Vijay Iyer: Mutations
Kivie Cahn-Lipman | Kyle Armbrust | Michi Wiancko | Miranda Cuckson | Vijay Iyer
Iyer's first recorded work with strings places him in a very different setting to previous albums that range from quartet...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2014
Brand X: Nuclear Burn
Brand X will always be held in affection by gentlemen of a certain era, surviving as they did endless personnel...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2015
Louis Prima: The King of Jumpin’ Swing: Greatest Hits
Although Prima’s little band that played on 52nd Street in the 1930s produced some almost forgotten (and much jazzier) gems,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2022
Birmingham Jazz Orchestra: Burns
Here's a set of five compositions by Edinburgh-born now Birminghambased composer Sean Gibbs all inspired by the poetry of Robert...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2015
Arthur Blythe: Elaborations/Light Blue/Put Sunshine In It
The recent reissue of Blythe's mid-1970s output included the classic Illusions, and this batch of three reminds us that he...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2017
Miles Davis
Of these three Miles Davis albums, the 2-CD from Storyville must be seen as the most valuable because of the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2012
The Cliffs featuring Winston Mankunku Ngozi: Alex Express
These three recordings come from the mid-1970s, a bleak time in the evolution of South African jazz. Black cultural life...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2024
Mike Makhalemele and Winston Mankunku Ngozi: The Bull in the Lion
Mike Makhalemele | Neil Cloud | Ronnie Robot | Tete Mbambisa | Trevor Rabin | Winston Mankunku Ngozi
These three recordings come from the mid-1970s, a bleak time in the evolution of South African jazz. Black cultural life...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2024
Dorothy Ashby: Afro-Harping
If last year’s New Land box set With Strings Attached (see Jazzwise 287), helped reawaken interest in Dorothy Ashby, this...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2024
Album Interview: Dr John: Locked Down
Every generation since the 1960s has discovered Dr John and taken him to their heart. It's led to some wacky...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2012
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