Reviews
Picking out a range of the essentials
Richard Spaven, Light of Day, Edition ***1/2
Chill and still conjure thoughts that it's a new dawn, a new day, a new life for me. And I'm feeling good.
Leo Richardson Quartet, B3 Lounge, The Bohemia, London ****
The powerful tenorist goes into the studio in the autumn. Proved timely then this home fixture that our man in Finchley unleashed
Freddie Hendrix at Lillies
New tunes, blistering power and tender is the night balladry.
Randy Ingram, Sound Within, Chill Tone Records ****
Faithful qualities, fateful vision
Karine Polwart & Pippa Murphy featuring Dave Milligan, Windblown, Hudson ****
Taking a fling at a windswept and interesting listen full of bark and bite
Kenny Barron, Ray Drummond and Ben Riley, So Many Lovely Things: Live in Brecon, Elemental Music ****
Monk, memories of Ray Drummond and Kenny Barron's Live at Bradley's trio cast a spell.
Nils Petter Molvær, Be Quiet, Edition ****
Globe trotting duets from the ambient jazz pioneer work their charms in an archetypally haunting way.
Mat Maneri Quartet, Mist, Sunnyside ***1/2
Blue and lonesome viola led dreaminess shaped through the prism of an avant consciousness
Ferg’s Imaginary Big Band, The New Atomic, Trash City Records ***
Zany big band mayhem from the north of England that aims to break the mould
Zak Irvine, Before Dusk and Dawn EP ****
The Scott Flanigan mentored Robert Glasper inspired Zak Irvine boosts the Irish scene.
Empirical, Like Lambs: To the Slaughter, Whirlwind ***1/2
Empirical sound brand new. Personnel and approach have undergone a rejig.
Hannah Marks, Feed the Fire, Endectomorph Music **** recommended
Geri Allen, Bob Hurst, Dewey Redman and Hannah Marks originals sit together very well
John McNeil Trio, There Is No Greater Love, SteepleChase ****
Dusted down from a Denmark date in the 1980s, an unheard live gem from John McNeil - who was an inspirational teacher and...
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