Oliver Lake & William Parker: To Roy
Between them Lake and Parker have played in all manner of configurations over the years, but this horn-bass duo is...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2015
Howard Shore/Ornette Coleman: Naked Lunch
This release coincided with the momentous passing of Ornette Coleman. His hook up with film composer Howard Shore for David...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2015
Simon Nabatov: Readings – Gileya Revisited
Frank Gratkowski | Gerry Hemmingway | Jaap Blonk | Marcus Schmickler | Phil Minton | Simon Nabatov
Pianist Simon Nabatov left his native Russia to pursue a musical education in the west in 1979, when he was...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2019
Billy Steiger: Loud Object
Since 2015, London venue Cafe OTO has run an in-house label called Otoroku, reissuing archival nuggets and releasing performances recorded...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2023
Igor Gehenot Trio: Road Story
Igor Gehenot | Sam Gerstmans | Teun Verbruggen
Albums like this don't come around very often. Maybe once every 10 or 15 years. And when they do it...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2013
John Surman/Bergen Big Band: Another Sky
The rarer big bands become, the more excitement they generate. And few know better how to harness all that energy...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2014
Dave Douglas: Dizzy Atmosphere: Dizzy Gillespie at Zero Gravity
Carmen Rothwell | Dave Adewumi | Dave Douglas | Fabian Almazan | Joey Baron | Mathew Stevens
Perhaps it's easier to put aside the Dizzy Gillespie associations.Douglas only addresses a couple of Dizzy tunes, although echoes and...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2020
Bobby Bradford and Hafez Modirzadeh: Live At The Open Gate
Alex Cline | Bobby Bradford | Hafez Modirzadeh | Mark Dresser
Bradford, now an octogenarian, is a trumpet and cornet player known for his work in the avant-garde, most notably with...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: September/2016
Howard Riley: More Listening, More Hearing
Perhaps the first thing to say is that this new release, along with its predecessor on the same label, Listen...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2020
Elton Dean Quintet: Welcomet – Live In Brazil, 1986
Elton Dean | Harry Beckett | Liam Genockey | Marcio Mattos | Paul Rutherford
An extract from this monumental slab of music, which was recorded live in São Paulo 30 years ago, was issued...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: August/2017
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