik Lundin | Helen Davies | Jonathan Slaatto | Mads Kjøller Henningsen | Matthew Jones

Storyville Records

Rating: ★★★

Released on the vintage Copenhagen-based label Storyville, Carsten Dahl’s new recording pays tribute to an influential figure in contemporary European...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2025

Review of Enemy: Fiend

Enemy: Fiend

James Maddren | Kit Downes | Petter Eldh

Edition Recordings

Rating: ★★★

Two very different albums linked by Kit Downes, and highlighting the pianist’s remarkable versatility and responsiveness as collaborator.The acclaimed Enemy...

Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: June/2025

Review of Satoko Fujii GEN: Altitude 1100 Meters

Satoko Fujii GEN: Altitude 1100 Meters

Akira Horikoshi | Atsuko Hatano | Ayako Kato | Hiroshi Yoshino | Satoko Fujii | Yuriko Mukoujima

Libra Records

Rating: ★★★★

Satoko Fujjii – recently and memorably described by Cadence magazine as “the Ellington of free jazz” – is a woman...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: June/2025

Review of Donovan Haffner: Alleviate

Donovan Haffner: Alleviate

Donovan Haffner | Francisco Garcia de Paredes | Harry Ling | Harry Pearce | Jay Verma

Editor's Choice

Self-release/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

Donovan Haffner is the latest in a long line of young lions to emerge from the Tomorrow’s Warriors school, demonstrating...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: June/2025

Review of Caili O’Doherty: Bluer Than Blue

Caili O’Doherty: Bluer Than Blue

Caili O’Doherty | Cory Cox | Michael Mayo | Nicole Glover | Tamir Shmerling | Tamira Clayton

Outside In Music

Rating: ★★★

Despite the Gaelic-sounding name, O’Doherty is a young American pianist-composer and 2013 Berklee graduate. Subtitled Celebrating Lil Hardin Armstrong, this...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2025

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