Gilberto Gil: Bandadois

Bem Gil | Gilberto Gil | Jose Gil | Maria Rita

Gilberto Gil had to curtail his musical career when he was Brazil's official Minister of Culture. Now, after completing five...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2010

Rubén Blades: Tangos

Carlos Franzetti | Leopoldo Federico Orchestra | Rubén Blades

Panamanian multi-Grammy winner Rubén Blades is a restless polymath: an actor, singer, composer and poet who made his name on...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2014

Barry Romberg's Random Access: World Creativity/Unplugged Live

Two releases by drummer Barry Romberg of an angular fusion flavour with funk and Caribbean rhythmic asides, the second starring...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Pete Brown and Phil Ryan with Psoulchedelia: Perils Of Wisdom

Alan Weekes | Annie Whitehead | Helen Hardy | Jeff Allen | John Mackenzie | Lee Goodall | Nixon Rosembert | Pete Brown | Phil Ryan | Rietta Austin

Things may come and things may go, but Brown will remain a legend for his superb lyrics, and, if nowt...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2014

Henry Mancini: Playboy Themes

Only a handful of tracks from Peter Gunn (and those were better done elsewhere by Shelly Manne) make this any...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2015

BEJE: Live at the Fringe

Billed as the best European musicians working in Bristol, this quintet run by Swiss-English saxophonist David Mowat share diverse interests...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Fania Allstars: Live At the Cheetah

Adalberto Santiago | Bobby Cruz | Bobby Valentín | Héctor Lavoe | Ismael Miranda | Johnny Pacheco | José ‘Cheo’ Feliciano | Larry Harlow | Larry Rogers | Larry Spencer

A Latin music lover's wet dream, this: not only has Strut Records got together with Fania, the label that launched...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2012

Curtis Fuller: Soul Trombone/Cabin In The Sky

Two unjustly overlooked sessions by the great post-bop trombonist in septet and big band settings....

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2012

Chicago Yestet: Not There Yet

Led by trombonist Joel Adams, this easy-going 13-piece combines hip-hop, neo-soul and brass-led fusion with groove-jazz soloing but it leans...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Wojtek Mazolewski: Smells Like Tape Spirit

The Polish bassist-leader is a member of the grungy jazztronica band Pink Freud but this is an acoustic quintet preferring...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2011