Alan Braufman: Valley Of Search

Alan Braufman | Cecil McBee | Cooper-Moore | David Lee | Ralph Williams

Originally surfacing in 1975 as the second release on the storied underground label India Navigations – and now receiving its...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2018

Joe McPhee/Dave Rempis/Tomeka Reid/Brandon Lopez/Paal Nilssen-Love: Of Things Beyond Thule Volume 2

Brandon Lopez | Dave Rempis | Joe McPhee | Paal Nilssen-Love | Tomeka Reid

Recorded live at The Hungry Brain in Chicago, this stonking set captures an inter-generational quintet of impeccable pedigree with ideas...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2020

Chet Baker: Live In London

Chet Baker | Jim Richardson | John Horler | Tony Mann

When Baker came to London to play a week-long engagement at the much-missed Canteen venue way back in 1983, Messrs...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Krokofant with Storløkken & Håker Flaten: Fifth

Axel Skalstad | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten | Jørgen Mathisen | Ståle Storløkken | Tom Hasslan

Since their self-titled 2014 debut, Norwegian power trio Krokofant have made a good fist of keeping blazing 1970s-style jazz-rock alive...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2021

Nate Wooley: Knknighgh

Brandon Lopez | Chris Pitsiokos | Dre Hocevar | Nate Wooley

This line-up of trumpet, alto saxophone, bass and drums clearly invokes the Ornette Coleman Quartet of the late 1950s/early 1960s:...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: November/2017

Jamie Saft: Solo a Genova

Jamie Saft

Following the artistic success of Saft’s collaboration with Steve Swallow and Bobby Previte on RareNoise’s The New Standard and Loneliness...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2018

Solstice: Alimentation

Brigitte Beraha | Dave Manington | George Hart | Jez Franks | John Turville | Tori Freestone

For over a decade now, the E17 jazz collective has been the wellspring of creative music partnerships among young musicians...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Benito Gonzalez: Sing to the World

Nicholas Payton

Encountering Venezuelan pianist Benito Gonzalez as an exciting McCoy Tyner-steeped thirtysomething with Kenny Garrett's band at Ronnie's in 2006, it...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2021

Nina Simone: Little Girl Blue

Nina Simone's finest early work from Bethlehem has been out on loads of labels since, but it remains a classic,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2014

Ron Magril: Until Now

Avshalom Meidan | Ofri Nehemya | Oren Hardy | Ron Magril

You can’t help but respect Magril for his classic diction and clarity of tone. This is a man whose art...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2022