Category: Album Reviews – Archive

October 21, 2023 / Album Reviews - Archive

The Iridescent Spree 7/10 Wearing his virtuosity on his sleeve, the young Kurt Elling liked to prove what an innovative singer he was at almost every turn, using radical vocal textures and dramatic changes of pitch and dynamics when just delivering a song, let alone when improvising. The mature Elling,…

August 18, 2023 / Album Reviews - Archive

Project Infinity: Live at Phoenix Central Park 9/10 Listen closely, and you can hear the sound of the room where this music was made. Even through the thickets of electronics and expert post-production, you can still sense the space that made the different sounds sing as one: Chippendale’s Phoenix Central…

August 7, 2023 / Album Reviews - Archive

THE GLASS HOURS  (Biophilia) 8/10 There’s always an element of risk when artists interrogate themselves as to why they do what they do, as analysis can jeopardise the purity of intuition. But for those brave enough to take the plunge, it can also lead to deeper areas of endeavour, as…