Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge: Within Us

Chuck Owen | Warren Wolf

Originating in the University of South Florida (from where jazz educator Chuck Folds will retire later this year), the Jazz...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2021

Christian Muthspiel’s Yodel Group: Huljo

Bobby Previte | Christian Muthspiel | Franck Tortiller | Gerald Preinfalk | Jerome Harris | Matthieu Michel

Get that image of a traditional lederhosen-clad Alpine country dweller with a mountain scene stretched out behind him out of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

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