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
Sun Ra Arkestra: Swirling
Since becoming the musical director of Sun Ra's Arkestra in 1993, long standing member Marshall Allen has diligently orbited Ra's...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: December/2020
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
Stan Getz: England 1958/Chicago 1957
Norman Granz's Jazz At The Philharmonic troupe made their first UK national tour in May 1958, opening at the Gaumont...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2014
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