MU: Of Strings and Bridges

MU is the diverse Italian duo of guitarist Adriano Lanzi and cellist Federica Vecchio blending a quirky Canterburylike pastoral prog...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble: Music of Georges I.Gurdjieff

Aram Nikoghosyan | Armen Yeganyan | Artur Atoyan | Avag Ayvazyan | Davit Avagyan | Emmanuel Hovhannisyan | Harutyun Chkolyan | Levon Eskenian | Levon Torosyan | Meri Vardanyan

Keith Jarrett, a huge fan of the guru-like 20th century spiritual teacher Georges Gurdjieff, rekindled interest in the latter’s visionary...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2011

Let Spin: Steal The Light

Chris Williams | Finlay Panter | Moss Freed | Ruth Goller

Despite Teo Macero's pinhole surgery on Miles Davis's tape mountains, economics and philosophies of authenticity have minimised jazz post-production. This...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2020

Freda Payne: Come Back to Me Love

Best known for her uplifting Northern Soul hit ‘Band of Gold’, Freda has always been a R&B-influenced jazz singer too...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2014

Frederik Köster Quartett: Momentaufnahme

Frederik Köster | Niels Klein | Ralf Gessler | Robert Landfermann | Tobias Hoffmann

Formed in 2003, trumpeter Frederik Köster's Quartett released two albums, Constantly Moving and Zeichen der Zeit (Signs of the Time),...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2013

George Roberts: His Big Bass Trombone/Meet Mr Roberts/Bottoms Up

The leading LA practitioner of the bass trombone with a big band, but, more interestingly, in a sextet with “Star...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2012

Ben Webster: In Norway

A live session from Trondheim, for Webster completists, but not as good as the previous decade's Danish Steeplechase sessions, and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2014

Peter Brendler/John Abercrombie: The Angle Below

On his debut recording the young ex-Berklee acoustic bassist duets with the unassuming, mellow-toned guitar legend on a resourcefully introspective...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

Charles Mingus/Eric Dolphy Sextet: The Complete Bremen Concert

Charles Mingus | Clifford Jordan | Dannie Richmond | Dolphy | Jaki Byard | Johnny Coles

We're used to things being billed as ‘for the first time ever on CD’, in this case all in bold...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2015

Kate Westbrook and Mike Westbrook: The Serpent Hit

Andy Tweed | Chris Biscoe | Chris Caldwell | Karen Street | Kate Westbrook | Simon Pearson

Nothing if not ambitious, The Serpent Hit finds the Westbrooks addressing the tiny matter of The Fall of Humankind. The...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2013