Samir B?hringer

Yonglee & the DOLTANG, Premazzi / Nasser Quartet, Joshua Banks & More

by Marek J. ?mieta��ski
July 19, 2025

This 112th episode presents the second installment of our review of May's jazz premieres. Explore recordings by artists from around the world, with a special focus on international collaborations. Prepare for an exciting mix of bebop and a touch of jazz-rock, showcasing three intriguing large-scale ensembles and only 2.5 trios (we'll clarify the 'half' before track ...

Meta Zero

By Samir B?hringer

Label: Ezz-thetics
Released: 2023
Track listing: Magnetfeld; Adam Shaq; River Down; Albatross; Homunkulus; Fraktal; Scheinriese; Serious Game; Perpetuum Mobile; A Sunset Over A Windy Field.

Chris May's Best Albums Of 2023

by Chris May
December 4, 2023

Another great year for recorded jazz. Fourteen of 2023's most special albums are presented here. Eight are new recordings and six are reissues or previously unreleased archive items. Joint Number One Best New Albums Of 2023 Irreversible Entanglements Protect Your Light Impulse! There are two contendors for the slam-dunk ...

Samir Bohringer Quartet: Meta Zero

by Chris May
October 22, 2023

The Ezz-thetics label's sleeve-design grid and its orange and black colourway is as recognisable a piece of branding as were Reid Miles' sleeves for Blue Note in the 1950s and 1960s (or indeed Impulse!'s orange and black LP spines a little later). It is also a similarly copper-bottomed guarantee of quality. Ezz-thetics does not, of course, ...