Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids: We Be All Africans

Idris Ackamoor

Those with an ear for the independent sector in jazz will recognise The Pyramids as one of the legendary exponents...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2016

Fela Kuti: Vinyl Box Set #4 curated by Erykah Badu

Fela Kuti

How to keep rehashing the vast, 50-plus album back catalogue of the one and only Fela Anikulapo Kuti, an icon...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: February/2018

Mette Juul: Change

This Danish singer's angle on standards and originals is a dryly reflective one without any frills, and the cool understatement...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2019

Tom Green Septet: Skyline

As readers will know by now, Green is something of a latter-day phenomenon, his recent adoption as a Jerwood/Serious Take...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2015

Christian Wallumrød Ensemble: Kurzsam and Fulger

Christian Wallumrød | Eivind Lenning | Espen Reinertsen | Per Oddvar Johansen | Tove Törngren

Christian Wallumrød is a real talent on the Norwegian jazz scene, as nine albums on the ECM label attest. Indeed,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2017

Ron Caines/Martin Archer AXIS: Port Of Saints

Ben Higham | Byron Wallen | Chris Sharkey | Corey Mwamba | Graham Clark | Gus Garside | Hervé Perez | Johnny Hunter | Martin Archer | Ron Caines

This latest by the collaborative project of Brighton-based saxophonist Caines, and Sheffield multi-instrumentalist and Discus label boss Archer, extends the...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2022

Zhenya Strigalev: Never Group

Alex Bonney | Bruno Liberda | Eric Harland | John Escreet | Matt Penman | Tim Lefebvre | Zhenya Strigalev

“Ladies and gentlemen” begins the announcer, a parodic BBC-style throwback to a politer, simpler age. Not that he promises simplicity...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2016

El Nino Machuca: Searching Your Youth

Pacho Machuca is a Seville-born guitarist with a good touch to go with his taste for joining up the languages...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2013

Orquesta Failde: Failde Con Tumbao

Adrián Peña | Alejandro Falcón | Andy Cantera | Ethiel Failde | Federico Britos | Julito Padrón | Katerina Pérez | Lucio Carriera | Manuel Alejandro Acosta | Mario Rodríguez,

Orquesta Failde is a Havana-based group blessed with God-given talent and state-nurtured skill and fired by a passion for danzón...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2020

Willie Jones III Sextet: Plays the Max Roach Songbook Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

Dezron Douglas | Eric Reed | Jeremy Pelt | Stacy Dillard | Steve Davis | Willie Jones III

One of the hardest-swinging drummers on the New York scene, Jones is probably best known for his lengthy stint with...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2014