Review of Mike Taylor: Mandala

Mike Taylor: Mandala

Dave Tomlin | Jon Hiseman | Mike Taylor | Tony Reeves

Jazz In Britain

Rating: ★★★★

The introductory compilation album of Decca's new 1960s/70s British Jazz Explosion reissue series includes a track from the restless and...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2021

Review of Bea Benjamin with Dollar Brand: African Songbird

Bea Benjamin with Dollar Brand: African Songbird

Basil Coetzee | Basil Moses | Bea Benjamin | Billy Brooks | Dollar Brand | Doug Sides | Lionel Beukes | Louis Spears | Monty Weber

Matsuli Music

Rating: ★★★★

Originally released in 1976, African Songbird is the debut album from South Africa’s Sathima Beatrice Benjamin. Along with her husband...

Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: September/2013

Review of Don Cherry/John Tchicai/Irene Schweizer/Léon Francioli/Pierre Favre: Musical Monsters

Don Cherry/John Tchicai/Irene Schweizer/Léon Francioli/Pierre Favre: Musical Monsters

Don Cherry | Irene Schweizer | John Tchicai | Leon Francoli | Pierre Favre

Intakt

Rating: ★★★

An enjoyably lively session from a super band that celebrates the long tradition of the transatlantic avant-garde. Two great pathfinders...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2016

Review of Tim Garland: Moment of Departure

Tim Garland: Moment of Departure

Asaf Sirkis | Gwilym Simcock | John Mills | the Strings of the Britten Sinfonia with Clio Gould | the Strings of the London Studio Orchestra | Thomas Gould | Tim Garland | Yazz Ahmed

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★★

A double CD set that effectively celebrates the return of the Lighthouse Trio for a 20th anniversary tour, and, if...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2024

Review of Mal Waldron: Hard Talk

Mal Waldron: Hard Talk

Allen Blairman | Isla Eckinger | Mal Waldron | Manfred Schoof | Steve Lacy

Enja

Rating: ★★★

From the mid-period of his career, this reissue finds Waldron settled into his lengthy European sojourn, performing live at the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2014

Review of Harold Danko: Triple Play

Harold Danko: Triple Play

Harold Danko | Jay Anderson | Jeff Hirshfield

SteepleChase

Rating: ★★★

Harold Danko is one of those musicians whose international career has regularly brought him into sharp focus only for him...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2018

Review of Max Roach: Members, Don’t Git Weary

Max Roach: Members, Don’t Git Weary

Andy Bey | Charles Tolliver | Gary Bartz | Jimmy Merritt | Max Roach | Stanley Cowell

Atlantic/Real Gone Music

Rating: ★★★★★

Almost a decade after recording the 1959 masterpiece We Insist! Freedom Now Suite, a landmark in modern-day socially conscious music,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2022

Review of According to the Sound: Prism-a-Ning

According to the Sound: Prism-a-Ning

Adam King | Adam Parry-Davies | Chad Lefkowitz-Brown | Gary Alesbrook | Jake Goldbass | James Carter | James Morton | Mike Rodriguez | Otto Hashmi | Patrick Case

Losen Records

Rating: ★★

Hailing from Birmingham and Bristol respectively, the keyboardist Adam Parry-Davies and guitarist-programmer Patrick Case went through a long, rigorous process...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2020

Review of Mike Westbrook Orchestra: Catania

Mike Westbrook Orchestra: Catania

Adrian Lane | Alan Barnes | Alan Wakeman | Andy Grappy | Anthony Kerr | Chris Biscoe | Chris Caldwell | Danilo Terenzi | Dave Plews | Dominique Pifarely

Westbrook Records

Rating: ★★★★

A record of a remarkable free festival, not previously released but recently reprised in that the Westbrooks returned only last...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Feb/2019

Review of Jiannis Pavlidis/George Kontrafouris/Adam Nussbaum: Migration

Jiannis Pavlidis/George Kontrafouris/Adam Nussbaum: Migration

Adam Nussbaum | George Kontrafouris | Jiannis Pavlidis

FMRCD

Rating: ★★★

Nussbaum knows a thing or three about playing with fusioneer guitar men: just ask Messers Scofield and Abercrombie. Migration captures...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2013

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