Review of Sara Colman: Ink On A Pin: A Celebration of Joni Mitchell

Sara Colman: Ink On A Pin: A Celebration of Joni Mitchell

Ben Markland | Beth Bellis | Jonathan Silk | Katy Nagle | Natalie Mason | Ning-Ning Li | Percy Pursglove | Rebecca Nash | Sara Colman | Steve Banks

Stoney Lane Records

Rating: ★★★

It's a brave artist who follows the likes of Ian Shaw and, most serenely, Luciana Souza and Norah Jones on...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2022

Review of Sun Ra And His Arkestra: At Inter-Media Arts April 1991

Sun Ra And His Arkestra: At Inter-Media Arts April 1991

Ahmed Abdullah | Charles Davis | Chris Capers | Clifford Barbaro | Earl ‘Buster’ Smith | Elson ‘Dos Santos’ Nascimento | Fred Adams | James Jacson | John Gilmore | Jothan Callins

Modern Harmonic

Rating: ★★★★

Three more additions to Sun Ra's already prolific and mysterious discography, all of which showcase certain aspects of his inspirational...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: February/2017

Review of Azar Lawrence: Elementals

Azar Lawrence: Elementals

Azar Lawrence | Benito Gonzales | Greg Poree | Jeff Littleton | John Barnes | Marvin Smith | Munyungo Jackson | Oren Waters

HighNote

Rating: ★★★★

The American saxophonist first came to critical notice playing on McCoy Tyner's 1973 Milestone album, Enlightenment, and went on to...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2018

Review of Sun Ra: Fate In A Pleasant Mood + Bad And Beautiful

Sun Ra: Fate In A Pleasant Mood + Bad And Beautiful

| George Hudson | John Gilmore | Jon Hardy | Marshall Allen | Nate Pryor | Pat Patrick | Ronnie Boykins | Sun Ra | Thomas ‘Bugs’ Hunter

Phono

Rating: ★★★★

Three more additions to Sun Ra's already prolific and mysterious discography, all of which showcase certain aspects of his inspirational...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: February/2017

Review of Jules Buckley with the Heritage Orchestra and Ghost-Note: The Breaks

Jules Buckley with the Heritage Orchestra and Ghost-Note: The Breaks

Adam Betts | Cory Henry | Gareth Lockrane | John Calvert | Jules Buckley | Kamasi Washington | Matt Calvert | Nate Werth | Rob Gentry | Robert ‘Sput’ Searight

Decca

Rating: ★★★

Regular perusers of YouTube will have seen the benign bearded face of Jules Buckley smiling beatifically amidst the hyper-rapid edits...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: October/2021

Review of McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson: Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’

McCoy Tyner and Joe Henderson: Forces of Nature: Live at Slugs’

Henry Grimes | Jack DeJohnette | Joe Henderson | McCoy Tyner

Editor's Choice

Blue Note

Rating: ★★★★

The partnership between Tyner and Henderson had developed in the studio in the years leading up to this live session,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/2024

Review of Southern Energy Ensemble: Southern Energy

Southern Energy Ensemble: Southern Energy

Adolphus Maples | Al Ciarte | Garrie Wayne | Judith Spears | Marvin Daniels | Michael Pitt | Nathaniel Lee | Tony Joyner | Veronica Jones | William Johnson

Black Fire 1976

Southern Energy Ensemble only released this one album but, for the sake of context, you can slot it into the...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Review of Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces Of A Man: 50th Anniversary Edition

Gil Scott-Heron: Pieces Of A Man: 50th Anniversary Edition

Bernard ‘Pretty’ Purdie | Brian Jackson | Burt Jones | Gil Scott-Heron | Hubert Laws | Johnny Pate | Ron Carter | string section

Flying Dutchman/BGP

Rating: ★★★★★

A landmark in jazz and in 1970s American black music more generally, Pieces Of A Man represented a quantum leap...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2023

Review of Tuba Skinny: Magnolia Stroll

Tuba Skinny: Magnolia Stroll

Barnabus Jones | Craig Flory | Erika Lewis | Greg Sherman | Jason Lawrence | Max Bien-Kahn | Robun Rapuzzi | Shaye Cohn | Todd Burdick

Self-release/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

There’s a reason that traditional jazz bands abandoned the tuba in the late 1930s, which is that it constipates the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2022

Review of Miles Davis Quintet with John Coltrane: Live in Saint Louis

Miles Davis Quintet with John Coltrane: Live in Saint Louis

John Coltrane | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Red Garland

Rare Live Records

Rating: ★★★★

This genuinely rare item is not to be confused with the more frequently reissued 1963 St. Louis set included as...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2014

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