King Crimson: Larks’ Tongues In Aspic 50th Anniversary Edition
Bill Bruford | David Cross | Jamie Muir | John Wetton | Robert Fripp
Their early 1970s recordings never repeated the shock of the new of the Crims’ Court of the… debut, despite Keith...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2024
Charlie Rouse: Yeah!
For all you stargazers and UFO watchers out there scanning the heavens you might be interested to know that, in...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2016
Thelonious Monk: The Centennial Edition: Paris 1954
Gerard Dave Pochonet | Jean-Louis Viale | Jean-Marie Ingrand | Thelonious Monk
We’ve known forever that Monk’s first foreign trip was to the 1954 Paris Jazz Fair, and that his initial unaccompanied...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018
Carol Saboya: Belezas: Music of Ivan Lins and Milton Nascimento
Adolfo | Carol Saboya | Dave Liebman | Hendrik Meurkens | Jorge Helder | Rafael Barata | Spiewak
It had to happen eventually that someone would re-harmonise ‘Giant Steps’. The switch here is that, while retaining the melody,...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2013
Solstice: Food for Thought
Brigitte Beraha | Dave Manington | Jez Franks | John Turville | Tori Freestone | Will Glaser
Solstice lay before you such a tasting menu of musical treats, it's hard to know where to begin: Jez Franks'...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2021
Julian Lage: Speak To Me
Dave King | Jorge Roeder | Julian Lage | Kris Davis | Levon Henry | Patrick Warren
Over the years since he was discovered as a 12 year-old prodigy, gigs with Gary Burton, John Zorn and Charles...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2024
Black Top: # One
Orphy Robinson | Pat Thomas | Steve Williamson
By contemporary CD standards this is relatively brief at just over 42 minutes, but packs the kind of punch that...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2014
Chris Potter Circuits Trio: Sunrise Reprise
Chris Potter | Eric Harland | James Francies
Sometimes recordings are all about the timing, and we're not talking about a musical pulse here. Whether it's the cathartic...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2021
Arild Andersen/the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra/Tommy Smith: Celebration
Arild Andersen | Scottish National Jazz Orchestra | Tommy Smith
Bassist Arild Andersen's critically acclaimed trio with Tommy Smith on saxophone has toured extensively and recorded for ECM – Live...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2012
Various Artists: Keynote Jazz Collection 1941-1947
For the first half of the 20th century, radio and the jukebox were the two main building blocks of contemporary...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2016
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