Jim Black Trio: Reckon
Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Thomas Morgan
The innovative Seattle-raised drummer/composer Jim Black's work over three decades – from his own adventurous projects to collaborations with luminaries...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2020
Paul Desmond: The Complete RCA Albums Collection
This six CD set, recorded between 1961-64, includes bonus tracks not included on the original vinyl releases of Desmond Blue,...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2013
Ralph Bowen
Cliff Almond | Jim Ridl | Kenny Davis | Ralph Bowen
Ralph Bowen was first heard with OTB (Out of the Blue) on Blue Note back in the 1970s. He's now...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2017
MoonMot: Going Down the Well
Cath Roberts | Dee Byrne | Johnny Hunter | Oli Fuster | Seth Bennett | Simon Petermann
Moonmot are a mischievous yet accomplished agglomeration of Swiss and Brit elements who play largely improvised music against strongly written...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2020
Wallace Roney: Blue Dawn – Blue Nights
The American critic Francis Davis astutely observed in the liner-notes to Wallace Roney's 2010 album, If Only For One Night,...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
Quinsin Nachoff: Flux
David Binney | Kenny Wollesen | Matt Mitchell | Quinsin Nachoff
Avant-garde tenorist Nachoff comes from Toronto, Canada. He is equally at home with jazz and contemporary classical music and his...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2016
Jeff Williams: Bloom
Carmen Staaf | Jef Williams | Michael Formanek
The Ohio-born London-based drums veteran Jeff Williams is on a roll at the moment. Last year's excellent ‘live’ Lifelike, recorded...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019
Fringe Magnetic: Clocca
If, as reported, this CD is the swansong, the final third album from the Loop Collective and Jamie Cullum trumpeter...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
The Sachal Ensemble: Song of Lahore
This is an album that comes not only with great music but also a great story attached. In Lahore a...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2016
Lewis Porter: Beauty & Mystery
John Patitucci | Lewis Porter | Terri Lyne Carrington | Tia Fuller
The veteran pianist Lewis Porter has an impressive résumé with his work behind the scenes as academic and author, having...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2018
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