Dollar Brand: Plays Sphere Jazz
Dollar Brand | Hugh Masekela | Johnny Gertze | Jonas Gwangwa | Kippie Moeketsi | Makaya Ntshoko
A fascinating peek into the early South African career of Brand, aka Abdullah Ibrahim, these recordings precede by three years...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2016
Jimmy McGriff Trio: Swingin' Organ Sounds!
Jackie Mills | Jimmy McGriff | Larry Frazier | Morris Dow | Willie ‘Saint’ Jenkins
In 1963 Mod London the epitome of cool was to be seen around town with a bunch of Blue Note...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2018
Ian Shaw: Shine Sister Shine
Barry Green | Dave Ohm | Ian Shaw | Mick Hutton
From the heart-melting, understated delicacy of Gwyneth Herbert’s ‘Not The Kind Of Girl’ to the rambunctious piano-vocal take on Sarah...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018
Dominic Lash Quartet: Opabinia
Alexander Hawkins | Dominic Lash | Javier Carmona | Ricardo Tejero
Opabinia, the double bassist Dominic Lash's new album, represents the wide spectrum of what constitutes the more experimental side of...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014
Hasaan Ibn Ali: Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album
Art Davis | Hassan Ibn Ali | Kahlil Madi | Odean Pope
At first sight, you might think this is one for collectors of obscurities. The pianist and composer Hasaan Ibn Ali...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2021
Edward Simon: Femeninas: Songs of Latin American Women
Adam Cruz | Edward Simon | Luis Quintero | Magos Herrera | Reuben Rogers | Romero Lubambo
Venezuelan pianist Edward Simon has a strong attachment to the Great Latin American Songbook. His 2016 trio album, entitled Latin...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2023
Roscoe Mitchell: The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note
Alan Silva | Andrew Hill | Ben Riley | Clifford Jordan | Freddie Waits | Rufus Reid
The term ‘all star group’ can be bandied about a bit too liberally these days but what is perhaps more...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2016
JD Allen: Graffiti
Gregg August | JD Allen | Rudy Royston
JD's first this year. After a couple of dates adding a piano, he's back to his basic bass and drums...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: July/2015
London Improvisers Orchestra: 20 Years On
In the tradition of such former free music ensembles as John Stevens’s The Spontaneous Music Orchestra, Cornelius Cardew’s Scratch Orchestra...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: March/2019
Alati: Ascending the Morning
Brigitte Beraha | Chris Dowding | Dave O'Brien
A package which initially appears modest, yet is most generous in spirit. Dowding has previously set the poetry of Arthur...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2023
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