Yusef Lateef: Four Classic Albums: Jazz For The Thinker/Eastern Sounds/Other Sounds/Into Something
If ever there were titles in jazz that act as a grand metaphor for the essence of the music here...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2014
Milt Ward & Virgo Spectrum
Rare or obscure, and fetching stratospheric prices among crate-diggers, has never been a guarantee of musical merit. However, I’m happy...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: July/2022
Yusef Lateef: Detroit Latitude 42, Longitude 83
An ode to one of the great black music Meccas in America would, one expects, be nothing less than soulful,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2023
Kevin Figes/Julie Tippetts: Happy Apples
In 2021 George Haslam closed down his SLAM Productions label after some 30 years and more than 250 album releases...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: December/2024
Billie Bottle’s Temple of Shibboleth
The ‘Lockdown Years’ generated much intriguing music, not the least Tori Freestone and Alcyona Mick’s sumptuous Make One Little Room...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2023
Wayne Horvitz European Orchestra: Live At The Bimhuis
Composer Wayne Horvitz notes that he first invented these variations on his friend Butch Morris' ‘conduction’ methods to get the...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2019
David Murray: Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note Vol. 3
A glance at the large amount of players used on these six recordings says much about Murray's role as a...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2017
Ramsey Lewis: Funky Serenity/Salongo
Lewis’ early and mid-1970s work regularly cops the charge of style over substance, but some, especially those weaned on hip...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2012
Wayne Horvitz: The Snowghost Sessions
Eric Eagle | Geof Harper | Wayne Horvitz
Like his former playing partner and fellow concept-bender John Zorn, the Seattle-based player/composer Wayne Horvitz has walked a creative line...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2019
Freddie Hubbard: High Energy
Freddie fusion is frankly a difficult proposition for a lot of jazz fans, and this three-album-on-two CD-set may make the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2012
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