Katalyst: Jazz Is Dead Series 2: Katalyst JID013

Ahmad Dubose | Brandon Cordoba | Brian Hargrove | Corbin Jones | David Otis | Emile Martinez | Greg Paul | Jonah Levine | Marlon Spears

Los Angeles-based group Katalyst Collective has been around since 2014, with backing dates for Gary Bartz and Roy Ayers on...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: September/2022

McLaughlin/Surman/Berger/Martin/Holland: Where Fortune Smiles

Dave Holland | John McLaughlin | John Surman | Karl Berger | Stu Martin

When Fortune Smiles has been reissued previously with the emphasis on McLaughlin, not surprisingly as he appears the stellar object...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2017

Omar Sosa & Yilian Canizares: Aguas

Inor Sotolongo | Omar Sosa | Yillian Canizares

Keyboardist-producer Omar Sosa’s pursuit of new pathways in Cuban music has led to interesting collaborations over the years, and this...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Feb/2019

Nils Petter Molvaer: Baboon Moon

Erland Dahlen | Nils Peter Molvaer | Stian Westerhus

On which Nils Petter Molvaer, the Norwegian trumpet player known for coiling like a pillar of smoke above a landscape...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: March/2012

Nick Finzer: The Chase

Alan Skidmore | Ed Richardson | Leo Richardson | Mark Lewandowski | Quentin Collins | Rick Simpson

Mentored by Steve Turre, this is the debut from a New York-based contemporary hard bop trombonist and composer with a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2017

Ray Barretto: Barretto Para Bailar

Once the omnipresent conga player on 1960s sessions, this has Barretto's first album as leader, plus his 1957...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2013

Flashmob: Generals

Nick Smalley | Rory Simmons | Ryan Williams | Will Collier

Electric guitarist Ryan Williams’ four-piece Flashmob were formed in 2007. On the band’s debut Generals on the F-IRE label, Williams...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2011

Alexander Hawkins Ensemble: Album Interview: All There, Ever Out

Alexander Hawkins | Dominic Lash | Hannah Marshall | Javier Carmona | Orphy Robinson | Otto Fischer

Just 30-years-old, Alexander Hawkins has already emerged as probably the preeminent UK avant-jazz keyboardist of his generation. In the trio...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2012

Fred Frith & Lotte Anker: Edge Of The Light

Fred Frith | Lotte Anker

Fred Frith has dedicated a good part of his energies over the last few decades to extending the possibilities of...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2015

Jazz Plus Ensemble: Collective

Alastair Martin | Alexander Astbury | Chris Jones | Daniel Garel, | David Sear, | Felicity Evans | Joey Penaliggon | John Somerton | Jonathan Berry | Josephine Colter

This youthful big band drawn from across the UK is part of the work of the Jazz Plus organisation, dedicated...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2020