Nicole Mitchell: Maroon Cloud

Aruán Ortiz | Fay Victor | Nicole Mitchell | Tomeka Reid

Flautist-composer Mitchell's substantial quantity of releases has been matched by quality, and this is no exception to the rule. Again...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2018

Oliver Nelson: A Taste of Honey/Impressions of Phaedra

Two film scores in their entirety by Nelson and a NY all-star big band are good additions to any Nelson...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2017

Sonny Rollins: Rollins Plays For Bird

Ben Riley | Bob Cranshaw | Charlie Parker | George Morrow | Harry T. Saunders | Jim Hall | Kenny Dorham | Max Roach | Miles Davis | Percy Heath

It's easy to see why Plays For Bird is often overlooked when talking of Rollins's Prestige period, since the opening...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2015

Jacques Coursil: Hostipitality Suite

Jacques Coursil

Montmartre-born trumpeter Jacques Coursil moved to New York in 1956 where he led the jazz life, making dynamic contributions to...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: October/2020

Berserk: Berserk!

Cristiano Calcagnile | Eivind Aarset | Fabrizio Puglisi | Gianluca Petrella | Jamie Saft | Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari | Lorenzo Feliciati | Pat Mastelotto | Sandro Satta | Simone Cavina

Berserk! is precisely that, a bonkers mix of Goth death thrash electro-opera spliced with ambient grooves. Born from a collaboration...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2013

Django Reinhardt: The Last Studio Sessions

Late Django on electric guitar, this material is frequently issued: maybe the original French Verve or final set of the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2013

The Thing: Boot!

Ingebrigt Håker Flaten | Mats Gustafsson | Paal Nilssen-Love

Just when you thought The Thing couldn't get any heavier, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten ditches the double bass, plugs in the...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Bill Connors: Of Mist And Melting

Bill Connors | Gary Peacock | Jack DeJohnette | Jan Garbarek

It was around 1974 that the ex-Return to Forever guitarist Bill Connors made the change from electric to acoustic, and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2019

Andrei Kondakov and Brazil All Stars: Songs for my Father

A largely uninspiring, loungey bossa-led set of originals by a septet formed over a decade ago by a high profile...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012

James Carter: Caribbean Rhapsody

Akua Dixon | Chala Yancy | Giancarlo Guerrero | James Carter | Kenny Davis | Patrisa Tomasini | Regina Carter | Robert Sierra | Ron Lawrence | Sinfonia Varsovia Orchestra

As can be deduced from the details shown above, this album is an ambitious affair. It comprises two main works,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2011