Mike Westbrook Orchestra: Catania
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
Jiannis Pavlidis/George Kontrafouris/Adam Nussbaum: Migration
Adam Nussbaum | George Kontrafouris | Jiannis Pavlidis
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
Bobby Hutcherson: Montara
Like many jazz musicians weaned on Bird and Diz, Hutcherson embraced Latin rhythms throughout his career, and this beautiful album,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2020
Carstairs McFadyen and his Creole Tunesmiths: Them Doggone Doodaddies
Carstairs McFadyen | DeBeauvoir Shales | Hoddy Lunsden | Scranton Hickory | Venezuela Smith
Carstairs McFadyen’s fi rst outfi t was the Original Mississippi Levee Stompin’ Jass Wranglers, but as the saxist recorded in...
Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: August/2018
Sonny Rollins: Go West!: The Contemporary Records Albums
It’s comparatively easy to assemble a compilation of Rollins’ work for the LA-based Contemporary label, consisting of two albums and...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2023
Dave Douglas and Uri Caine: Present Joys
With his passing, it's hard not to hold Charlie Haden in mind when listening to this sublime collaboration. Haden and...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2014
Heroes Are Gang Leaders: LeAutoRoiOgraphy
Poet and jazz critic LeRoi Jones – later known as Amiri Baraka – was a pioneer of fusing poetry and...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2022
Enrico Pieranunzi and Bert Joris: Afterglow
Bert Joris | Enrico Pieranunzi
In these dark times, it is wonderful to hear an album on which every track is a joy, an illuminating...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2021
Zoë Schwarz Blue Commotion: Exposed
Paul Robinson | Pete Whittaker | Rob Koral | Si Genaro | Zoë Schwarz
Hot on the heels of Good Times and The Blues Don't Scare Me, this latest installment from Blue Commotion is...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Polly Gibbons: My Own Company
Arnie Somogyi | Chris Higginbottom | James Pearson | Polly Gibbons | Sam ‘Jeeps’ Roan | Sam Burgess
Good things come to those who wait, and you sense from the very opening bars of the self-penned title track...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2014
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