Reviews
Marius Neset: Happy
Anton Eger | Conor Chapin | Marius Neset | Magnus Hjorth | Elliot Galvin
It's a difficult thing to find an esteemed artist in a happy place; not because listeners really want artists to...
Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Nicholas Payton: The Couch Sessions
Nicholas Payton | Buster Williams | Lenny White
Nicholas Payton's third album for the Smoke Sessions label twins his multi-instrumental skills with the tight-knit, fiery rhythm team of...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Bugge Wesseltoft/Henrik Schwarz: Duo II
Norwegian keyboardist/composer Bugge Wesseltoft and German computer musician and producer Henrik Schwarz began their partnership back in 2009, and made...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
William Parker: Universal Tonality
The veteran bassist-bandleader William Parker has reached the point in his career where he stands like a tall tree around...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Jakob Dinesen Quartet: Unconditional Love
Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Jakob Dinesen | Jacob Artved | Felix Moseholm
Unsurprisingly, perhaps, this album's initial track, ‘Say’, opens with a minor roundelay from Watts, its guest star. After all, it...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Byron Wallen: Black Flag
The polymathic UK trumpeter and composer Byron Wallen has been walking a creative line between classic-jazz virtuosity and global conceptual...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Esbjörn Svensson: Home. S.
In August 2004, I was in Stockholm to witness e.s.t. record their album Viaticum. I arrived at the recording studio...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Various Artists: Blue Note Re:imagined II
Don Was has maintained Blue Note's identity within the UMG monolith by broadening its range and deepening its roots, welcoming...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr: Mosaic
Tim Lefebvre | Tony Lakatos | Roman Wasserfuhr | Julian Wasserfuhr | Keith Carlock
After 17 years of collaboration with ACT and six albums, Mosaic emerges as a product of pandemic reflection, resulting is...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Ahmad Jamal: Emerald City Lights: Live at the Penthouse 1963-64
Ahmad Jamal | Richard Evans | Chuck Lampkin | Jamil Nasser
Spanning the period of his Argo releases Naked City Theme, Extensions, and Roar of the Greasepaint, these two double-album collections...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
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