Reviews

Review of Louis Sclavis/Benjamin Moussay: Unfolding

Louis Sclavis/Benjamin Moussay: Unfolding

Benjamin Moussay | Louis Sclavis

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Every note counts in a duo. Each note emerges in plain sight and the recording machine captures it, good, bad...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

Review of Tord Gustavsen Trio: Seeing

Tord Gustavsen Trio: Seeing

Tord Gustavsen | Jarle Vespestad | Steinar Raknes

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Like many ECM artists, Tord Gustavsen is known for working on the borders of jazz, folk and classical, along with...

Reviewed 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

Patrick Wilbart | Florian Weber | Sonja Beeh | Maxine Troglauer | Victoria Rose Davey | Corentin Morvan | Michel Godard | Jean Daufresne | Anna-Lena Schnabel | 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 in issue November/2024

Review of Avishai Cohen: Ashes to Gold

Avishai Cohen: Ashes to Gold

Ziv Ravitz | Yonathan Avishai | Avishai Cohen | Barak Mori

ECM

It takes guts for an artist to speak out against their own government, but Avishai Cohen, the Tel Aviv-based trumpeter,...

Reviewed in issue November/2024

Review of Alice Zawadzki/Fred Thomas/Misha Mullov-Abbado: Za Górami

Alice Zawadzki/Fred Thomas/Misha Mullov-Abbado: Za Górami

Fred Thomas | Misha Mullov-Abbado | Alice Zawadzki

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

This recording by the vocal chamber trio of singer-violinist Zawadzki, double bassist Mullov-Abbado and multi-instrumentalist Thomas is a meeting of...

Reviewed in issue October/2024

Review of Norma Winstone/Kit Downes: Outpost of Dreams

Norma Winstone/Kit Downes: Outpost of Dreams

Kit Downes | Norma Winstone

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Having talked to Norma and Kit about this record (see Jazzwise, May 2024) and then hearing them in concert at...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Giovanni Guidi, James Brandon Lewis, Thomas Morgan, Joao Lobo: A New Day

Giovanni Guidi, James Brandon Lewis, Thomas Morgan, Joao Lobo: A New Day

Giovanni Guidi | Joao Lobo | James Brandon Lewis | Thomas Morgan

ECM

Rating: ★★★

A much-admired sideman to the legendary Enrico Rava and acclaimed leader in his own right, Italian pianist Giovanni Guidi heads...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Jordina Milla & Barry Guy: Live In Munich

Jordina Milla & Barry Guy: Live In Munich

Barry Guy | Jordina Mills

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Catalan pianist Jordina Milla and British bassist Barry Guy are highly skilled improvisers, as this Munich concert attests, but they...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Oded Tzur: My Prophet

Oded Tzur: My Prophet

Petros Klampanis | Nitai Hershkovits | Oded Zzur | Cyrano Almeida

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

This is the third minor masterpiece in succession from Tzur, following Here Be Dragons (2019) and Isabela (2021). Throughout the...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

Review of Tomasz Stańko: September Night

Tomasz Stańko: September Night

Tomasz Stańko | Marcin Wasilewski | Sławomir Kurkiewicz | Michał Miskiewicz

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

September Night, a previously unreleased concert, completes a quartet of recordings and follows chronologically on from Soul of Things, a...

Reviewed in issue August/2024

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