CD Reviews

CD Review | Thomas Fonnesbæk, Justin Kauflin – Synesthesia

So you think you know what a piano-bass jazz duo sounds like? Well, maybe you don’t unless you’ve heard this extraordinary pair, because bassist Thomas Fonnesbæk plays like...

Philip Catherine, Selected Works 1974-1982 5CD Box Set | CD Review

Celebrating his 75th Birthday, Warner Music France has released a limited edition 5CD box set of music by guitarist Philip Catherine. Titled “Philip Catherine Selected Works...

CD Review | Peter Horsfall “Nighthawks”

Rating:  2017 gets garlanded by another beauty: Peter Horsfall’s elegant dark debut album “Nighthawks” (APP Records), 38 minutes and 25 seconds of musical poetry, an album...

Fiona Ross – “Black, White and a Little Bit of Grey” CD Peer Review by Ola Onabulé

Editors note: Next to our regular series of album reviews written by the Jazz In Europe review team, we have introduced the idea of “Peer Reviews”. To launch this we have...

Yuri Honing’s CD Goldbrun: Harmonious Political Statement

The CD “Goldbrun” by Dutch Jazz saxophonist Yuri Honing is a political statement. He has made the album because he’s worried about the future of Europe. It is a great part...

Paola Vera’s “ADDICTED” CD Peer Review by Leo Sidran

Editors note: Next to our regular series of album reviews written by the Jazz In Europe review team, we have introduced the idea of “Peer Reviews”. We asked Leo Sidran –...

TJP | Peace and Love CD Review

Rating:  When it comes to repertoire most albums I receive for review contain either original material, Standards or a mix of both. Every now and then you see a treatment of a...

Uri Gurvich “Kinship” CD Review by Fiona Ross | CD Parties in Paris & Barcelona

Saxophonist and composer Uri Gurvich describes his third album ‘Kinship’ as an exploration of the different meanings behind the word kinship – celebrating the positives,...

Rafael Barrera: ‘Amser’ – Digital Album Review by Fiona Ross

Rafael Barrera is a new artist on the Jazz scene, originally from Mexico City, but now a student at the prestigious Royal Welsh College of Music. He is a pianist, improviser, and...

Chantae Cann ‘Sol Empowered’ – CD Review by Fiona Ross

Chantae Cann is an American singer songwriter who has worked extensively as a backing vocalist for artists such as Leon Timbo, Darlene McCoy, PJ Morton, Morgan Heritage and India...

CD Review | Rez Abbasi’s “Unfiltered Universe” a Gem!

This article has been posted courtesy of Lynn René Bayley of the The Art Music Lounge. It’s not often nowadays that “all-star bands” live up to their hype, but when you...