Boyd Raeburn: The Boyd Raeburn Collection 1944-48

The work of this big band, one of the most unusual and innovative of the 1940s, has long been hard...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

The MIYUMI Project: The Best of The MIYUMI Project

a range of taiko | Tatsu Aoki

The MIYUMI Project's singular aim is to wed Japanese taiko (drums and drumming) and what is essentially free jazz. Tatsu...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2021

Sidney Bechet and Claude Luter: Moulin à Café

An anthology featuring Bechet and his principal French collaborator from 1949-1955, this has just the highlights of their work, whereas...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2017

The New Mastersounds: Therapy

Leeds-based originally, this retro UKUS quartet crank up the funk in all its Hammond B3, N'Orleans, soul and disco-ised forms....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

New Vocabulary

Adam Holzman | Amir Ziv | Jordan McLean | Ornette Coleman

Ornette's recent struggles with ill-health have been well documented so this comes as a breath of fresh air, a reminder...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2015

Ralph Flanagan: Flanagan's Boogie

Top NY session players populate pianist (and erstwhile vocalist) Flanagan's 1951-56 big band, playing in the style of a slightly...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2018

Sun Ra Arkestra: Live In ULM 1992

Ahmed Abdullah | Atakatune | Bruce Edwards | Buster Smith | Elson Nascimento Dos Santos | James Jacson | Jothan Callins | Marshall Allen | Michael Ray | Sun Ra

This late Sun Ra recording was made just one year prior to him taking off and leaving Planet Earth for...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: September/2014

Hank De Mano: Quartet in Concert

A Los Angeles-based flugelhorn player this issue collates two LPs of De Mano's elegant but unexceptional quartet (with piano, bass...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2017

Randy Brecker: The Brecker Brothers Band Reunion

Ada Rovatti | Adam Rogers | Chris Minh Doky | Dave Weckl | David Sanborn | Dean Brown | George Whitty | Jim Campagnola | Mike Stern | Oli Rockberger

“Never look back” seemed one of Miles' more useful aphorisms. So you may question why Brecker would want to revive...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2014

Webster/Holub/Anorak: Languages: Live at Vortex

Colin Webster | Mark Holub | Sheik Anorak

Sheik Anorak is the nom de guerre of Frank Garcia, boss of Gaffer Records and lynchpin of the thriving underground...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2013