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

Joe Sample

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

Jaak Soäär | Tuule Kann

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

Bruce Grant | Chris McGregor | Dudu Pukwana | Evan Parker | Harry Beckett | Harry Miller | Johny Dyani | Louis Moholo-Moholo | Mark Charig | Mike Osborne

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

Andy Bey

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