Review of Sun Ra Arkestra: Living Sky

Sun Ra Arkestra: Living Sky

Adrienne G Davis | Cecil Brooks | Chris Hemmingway | Dave Davis | Dave Hotep | Elson Nascimento | Farid Barron | Gwen Laster | Jorge Silva | Kasj Killion

Omni Sound

Rating: ★★★★

It’s hard to put one’s finger on exactly what makes the Arkestra sound so ineffably cosmic. This new collection of...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2022

Review of Mike Stern: All Over The Place

Mike Stern: All Over The Place

Al Foster | Anthony Jackson | Bob Franceschini | Bob Malach | Chris Potter | Dave Holland | Dave Weckl | Esperanza Spalding | Jim Beard | Keith Carlock

Heads Up

Rating: ★★★★

If you thought Big Neighbourhood, Stern's impressive run out from a couple of years ago tapped a diverse range of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2012

Review of New Jazz Orchestra/Neil Ardley Group: BBC Sessions 1968-1970

New Jazz Orchestra/Neil Ardley Group: BBC Sessions 1968-1970

Barbera Thompson | Chris Laurence | Chris Pyne | Dave Kelly | Derek Watkins | Dick Heckstall-Smith | Frak Ricotti | Frank Ricotti | George Smith | Ian Carr

Rhythm and Blues Records

Rating: ★★★★

Neil Ardley would have been pleasantly surprised with the emergence of work that he thought had disappeared into the ether...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2024

Review of Album Interview: Sarah Jane Morris: Bloody Rain

Album Interview: Sarah Jane Morris: Bloody Rain

Adriano Adewale | Avishai Cohen | Dominic Miller | Henry Thomas | Martyn Baker | Sarah Jane Morris | Tony Rémy

Editor's Choice

Fallen Angel Records

Rating: ★★★★

In many ways, this is a remarkable album. Remarkable for its ambition, its sound world, its powerful stories and, at...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2014

Review of Muhal Richard Abrams: Celestial Birds

Muhal Richard Abrams: Celestial Birds

Amina Claudine Myers | Anthony Braxton | David Moore | George Lewis | Jay Clayton | Leonard Jones | Leroy Jenkins | Maurice McIntyre | Muhal Richard Abrams | Roscoe Mitchell

Editor's Choice

Karlrecords

Rating: ★★★★

Abrams’ legend status as a founder of the AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians) has possibly reduced the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2020

Review of Herb Hardesty and His Band: The Domino Effect Wing & Federal Recordings 1958-1961

Herb Hardesty and His Band: The Domino Effect Wing & Federal Recordings 1958-1961

Alvin ‘Red’ Tyler | Clarence Ford | Cornelius ‘Tenoo’ Coleman | Edward Frank | Ernest McLean | Frank Fields | Hank Jones | Herb Hardestry | Jimmy Davis | Ray Montrell

Ace

Rating: ★★★★

Many future modern jazz stars including John Coltrane, Johnny Griffin and Stanley Turrentine were just some of the many young...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2012

Review of Wes Montgomery: Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings

Wes Montgomery: Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings

Buddy Montgomery | Carl Perkins | David Baker | David Young | Earl Van Riper | John Bunch | Melvin Rhyne | Mingo Jones | Monk Montgomery | Paul Parker

Resonance

Rating: ★★★★

A sequel to Echoes of Indiana Avenue, Resonance's 2012 release taken from the same tape sources, this new volume of...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: July/2019

Review of Bobby Broom & The Organi-Sation: Soul Fingers

Bobby Broom & The Organi-Sation: Soul Fingers

Andrew Toombs | Ben Paterson | Bobby Broom | Filipe Fraga | Justin ‘Justefan’ Thomas | Kobie Watkins | Luciano Antonio | Matt Jones | Sammy Figueroa | Sergio Pires

Jazzline

Rating: ★★★

When a 20-year-old Bobby Broom debuted on the GRP label as a leader in 1981, it signalled a star was...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Review of Lee Morgan: Four Classic Albums: Second Set

Lee Morgan: Four Classic Albums: Second Set

Art Taylor | Bobby Timmons | Clarence Sharpe | Curtis Fuller | George Coleman | Horace Silver | Lee Morgan | Paul Chambers | Pepper Adams | Philly Joe Jones

Editor's Choice

Avid

Rating: ★★★★

Hurrah! Here's an Avid that makes as much sense programmatically as it does commercially! Focusing on four of Morgan's 1956-57...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: November/2019

Review of Album Interview: Nat Birchall: World Without Form

Album Interview: Nat Birchall: World Without Form

Adam Fairhall | Andy Hay | Corey Mwamba | Jon Thorne | Nat Birchall | Nick Blacka | Paul Hession

Sound And Spirit

Rating: ★★★

Birchall's follow-up to last year's excellent Sacred Dimension finds him further pursuing his heartfelt devotion to the spirit and sound...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2012

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