Jazzwise Choices,
Jazzwise Editor's Choices - November 2022
Editor's Choice picks from the November 2022 issue of Jazzwise include the new self-titled record from American jazz trio-turned-quartet The Bad Plus, Norwegian pianist Espen Berg's Trondheim Concert, and a tribute to Paul Motian with Jakob Bro and Joe Lovano's Once Around the Room.
Editor's Choices
"There is a sense of abandon and creative exuberance on this album, essentially the re-birth of The Bad Plus, in that this new iteration seems to be the band they always wanted to be."
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
"Impressive stuff – the future of the spontaneously-improvised solo concert is in safe hands."
Available Formats: 2 CDs, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
"Much more than a tribute, Once Around The Room captures his spirit and walks with it to a performance that has a compelling sense of vibrant celebration as well as solemn recognition of greatness."
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
"Slick sounding yet diversely stimulating, it’s that rare instance of a guest-starheavy recording that succeeds in hitting most of the high notes."
Available Format: CD
"Trio Convulsants: movers and shakers indeed. But let’s not wait another 18 years."
Available Formats: MP3, FLAC, Hi-Res FLAC
"It’s an album that creates and sustains its own unique atmosphere, there’s an admirable effort to avoid cliché, and everything is super hip."
Available Format: CD
Reissues / Archive
"The flow of ideas marks Moore out, his unhurried phrasing and seemingly endless ability to invent coherent variations on standard tunes and bebop staples like ‘Yardbird Suite’, clearly out of the top drawer. And he swings superbly."
Available Formats: CD, MP3, FLAC
"Whether singing Comden and Green, dipping into other Broadway shows, or anticipating her later more ironic club performances concerning her ‘gentlemen friends’, this welcome set leads us gently but firmly to the heart of Blossom Dearie’s artistry."
Available Format: 4 CDs
Joshua Lee - Jazz Content
