Sun Ra & His Solar-Myth Arkestra: The Solar-Myth Approach
Sun worshippers are having a great time of it of late: following last month’s triple helping of previously unissued Ra,...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: June/2024
Various Artists: Black Jazz Records: The Complete Singles
Along with Tribe and Strata East, Black Jazz is part of the holy trinity of independent labels that documented the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2024
Melissa Aldana: Echoes of the Inner Prophet
Fabian Almazan | Kush Abadey | Lage Lund | Melissa Aldana | Pablo Menares
The Manhattan-based Chile-born tenor saxophonist-composer Melissa Aldana’s star has been in the ascendant for about a decade now. In 2013...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2024
Marshall Gilkes and the WDR Big Band: Lifesongs
Marshall Gilkes | Sabeth Perez
While Germany Deutschlandfunk is Germany’s national state radio and TV station, each of the main German regions also have a...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2024
Steve Swell Matthew Shipp: Space Cube Jazz
A meeting of two of the seminal American musicians on French label Rogueart. Trombonist Steve Swell and pianist Matthew Shipp...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2024
Leon Thomas: Full Circle
An acclaimed singer in his own right, Leon Thomas is also synonymous with the music of Pharoah Sanders but it...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2024
John Donegan – The Irish Sextet: Light Streams
Dan Bodwell | John Daly | John Donegan | Linley Hamilton | Michael Buckley | Richie Buckley
We reviewed the Irish pianist-composer John Donegan’s earlier release Shadows Linger in Jazzwise 286 and gave it a well-earned four...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2024
Charles Lloyd: The Sky Will Still Be There Tomorrow
Brian Blade | Charles Lloyd | Jason Moran | Larry Grenedier
After the artistic success of A Trio of Trios in 2023, a trilogy of three quite different trios – the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2024
Art Farmer: The Art of Farmer – Classic Albums 1953-55
These are halcyon days for those keen to hoover up Art Farmer reissues at modest cost. Recently, there’s been Art...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2024
John Butcher + 13: Fluid Fixations
It’s a measure of UK saxophonist John Butcher’s standing in the global improv community that he’s able to command such...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2024
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