Review of Imperial Triumphant: Vile Luxury

Imperial Triumphant: Vile Luxury

Andromeda Anarchia | Kenny Grohowski | Sarai Chrzanowski | Steve Blanco | Will Smith | Yoshiko Oharaz | Zachary Ilya Ezrin

Gilead Media

Rating: ★★★★

Does black metal have a place in the progression of jazz music? In the case of New York experimental metal...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Review of Sultan Stevenson: Faithful One

Sultan Stevenson: Faithful One

Denys Baptiste | Jacob Gryn | Joel Waters | Josh Short | Sultan Stevenson

Editor's Choice

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Young Sultan Stevenson, the latest Tomorrow's Warriors alumnus to emerge blinking into the daylight, wants us to listen to his...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: May/2023

Review of The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: In The Spirit of the Duke

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: In The Spirit of the Duke

Alyn Cosker | Bill Fleming | Brian Kellock | Calum Gourlay | Cameron Jay | Chris Greive | James Marr | Konrad Wiszniewski | Martin Kershaw | Michael Owers

Spartacus

Rating: ★★★★

Smith's SNJO has become one of the great adornments of our British jazz scene, the personnel invariably of the highest...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2013

Review of Dexter Gordon: The Complete Columbia Albums

Dexter Gordon: The Complete Columbia Albums

Curtis Fuller | David Eubanks | Eddie Gladden | Eddie Jefferson | George Cables | Gordon | Johnny Griffin | Kirk Lightsey | Louis Hayes | Ronnie Mathews

Columbia Legacy

Rating: ★★★★

This seven-CD set has to be top value for Dexter Gordon fans, especially those who particularly value the mellow autumn...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2013

Review of Miles Davis: Ascenseur pour l'Echafaud

Miles Davis: Ascenseur pour l'Echafaud

Barney Wilen | Kenny Clarke | Miles Davis | Pierre Michelot | René Urteger

State of Art

Rating: ★★★★★

At the conclusion of the Jazz for Moderns tour in 1957 on 23 November 1957, Miles Davis travelled alone to...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2018

Review of Tingvall Trio: Cirklar

Tingvall Trio: Cirklar

Jürgen Spiegel | Martin Tingvall | Omar Rodriguez Calvo

Skip Records

Rating: ★★★

The Hamburg-based Tingvall Trio have longevity on their side. They've been around since 2003, toured in some 30 countries and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2017

Review of Album Interview: Manu Katché: Manu Katché

Album Interview: Manu Katché: Manu Katché

Jim Watson | Manu Katché | Nils Petter Molvær | Nils Petter Molvaer | Tore Brunborg

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Four albums in on ECM and French-Ivorian drummer Katché has made some major changes to his band – a self-imposed...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Review of Aki Takase & David Murray: Cherry Sakura

Aki Takase & David Murray: Cherry Sakura

Aki Takase | David Murray

Intakt

Rating: ★★★★

The vast experience that Takase and Murray have as duet players is heard from the opening bars of the lengthy...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2017

Review of Ornette Coleman: To Whom Keeps A Record

Ornette Coleman: To Whom Keeps A Record

Charlie Haden | Don Cherry | Ed Blackwell | Ornette Coleman

EJC

Rating: ★★★★

A classic case of record company reissue overlap leaves Ornettophiles with a dread dilemma. Grab the single CD, To Whom...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2014

Review of Machito Y Sus Afro Cubanas: Tanga – The King of Afro Cuban Jazz

Machito Y Sus Afro Cubanas: Tanga – The King of Afro Cuban Jazz

Bobby Woodlen | Ed Medina | Eddie Bert | Frank Davillo | Fred Skerrit | Fred Zito | Gene Johnson | Jose Madera | José Manguel | Lenny Hambro

Cherry Red

Rating: ★★★★

“If we starve together we starve together,” wrote the arranger Mario Bauza in a letter to his brother-in- law, Machito....

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2016

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