Natsuki Tamura/Satoko Fujii: Aloft
For their ninth album together, these two prolific Japanese jazz giants continue their almost telepathic musical rapport while also providing...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2024
Charles Mingus: Mingus @ Bremen 1964 & 1975
Two live sets, performed 11 years apart, not only give an excellent summary of Mingus' very individual approach to what...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2020
The Arild Anderson Group: Affirmation
Arild Andersen | Håkon Mjåset Johansen | Helge Lien | Marius Neset
First, congratulations to Arild Andersen for his prestigious award on 26 September 2022 as Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2022
Album Interview: Carla Bley/Andy Sheppard/Steve Swallow: Andando el Tiempo
Andy Sheppard | Carla Bley | Steve Swallow
Carla Bley’s Trio, which has been in existence for more than 20 years, is now, with her big band days...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2016
Sons of Kemet: Black to the Future
The fourth LP by the Shabaka Hutchings-led ‘super-quartet’ Sons of Kemet comes with a mission statement reinforcing the politics at...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2021
Rickey Kelly: Limited Stops Only
Dadisi Komolafe | David E Tillman | James Leary III | Rickey Kelly | Sherman Ferguson
If ever there was an album aptly titled, it is surely this: Kelly's musical bus (see the cover image) moves...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2021
David Sanborn: Anything You Want
I guess even Sanborn had to grow old: the teen who played with Albert King; the tyro who rocked at...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2020
Miles Davis Quintet: The Unissued Japanese Concerts: Tokyo, July 12, 1964 & Kyoto, July 15, 1964.
Herbie Hancock | Miles Davis | Ron Carter | Sam Rivers | Tony Williams
As far as is known, the Davis Quintet of 1964 only played three dates in Japan. The 14 July date...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2011
Eddie ‘Biscuits’ Ponceford and his Crumbs of Comfort: Bugling at the Brizemont
“The Brizemont was a big ritzy joint up on Flanagan Avenue. Had all them fancy drapes, lotsa marble, big chandeliers,...
Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: June/2017
Glenn Miller: The Hits Collection 1935-44
There have been several attempts to issue collections of Glenn Miller’s work, including Columbia’s 2CD set The Essential Glenn Miller...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/January/2021/2022
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