Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet: In a World of Mallets
Austin Johnson | Dave Potter | Jason Marsalis | Will Goble
The youngest Marsalis brother is better known as a drummer, but being a member of that multi-talented family it should...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: July/2013
Rick Simpson: Everything All Of The Time: Kid A Revisited
Dave Whitford | James Allsop | Rick Simpson | Tori Freestone | Will Glaser
On Everything All Of The Time: Kid A Revisited, London-based pianist Rick Simpson (a member of bassist Michael Janisch's band...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: November/2020
Flying Machines: New Life
Alex Munk | Conor Chaplin | Dave Hamblett | Matt Robinson
Flying Machines are so much more than rock-powered improv. Yeah, we kick off ballistically with the roar and rampage of...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2018
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
Colin Steele Quartet: Diving For Pearls – Jazz Interpretations Of The Pearlfishers Songbook
Alyn Cosker | Calum Gourlay | Colin Steele | Dave Milligan
You wait years for one Colin Steele record and then two come along at the same time. With his second...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017
Emanative: Earth
Alex Ritz | Bobby Avey | Dave Liebman | Matt Vashlishan | Tony Marino
This is a maximalist, internationalist, panfaith record, stuffing all 79 minutes of CD time with music, and stretching attention spans...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2020
Kikoski, Carpenter, Novak, Sheppard: From The Hip
Bob Sheppard | Dave Carpenter | David Kikoski | Gary Novak
The title says it all. This crack quartet may be known for their fusion associations, but here they play straight-ahead...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2014
Fofoulah
Dave Smith | Johnny Brierley | Kaw Secka | Phil Stevenson | Tom Challenger
I've never liked the term ‘world music’ so, I promise, the words ‘world’ and ‘music’ will not appear in the...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: October/2014
Barry Green Trio: Almost There
Barry Green | Drew Gress | Tom Rainey
The pianist Barry Green has self-produced a handful of enterprising recordings for his Mole Tone label that are testament to...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2017
Liam Noble: The Long Game
Liam Noble | Sebastian Rochford | Tom Herbert
The great UK pianist Liam Noble has performed in many guises – as an unaccompanied improviser, as an inspired covers-specialist...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2019
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