Month: February 2025
Alex Norris, Table for Three, SteepleChase ***1/2
Originals, a great version of The Lamp Is Low and a lot more than a soupçon of Paul Bollenback magic are only part...
Yusuf Ahmed & Harry Christelis, Live at Mu, Maps For Getting Lost ***1/2
Live at Mu seems more like one long piece chopped into four parts.
The inexorable rise and rise of jazz funkateer Stefan Redtenbacher
In Session with Rumer is the latest highwater mark from remarkable bandleader the Jaco and Joni influenced bass guitarist Stefan Redtenbacher
Jasper Somsen, Invites Anton Goudsmit – Live! Challenge ***1/2
Django Reinhardt, Bill Frisell, Al Green material and originals on a likably blues leaning live set from two Dutch old masters
Joona Toivanen Trio, Gravity, We Jazz ***1/2
The Toivanen brothers and Olavi Louhivuori take themselves very seriously. But, a far cry from being under conversation music or a rendition of...
James Brandon Lewis, Apple Cores, Anti **** recommended
Some beautiful playing and free loving sentiments wrapped in rhythm all over this latest from one of the most formidable saxophonists anywhere.
Eleonora Strino Quartet, Matilde, CAM Jazz ****
Startling Mediterranean go ahead lightness of touch from Italian guitar rising star Eleonora Strino in a set largely featuring her sparkling originals.
KALI Trio, The Playful Abstract, Ronin Rhythm ***
Ambient grooves - a mindful mix. Very Swiss
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