Jazzwise Editor's Choices from the March 2024 issue include new music from Adam Bałdych & Leszek Możdżer, Empirical, Vijay Iyer, Julian Lage, Charles Lloyd, QOW Trio, Joel Ross, Youn Sun Nah and John Surman, as well as archive releases and reissues from Art Farmer, Mike Makhalemele & Winston 'Mankunku' Ngozi and The Cliffs.
Passacaglia
Adam Bałdych & Leszek Możdżer
"Rather than being limited by the terms jazz and classical music, they dip into both with a spirit of enquiry and no little adventure to see where they end up."
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 48 kHz, 24 bit)
Wonder is the Beginning
Empirical
"The urgency and tight-knit ensemble play are still there, even it it's a more mature, reflective development on previous albums."
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
Compassion
Vijay Iyer
"The student has become a master."
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Speak To Me
Julian Lage
"The term 'complete musician' is overused, but in both composing and improvising Julian Lage has to be close to one."
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 16 bit)
Charles Lloyd
The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
"Many titles have open forms, and it is here the invention and ingenuity and collective wisdom of Lloyd's accompanists allow [his] improvisational magic to blossom..."
Available formats: 2 CDs, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
The Hold Up
QOW Trio
"They find generation-spanning common cause in straightahead hard bop, their model of Sonny Rollins' chordless trios made current by fluent conviction in jazz's lingua franca..."
Available format: Download & Streaming (up to 44.1 kHz, 24 bit)
Nublues
Joel Ross
"All these fine tributes to tradition sound familiar, but there isn't a cliche within earshot."
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Elles
Youn Sun Nah
"[...] the singer takes the listener on entirely new pathways through these songs."
Available format: CD
Words Unspoken
John Surman
"Words Unspoken is a natural heir to Surman's Invisible Threads [...] the palette is not limited but contained, and we are left to discover our own resolutions."
Available formats: CD, Download & Streaming (up to 96 kHz, 24 bit)
Archive & Reissues
The Art of Farmer - Classic Albums 1953-55
Art Farmer
"These are halcyon days for those keen to hoover up Art Farmer reissues at modest cost [...] Good music all the way."
Available format: 2 CDs
