Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley: “…being astral and all registers – power of two…”
Flamboyant free jazz progenitor Cecil Taylor enjoyed a somewhat unlikely musical partnership with Sheffield-born drummer and improv pioneer Tony Oxley...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2021
Paul Dunmall, BBC Concert Orchestra, Brian Irvine Ensemble: Montana Strange
This duo of Paul Dunmall and American drummer Tony Bianco recalls immediately Trane's work with Elvin Jones and later Rashied...
Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: October/2012
Ant Law: Life I Know
Ant Law | Asaf Sirkis | Ivo Neame | James Maddren | Mike Chillingworth | Tim Garland | Tom Farmer
It’s curious to reflect that there’s been a four-year gap since Law’s last album when he’s so ubiquitous, notably in...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Charles Mingus: Charles Mingus Presents Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus | Dannie Richmond | Eric Dolphy | Ted Curson
The reissue of this, and several other Candid albums, is to be welcomed – not only for the superb quality...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2022
European Jazz Sextet: Live at the International Jazzfest in Viersen
Alan Skidmore | Ali Haurand | Clark Tracy | Gerd Dudek | Jiri Stivin | Steve Melling
However you dress it up, three horns blasting out over the changes of two generic originals and three John Coltrane...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
SPUNK: Adventura Botanica
Hild Sofie Tafjord | Kristin Andersen | Lene Grenager | Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje
The three long tracks on this CD were originally developed by the Norwegian improvising quartet, SPUNK, for a live collaboration...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2015
Buddy Rich Septet with Kenny Barron: Very Live At Buddy's Place – Complete Edition
Popularity awards and similar trophies are all well and good when being displayed on the mantelpiece, but the real ego-tickler...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2017
Fred Frith/Susana Santos Silva: Laying Demons to Rest
Fred Frith | Susana Santos Silva
Silva's fierce horn has lent itself to the likes of Hedvig Mollestad's epic Ekhidna and here she's joined with another...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2023
Quercus: Nightfall
June Tabor has enjoyed a long association with jazz musicians of nearly 30 years now, having recorded her first jazz...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2018
Frederico Bonifazi: You'll See
Eric Alexander | Frederico Bonifazi | Jimmy Cobb | John Webber
This writer has always had a soft spot for jazz musicians from Italy and especially Spain (whose newcomers are so...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2016
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