Reviews

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

Review of Fred Hersch: Silent, Listening

Fred Hersch: Silent, Listening

Fred Hersch

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

One gift that Fred Hersch has in abundance is to own his performances of works by other composers. His 1990s...

Reviewed in issue May/2024

Review of Arve Henriksen/Harmen Fraanje: Touch of Time

Arve Henriksen/Harmen Fraanje: Touch of Time

Arve Henriksen | Harmen Fraanje

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Though most associated with Rune Grammofon, and with a long career spanning Supersilent’s flaming prog improv, orchestral work and Jan...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of John Surman: Words Unspoken

John Surman: Words Unspoken

John Surman | Rob Luft | Thomas Strønen | Rob Waring

ECM

Rating: ★★★

Words Unspoken is a natural heir to Surman’s Invisible Threads. As the titles suggest, this is music about the spaces...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Matthieu Bordenave Quartet: The Blue Land

Matthieu Bordenave Quartet: The Blue Land

Patrice Moret | James Maddren | Florian Weber | Matthieu Bordenave

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

For the follow up to his ECM trio debut La traverse, the 40-year-old French saxist Matthieu Bordenave adds a fourth...

Reviewed in issue March/2024

Review of Keith Jarrett: Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne

Keith Jarrett: Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne

Keith Jarrett

Editor's Choice

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

It’s tempting to suggest that this Lausanne and Bremen solo concert set was a stepping stone towards his landmark The...

Reviewed in issue December/January/2023/2024

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