Steve Turre: Colors for the Masters
Cyro Baptista | Javon Jackson | Jimmy Cobb | Kenny Barron | Ron Carter | Steve Turre
Steve Turre says that this session is like a dream come true. He's been around for a long time now,...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2016
Wadada Leo Smith: Rosa Parks: An Oratorio Of Seven Songs
Smith's work was recently featured at the London Festival of Music, which had a special focus on African-American classical composers....
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2019
Johannesson, Schultz and Berglund featuring Jacob Karlzon: Cause and Effect
Diane McLoughlin | Kit Massey | Paweł Grudzień | Tim Fairhall
Although there is an evocative retro feel, in that this music shimmers in time to the highly creative jazz and...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2019
Poncho Sanchez and Terence Blanchard: Chano y Dizzy!
The eminently worthy idea is to celebrate the pioneers Pozo and Gillespie together, and the resultant album gets off to...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2012
The Dan Tepfer Trio: Eleven Cages
Dan Tepfer | Nate Wood | Thomas Morgan
The 35-year-old Paris-born pianist Dan Tepfer has been the perfect foil for the open-minded US bop veteran saxophonist Lee Konitz...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017
Ben Zabo
There is Afrobeat and Afrobeat. And then there is Afrobeat from Mali. The genre kickstarted by the late great Fela...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2012
Luc Ex: Assemblée
Ab Baars | Hamid Drake | Ingrid Laubrock | Luc Ex
There may be scepticism around Dutch bassist Luc Ex as a punk-noise artist entering the jazz arena, daring to lead...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Max Roach: Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note Vol. 2
The majority of the material here is by Max's long-standing quartet with Bridgewater, Pope and Hill (which also made one...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2017
Jeff Williams: Bloom
Carmen Staaf | Jef Williams | Michael Formanek
The Ohio-born London-based drums veteran Jeff Williams is on a roll at the moment. Last year's excellent ‘live’ Lifelike, recorded...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019
Michael Landau: Liquid Quartet Live
Such is Landau's reputation as an A-list side and I session man, it's easy to overlook that he's an old...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2020
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