Roy Ayers Ubiquity: Tear To A Smile/Mystic Voyage/Everybody Loves The Sunshine/Vibrations/Lifeline
Given the huge reissue programme that the music of Roy Ayers has undergone since the 1990s, the ‘rare groove’ era...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2025
Trevor Watts: The Lantern Tree
Trevor Watts doth bestride the saxophone like a colossus and has done so these past four score years and five....
Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: March/2025
Pat Thomas: The Solar Model of Ibn Al-Shatir
These new releases from Cafe OTO’s in-house label showcase two pianists who have proven firm favourites as performers at the...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: December/2024
Loz Speyer’s Inner Space: Live In Leipzig
Dee Byrne | Gary Willcox | Larry Bartley | Loz Speyer | Xhosa Cole
To judge by this live outing, it must be fun to be in Loz Speyer’s band. It’s the third time...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: September/2024
Or Bareket: YŌM
Godwin Louis | Jeremy Corren | Or Bareket | Savannah Harris
Widely involved as a sideman on the New York scene, YŌM is bass player and composer Or Bareket’s fourth album...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: May/2025
Mark Turner: We Raise Them To Lift Their Heads
This first solo sax album by Mark Turner has the feel of a significant artistic statement. The ‘Sonny Rollins at...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2025
World Sanguine Report: Songs From The Harbour
Andrew Plummer | Matthew Bourne | Ruth Goller | Will Glaser
This latest World Sanguine Report album is possibly more consistent than previous waxings: a set of semi-surreal songs with recognisable...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: May/2025
Art Pepper: An Afternoon in Norway: The Kongsberg Concert
Art Pepper | Carl Burnett | Milcho Leviev | Tony Dumas
After appearing at Ronnie Scott’s the previous night until 1.30 am, Pepper’s quartet caught an early morning flight to Oslo,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2025
The Darius Brubeck Quartet: Cathy's Summer
Darius Brubeck | Dave O'Higgins | Matt Ridley | Wesley Gibbens
Some eternal values remain, not the least the benign influence of Dave Brubeck through his accomplished clan. Featuring eight of...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2015
Tim Berne/Gregg Belisle-Chi: Mars
Five years back, the circuitous melodic journeys and rhythmic contrariness of Tim Berne's music spawned a brilliant devotee in pianist...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2022
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