Avishai Cohen: Into the Silence

Bill McHenry | Nasheet Waits | Avishai Cohen | Yonathan Avishai | Eric Revis

The bushy bearded trumpeter from New York is the lesser known of the Israeli jazz Avishai Cohens. But that might...

Reviewed in issue March/2016

Mette Henriette:

Per Zanussi | Eivind Lønning | Ingvild Nesdal Sandne | Katrine Schiøtt | Per Oddvar Johansen | Bendik Bjørnstad Foss | Mette Henrietta | Henrik Nøistebø | Andreas Rokseth | Sara Övinge

Norwegian saxophonist Mette Henriette Martedatter Rølvåg happened to find herself next to Manfred Eicher at a gig in Oslo one...

Reviewed in issue February/2016

John Abercrombie: The First Quartet

Richie Beirach | George Mraz | John Abercrombie | Peter Donald

He may not win the headlines of a McLaughlin or the plaudits of a Frisell but Abercrombie in his gentle...

Reviewed in issue February/2016

The Gurdjieff Ensemble: Komitas

Enter an ancient world with the Gurdjieff ensemble, directed by Levon Eskenian, who play on original instrumentation the graceful music...

Reviewed in issue February/2016

Ben Monder: Amorphae

Andrew Cyrille | Ben Monder | Pete Rende | Paul Motian

Guitarist Ben Monder’s debut disc as leader on ECM was originally conceived as a series of duets with Paul Motian....

Reviewed in issue February/2016

Food: This is Not a Miracle

Thomas Strøenen | Christian Fennesz | Iain Ballamy

Formed in 1998, the Anglo-Norwegian jazz electronica ensemble Food are one of the leading European exponents of post-clubland, experimental jazz...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Vjc Juris: Blue

Audun Kleive | Bjorn Kjellemyr | Terje Rypdal

The Brooklyn-born veteran guitarist Juris has sideman experience at a high level and his trio (with Jay Anderson and Adam...

Reviewed in issue August/2019

Thomas Strønen: Time is a Blind Guide

Ole Morten Vagan | Lucy Railton | Håkon Aase | Kit Downes | Steinar Mossige | Thomas Strønen | Siv øyunn Kjenstad

Coinciding with a new ECM release by his co-led improvising electronic-orientated duo Food, the leading Norwegian percussionist/drummer Thomas Strønen goes...

Reviewed in issue Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Tigran Hamasyan: Luys i Luso

Yerevan State Chamber Choir | Tirgran Hamasyan | Harutyun Topikyan

“Working with the rhythms was complicated for the choir. For instance in ‘Ov Zarmanali’ they are singing chords in 13/16...

Reviewed in issue November/2015

Paolo Fresu & Daniele di Bonaventura: In Maggiore

Paolo Fresu | Daniele di Bonaventura

It's all about the grain of the sound on this disc from trumpeter Paolo Fresu and bandoneonist Daniele di Bonaventura....

Reviewed in issue October/2015