MoonMot: Going Down the Well

Cath Roberts | Dee Byrne | Johnny Hunter | Oli Fuster | Seth Bennett | Simon Petermann

Moonmot are a mischievous yet accomplished agglomeration of Swiss and Brit elements who play largely improvised music against strongly written...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2020

Art Pepper: Gettin' Together

Art Pepper | Ben Tucker | Bill Perkins | Conte Candoli | Jimmy Cobb | Jimmy Rowles | Mel Lewis | Paul Chambers Pierre Michelot | Wynton Kelly

This must be the umpteenth reissue of Pepper’s second summit with a Miles Davis’ 1960 rhythm section in recent years....

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: August/2021

Sun Ra: Cosmos

In the wake of last month's mini-tsunami of Sun Ra reissues, here's yet more, in a tidy, rather formal set...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2017

Melt Yourself Down: 100% Yes

Adam Betts | George Crowley | Kush Gaya | Pete Wareham | Ruth Goller | Zands Duggan

Melt Yourself Down’s Last Evenings On Earth (2016) seemed to share the apocalyptic, transmuting themes of Shabaka Hutchings’ parallel work...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2020

Steve Coleman & Five Elements: Live At Village Vanguard Vol. 2 (Mdw Ntr)

Anthony Tidd | Jonathan Finlayson | Kokayi | Sean Rickman | Steve Coleman

New York’s Village Vanguard could not have been a more adequate venue for Steve Coleman & Five Elements to celebrate...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/January/2021/2022

The Quentin Collins/Brandon Allen Quartet: What's It Gonna Be?

Brandon Allen | Enzo Zirilli | Ernesto Simpson | Natalie Williams | Quentin Collins | Ross Stanley | Trevor Mires

Quentin Collins' debut, 2007's If Not Now, Then When?, began the process of establishing the young trumpeter as a leader...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2011

Babelfish: Once Upon A Tide

Barry Green | Brigitte Beraha | Chris Laurence | Paul Clarvis

Babelfish is one of the most rewarding and creatively fecund modern jazz quartets about. Fired by the notion that music...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2019

Johnnie Pate: Complete Recordings 1955-56

Pate's an obscure Chicagoan bassist who vanished into the world of soul in the 1960s, but on the strength of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2014

Wadada Leo Smith: Rosa Parks: An Oratorio Of Seven Songs

Blue Trumpet Quartet | Carmina Escobar | Hardedge | Karen Parks | Min Xiao-Fen | Phereroan akLaff | Red Koral Quartet | Wadada Leo Smith

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

Chris Biscoe: Music Is: Chris Biscoe Plays Mike Westbrook

Chris Biscoe | Dave Whitford | Jon Scott | Kate Williams | Mike Outram

The only criticism you can have of Chris Biscoe's 50-plus years in jazz is why he's recorded so few projects...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2023