Review of Flying Machines: New Life

Flying Machines: New Life

Alex Munk | Conor Chaplin | Dave Hamblett | Matt Robinson

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of McLaughlin/Surman/Berger/Martin/Holland: Where Fortune Smiles

McLaughlin/Surman/Berger/Martin/Holland: Where Fortune Smiles

Dave Holland | John McLaughlin | John Surman | Karl Berger | Stu Martin

Esoteric

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Colin Steele Quartet: Diving For Pearls – Jazz Interpretations Of The Pearlfishers Songbook

Colin Steele Quartet: Diving For Pearls – Jazz Interpretations Of The Pearlfishers Songbook

Alyn Cosker | Calum Gourlay | Colin Steele | Dave Milligan

Marina Records

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Emanative: Earth

Emanative: Earth

Alex Ritz | Bobby Avey | Dave Liebman | Matt Vashlishan | Tony Marino

Whaling City Sound

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Kikoski, Carpenter, Novak, Sheppard: From The Hip

Kikoski, Carpenter, Novak, Sheppard: From The Hip

Bob Sheppard | Dave Carpenter | David Kikoski | Gary Novak

BFM

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Fofoulah

Fofoulah

Dave Smith | Johnny Brierley | Kaw Secka | Phil Stevenson | Tom Challenger

Glitter Beat

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Sun Ra Arkestra: Swirling

Sun Ra Arkestra: Swirling

Cecil Brooks | Danny Ray Thompson | Dave Davis | Dave Hotep | Elson Nascimento | Farid Barron | James Stewart | Knoel Scott | Marshall Allen | Michael Ray

Editor's Choice

Strut Strut

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Barry Green Trio: Almost There

Barry Green Trio: Almost There

Barry Green | Drew Gress | Tom Rainey

Mole Tone

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Liam Noble: The Long Game

Liam Noble: The Long Game

Liam Noble | Sebastian Rochford | Tom Herbert

Edition

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Stan Getz: England 1958/Chicago 1957

Stan Getz: England 1958/Chicago 1957

Connie Kay | Dizzy Gillespie | Gus Johnson | Herb Ellis | John Lewis | Lou Levy | Percy Heath | Ray Brown | Sonny Stitt | Stan Getz

Solar

Rating: ★★★★

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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