Wadada Leo Smith/Sabu Toyozumi: Burning Meditation
Sabu Toyozumi | Wadada Leo Smith
Smith has been a superlative duo partner over time – with Anthony Braxton, Marion Brown and Vijay Iyer among others–...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2019
Joe Sample: Ashes To Ashes
Sample's passing last year was another sad loss, making it all the harder to listen again to his music without...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2015
Tuule Kann – Jaak Sooäär: Teisele Kaldale/To the Other Side
Probably best known outside his native Estonia as a member of the Dynamite Vikings, Sooäär has appeared on some 20...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
Maulawi: Orotunds
Maulawi Nururdin | Michael Fuller
A welcome reissue of an item in the catalogue of the iconic Strata label that's rarer than hen's fillings, let...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2023
Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath: Procession Live At Toulouse
It seems appropriate that this legendary ensemble was recorded at its creative peak in France, as this was, after all,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2013
Gilberto Gil: Bandadois
Bem Gil | Gilberto Gil | Jose Gil | Maria Rita
Gilberto Gil had to curtail his musical career when he was Brazil's official Minister of Culture. Now, after completing five...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2010
Andy Bey: Pages From An Imaginary Life
Although the veteran has made a string of excellent group albums in the course of his six-decade career he remains...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Colin Vallon Trio: Le Vent
Colin Vallon | Julian Sartorius | Patrice Moret
A restless stillness dominates this second ECM release from young Swiss pianist Colin Vallon's trio. (The first was Rruga in...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2014
Béla Szakcsi Lakatos: Climate Change
An impassioned musical plea for the Green agenda is argued by Lakatos in his liner notes: “Protect water, agricultural land,...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
Philippe Baden Powell: Notes Over Poetry
André Ceccarelli | David Link | Philippe Baden Powell | Ruca Rebordåo
The son of Brazilian MPB legend Baden Powell de Aquino – one of South America's most celebrated guitarists and guitar...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2017
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