WDR Big Band

Paul Heller’s lugubrious tenor solo in ‘Money in the Desert’ and Bodek Janke’s tabla flutter to begin ‘Red Sand’ are also inspired. If the record can be too suburbansmooth and slickly well-oiled,... — Jazzwise, December 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Hersch has selected nine of his own compositions which have been arranged for large ensemble by six-time Grammy winner Vince Mendoza. His impeccable orchestrations place Hersch’s compositional... — Jazzwise, July 2019, 3 out of 5 stars More…

As the late Jacques Loussier well knew, Bach’s compositions are fertile ground for jazz musicians, and so it proves here. This collection of 30 Bach Aria Variations works beautifully, with pianist... — Jazzwise, September 2023 More…

And Still We Sing would be an outstanding album based purely on the sirenic power of its two outstanding lead vocalists, Fay Claassen and David Linx. Factor in the remarkable playing of the... — Jazzwise, December 2021 - January 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

This live recording of the performance has the warmth and spirit one might expect from someone paying homage to their homeland ... a cross-cultural pollination of languages and music that yields... — Downbeat, March 2019, 3 out of 5 stars More…

All splendid stuff, and all awesomely played and produced, of course, but lacking the soul spice inherent to the ‘Jackets’ small group outings. — Jazzwise, December 2020, 3 out of 5 stars More…