Reviews

Paris Bamako Jazz

Baba Sissoko & Jean-Philippe Rykiel

Griot Jazz, the collaboration between ngoni and talking drum master Baba Sissoko, Lansiné Kouyaté on balafon, Madou Sidiki Diabaté and...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Red Mist

Tian Qiyi feat Jah Wobble

John Wardle, aka Jah Wobble, has enjoyed a remarkable career. One of Britain’s most adventurous bass guitarists, he played in...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

The Drip

Rubim de Toledo

Recorded with seven other prominent West-Canadian Jazz musicians and featuring vocalist Karimah, this latest release by Canadian-Brazilian bassist Rubim de...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Echoes from a Faded Past

Cloud Atlas Trio

What do you get when you cross a Swedish guitarist, a Danish cellist and composer, a Jordanian singer, oud player...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Yuh Yuh

Haïdouti Orkestar

While the music of Paris-based sensations Haïdouti Orkestar dances along the path forged by their Ottoman ancestors, the band's gait...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Voodoo Beat

nemanja

nemanja want to take you on a trip – a trip to the underworld. In this retelling of the ancient myth...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Sea of Stories

3’Ain

For fans of Jaune Toujours, this may come as something of a shock. Their singer and accordion player Piet Maris...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

4 Parakeets

Jihad Darwish

While this second studio album from the multi-instrumentalist composer Jihad Darwish could easily have found its way into Jazzwise, there...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Ulaan

Enji

On her third album Munich-based Mongolian vocalist Enji strikes a beguiling balance between modern jazz and the folk traditions of...

Reviewed in issue October/2023

Glimmer

Nils Økland & Sigbjørn Apeland

Hardanger fiddle player and violinist Nils Økland and harmonium player Sigbjørn Apeland have been making music together for 30 years,...

Reviewed in issue October/2023