Reviews
Alex Western-King: Sideslip
Jonny Wickham | Alex Western-King | Sam Leak | James Copus | Jay Davis
The impressively surnamed Western-King is a Guildhall music graduate, a classical clarinettist, a jazz saxophonist and author of Jazz Phrases...
Reviewed in issue August/2021
Nigel Price Organ Trio: Wes Reimagined
This is Price's most impressive recording to date. He thinks so, too. He told Jazzwise (in our December 2020 issue):...
Reviewed in issue July/2021
Richard X Bennett: rbx3
Check out Richard X Bennett's website and his eclectic dress sense: it immediately tells you this is an exuberant personality....
Reviewed in issue July/2021
Jacky Naylor: The Industrial Suite
Last summer's Meraki release demonstrated Yorkshire-born pianist Jacky Naylor's compositional flair, on an album influenced more than a smidge by...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
Roy Mor: After The Real Thing
An intriguing bandleader debut from Israeli pianist, composer and arranger Mor, whose background stints as a military paratrooper and a...
Reviewed in issue June/2021
Shez Raja: Tales from the Punjab
Ahsan Papu | Shez Raja | Fiza Haider | Qamar Abbas | Kashif Ali Dani | Zohaib Hassan
The British Asian electric bass player Shez Raja has been lauded for an Indofunk sound that blends East and West...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
Yoko Miwa Trio: Songs of Joy
Yoko Miwa | Scott Goulding | Will Slater | Brad Barrett
The new release from Japanese pianist Yoko Miwa has an appealing lockdown title. Who couldn't do with a little joy...
Reviewed in issue April/2021
QOW Trio
Riley Stone-Lonergan | Spike Wells | Eddie Myer
This post-bop, pre-lockdown recording is comforting and vivid, capturing three players in a resonant room loving their work. Combining three...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Will Glaser: Climbing in Circles
Will Glaser | Matthew Herd | Liam Noble
This completes an unusual trilogy of releases, following Glaser's duo albums with saxophonist Matthew Herd, then pianist Liam Noble on...
Reviewed in issue March/2021
Solstice: Food for Thought
Dave Manington | Tori Freestone | Will Glaser | Jez Franks | Brigitte Beraha | John Turville
Solstice lay before you such a tasting menu of musical treats, it's hard to know where to begin: Jez Franks'...
Reviewed in issue February/2021
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