Wayne Horvitz & The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble: At the Reception
Fans of the late Butch Morris' approach to ensemble improvisation will find much to pore over here. ‘Conduction’ – as...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2015
Soft Machine Legacy: Burden Of Proof
John Etheridge | John Marshall | Roy Babbington | Theo Travis
All hail to these vets of jazz and prog rock, we can only salute you. The most obvious expression of...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2013
Nduduzo Makathini: Modes of Communication: Letters From The Underworld
A member of Shabaka & The Ancestors, South African pianist Makathini steps out as a solo artist in his own...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2020
Phil Dawson Quintet: It's Time
The British guitarist Phil Dawson is a fixture of a plethora of Brit-jazz bands and international roots outfits; his nuanced...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: February/2021
J. Pavone String Ensemble: Brick and Mortar
Angela Morris | Erica Dicker | Jessica Pavone | Joanna Mattrey
New York-based violist, composer and improviser Jessica Pavone has made a speciality of writing for string quartet, though Pavone string...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
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Rava/Herbert/Guidi: For Mario (Live)
Enrico Rava | Giovanni Guidi | Hugh Jones | Matthew Herbert
Released on composer/electronica artist Matthew Herbert's Accidental label, For Mario includes a selection of tracks by a trio from various...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020
Soft Machine: The Dutch Lesson
John Marshall | Karl Jenkins | Mike Ratledge | Roy Babbington
The title riffs around the titles of two tracks, ‘The French Lesson’ and ‘The German Lesson’, from the Softs’ then-current...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2023
Dinosaur: Together, As One
Conor Chaplin | Corrie Dick | Elliot Galvin | Laura Jurd
Electric Miles is still terra incognita for some; the point he left jazz, or went somehow mad. Bitches Brew's brooding,...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: September/2016
Soft Machine: Hovikodden 1971
Elton Dean | Hugh Hopper | Mike Ratledge | Robert Wyatt
Stone me… sometimes you have to side with Emperor Joseph II: “Too many notes, Mr Softs, too many notes…” It...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2024
Blue Mitchell: Bantu Village
No clearer indication of the trumpeter’s funky soul jazz inclinations can be found than the opener ‘H.N.I.C’, which is a...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2011
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