Reviews
James Francies: Flight
Mike Mitchell | Jeremy Dutton | Burniss Traviss | James Francies | Mike Moreno | Joel Ross
Heard to good effect on Stefon Harris' latest album, Sonic Creed, young pianist Francies makes a solid debut here. It...
Reviewed in issue November/2018
Wayne Shorter: Emanon
Wayne Shorter | John Patitucci | Brian Blade | Danilio Perez
On 25 August, Wayne Shorter celebrated his 85th birthday making Emanon an impressive birthday present from his record company, Blue...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
Anthony Joseph: People Of The Sun
Formidable multi-tasker Anthony Joseph – British-Trinidadian bandleader, poet, academic, novelist, more – went back to the source to realise this...
Reviewed in issue Feb/2019
Kandace Springs: Indigo
Produced by renowned Detroit jazz drummer turned hip-hop producer Karriem Riggins, Indigo is 29-yearold Kandace Springs' follow-up to her critically...
Reviewed in issue October/2018
R+R=NOW: Collagically Speaking
Derrick Hodge | Robert Glasper | Justin Tyson | Taylor McFerrin | Christian Scott | Terrace Martin
An all star-group such as this comes with a certain amount of expectation, which was not duly fulfilled on stage...
Reviewed in issue September/2018
Charles Lloyd & The Marvels + Lucinda Williams: Vanished Gardens
Bill Frisell | Charles Lloyd | Reuben Rogers | Greg Leisz | Eric Harland | Lucinda Williams
This is an album that is probably closer to Americana since it draws on, and is informed by, a host...
Reviewed in issue August/2018
Marcus Miller: Laid Black
If you couldn&t afford the remortgage required to catch him live at Ronnie's, Miller kicks off Laid Black with a...
Reviewed in issue August/2018
The Nels Cline 4: Currents, Constellations
Julian Lage | Tom Rainey | Scott Colley | Nels Cline
Following his gently epic Blue Note debut, Lovers, Cline returns to more familiar territory with a spate of post-bop workouts...
Reviewed in issue July/2018
Kenny Barron Quintet: Concentric Circles
Mike Rodriguez | Kiyoshi Kitagawa | Johnathan Blake | Dayna Stephens | Kenny Barron
Kenny Barron, the surefootedly elegant Philadelphia-born pianist, has released a deluge of classy discs since his recording debut in 1968...
Reviewed in issue June/2018
GoGo Penguin: A Humdrum Star
Rob Turner | Nick Blacka | Chris Illingworth
Interviewing GoGo Penguin has sometimes left me disappointed that their ideas' boundless ambition, the sense that they'd like to take...
Reviewed in issue April/2018
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