MARCH 2012Contents

Features

4-10 News Jazzwise fifteenth anniversary festival… Gregory Porter added to Cheltenham…major unheard EST album coming soon… and lots more 14 The Way It Is The jazz scene in Germany is on the up, says Stuart Nicholson 16 Jazz On Film Sonny Rollins: Beyond The Notes 18-19 Taking Off Singer Emilia Mårtensson and Russian bassist Yuriy Galkin 26 Turning Point Adam Waldmann of Kairos 4tet on the album that changed his life 36-50 CD Reviews Over 100 CDs reviewed including albums by Julian Joseph, Gregory Porter, Vijay Iyer, Brad Mehldau Trio, Victor Feldman and many more 52 Books and DVDs 55 The Player Bobby Wellins on his favourite saxophones56Instrument Reviews 58-59 Live Reviews 60-62 Gig Guide Your essential guide to the must-see gigs this month

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20 Gregory PorterFollowingthepoll-topping triumph of his remarkable debut Water, Gregory Porter follows up with the equally astonishing Be Good. EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

24 Colin TownsWithhispowerful new electric group Blue Touch Paper, Colin Towns digs deep into his jazz-rock roots on Stand Well Back

28 Nils Petter MolvaerAbrilliantreturntoform by the pioneering jazz-electronica trumpet innovator

32 Michael Wollny’s [em] Heavyweight German piano trio [em] come of age with Wasted & Wanted, featuring a blistering deconstruction of Kraftwerk’s ‘The Model’

34 Esperanza

Spalding

After a high profile year following her new artist Grammy win, Esperanza Spalding turns another creative corner on Radio Music Society

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