Review of Reid Anderson/Dave King/Craig Taborn: Golden Valley Is Now

Reid Anderson/Dave King/Craig Taborn: Golden Valley Is Now

Craig Taborn | Dave King | Reid Anderson

Intakt CD

Rating: ★★★★

The title refers to a city on the outskirts of Minneapolis, where all three of the musicians grew up and...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Review of GF Fitz-Gerald And Lol Coxhill: The Poppy Seed Affair

GF Fitz-Gerald And Lol Coxhill: The Poppy Seed Affair

GF Fitz-Gerald | Lol Coxhill

Rating: ★★★

Where Coxhill’s credentials need little explication, a hero of free improvisation that he made (and makes) joyously accessible to the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2011

Review of Dave Douglas/Uri Caine/Andrew Cyrille: Devotion

Dave Douglas/Uri Caine/Andrew Cyrille: Devotion

Andrew Cyrille | Dave Douglas | Uri Caine

Greenleaf Music

Rating: ★★★★

A longstanding partnership between trumpeter Dave Douglas and pianist Uri Caine is supplemented by drummer Andrew Cyrille, making for a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2019

Review of Jimmy Lyons: Push Pull

Jimmy Lyons: Push Pull

Hayes Burnett | Jimmy Lions | Karen Borcs | Munner Bernard Fennell | Roger Blank

Corbett vs Dempsey

Rating: ★★★★

This pulsating live free jazz 2CD captures the alto saxophonist in uplifting form playing at New York's Collective for the...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2016

Review of Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne: Homecoming

Vince Mendoza & WDR Big Band Cologne: Homecoming

Vince Mendoza

Rating: ★★★

Vince Mendoza has had quite a long association with the WDR Big Band, dating back at least to the Vince...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2017

Review of Jeff Parker Trio: Bright Light In Winter

Jeff Parker Trio: Bright Light In Winter

Chad Taylor | Chris Lopes | Jeff Parker

Delmark

Rating: ★★★

A key member of the Chicago music scene who has worked in a wide variety of contexts, guitarist Parker seems...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2012

Review of Snarky Puppy: Live At The Royal Albert Hall

Snarky Puppy: Live At The Royal Albert Hall

Bill Laurance | Bob Reynolds | Bobby Sparks | Chris Bullock | Jason Thomas | Justin Stanton | Keita Ogawa | Marcelo Woloski | Mark Lettieri | Mason Davis

Editor's Choice

GroundUp

Rating: ★★★★

The roar of over 5,000 people has an eerie quality in our self-isolated times, and having witnessed the sheer magnitude...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: July/2020

Review of Miles Davis: Tutu

Miles Davis: Tutu

Miles Davis

Warner Bros

Rating: ★★★

These reissues, including yet another reappearance of Tutu – even after the super-duper ultimate Tutu double CD reissue that included...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2014

Review of Carla Bley/Andy Sheppard/Steve Swallow: Life Goes On

Carla Bley/Andy Sheppard/Steve Swallow: Life Goes On

Andy Sheppard | Carla Bley | Steve Swallow

Rating: ★★★★

As the whimsical determination that has propelled Carla Bley’s 60-year career edges her into her 80s, neither her productivity or...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2020

Review of Nik Bärtsch's Ronin: Awase

Nik Bärtsch's Ronin: Awase

Kaspar Rast | Nik Bärtsch | Sha | Thomy Jordi

ECM

Rating: ★★★

This is the first release since 2012's Live for the Swiss from composer/pianist Nik Bärtsch's long-running Ronin band, now remodelled...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2018

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