Reviews
Scandinavian Art Ensemble with Tomasz Stańko: The Copenhagen Session Vol. 1
Tomasz Stańko | Scandinavian Art Ensemble | Johanna Elina Sulkunen
Tomasz Stańko is a true jazz legend, a slice of European jazz history made real, albeit although not so well...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2025
Caili O’Doherty: Bluer Than Blue
Michael Mayo | Nicole Glover | Caili O’Doherty | Tamir Shmerling | Tamira Clayton | Cory Cox
Despite the Gaelic-sounding name, O’Doherty is a young American pianist-composer and 2013 Berklee graduate. Subtitled Celebrating Lil Hardin Armstrong, this...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2025
Nancy Harrow: Wild Women Don’t Have The Blues
From the first glorious trumpet notes of ‘Blues for Yesterday’, this session has all the hallmarks of the excellent touring...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2025
BEATrio
Edmar Castañeda | Antonio Sanchez | Béla Fleck
This is the first album featuring the trio (named from their combined initials) which must be banjo virtuoso Fleck’s most...
Reviewed by Victoria Kingham in issue: June/2025
Snowpoet: Heartstrings
Dave Hamblett | Josh Arcoleo | Lauren Kinsella | Matt Robinson | Chris Hyson
London-based Snowpoet offer a profound antidote to our tumultuous zeitgeist with their latest album Heartstrings, delivering emotional depth through elegant...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2025
Art Pepper: Geneva 1980
Carl Burnett | Art Pepper | Milcho Leviev | Tony Dumas
In 1980, Pepper was aged 54. Despite a career full of might-have-beens and what-if’s, he had, with the help of...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2025
Gerald Clayton: Ones and Twos
Kendrick Scott | Elena Pinderhughes | Gerald Clayton | Marquis Hill | Joel Ross
Netherlands-born, LA-based pianist Gerald Clayton’s profile has risen considerably in mainstream jazz circles since his successful tenure in varied contexts...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2025
Oscar Moore: The Enchanting Guitar of Oscar Moore: The 1945-1965 Years
Oscar Moore (1916-1981) isn’t much talked about now although he was good enough to win the guitar polls in DownBeat...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2025
Brandon Woody: For The Love Of All
Quincy Phillips | Imani-Grace | Vittorio Stropoli | Michael Saunders | Troy Long | Brandon Woody
Baltimore-born trumpeter Brandon Woody could be called a significant post-Ambrose player. If Akinmusire has created distinct new ambiences in contemporary...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2025
Pat Thomas: The Bliss of Bliss
Pat Thomas told me that this set was the second half of a piano double bill, following a performance by...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2025
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