Reviews
Steve Barry: In The Waves
Eric Harland | Will Vinson | Thomas Botting | Steve Barry
Steve Barry’s recent projects span classy organ trio jazz with guitarist Hamish Stuart, chamber works and free improv with koto...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2023
George Coleman: Live at Smalls Jazz Club
Joe Farnsworth | Peter Washington | Spike Wilner | George Coleman
This is the fifth album in Smalls’ Living Masters series, and the latest to receive this encomium is the venerable...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2023
Kenny Wheeler: Gnu High
These two facsimile releases of original ECM vinyl, recorded in 1975 and 1979, announce the launch of Luminessence, ECM’s prestigious...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2023
Aja Monet with the Christian Scott Band: when the poems do what they do
Aja Monet is a chronicler, a Brooklyn griot, a freedom fighter with fire in her veins and a way with...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2023
Donny McCaslin: I Want More
The hyphenated word ‘boundary-breaking’ is often thrown around so casually as a description of a band’s music these days that...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2023
Joshua Jaswon Octet: Polar Waters
It’s refreshing to hear this band, led by British-born, Berlin-based Jaswon, that has both created a very distinct and individual...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2023
Lucian Ban & Mat Maneri: Oedipe Redux
Romanian pianist Lucian Ban and American viola player Mat Maneri have produced consistently interesting work in their respective careers, during...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2023
Bokani Dyer: Radio Sechaba
Bokani Dyer has been an important part of the newest wave of South African artists to add to the country’s...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2023
Fraser Smith Quartet: Tip Top!
Simon Read | Rob Barron | Steve Brown | Fraser Smith
Birmingham-born but a Londoner now, young Smith has found a tenor style that suits him, taking his inspiration from the...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2023
Rudy Royston: Day
Rudy Royston | Hank Roberts | Gary Versace | Joe Martin | John Ellis
Highly respected for his sterling work with the likes of JD Allen, Dave Douglas and Ron Miles, Rudy Royston is...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2023

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