John Coltrane Quartet: Africa/Brass
Coltrane Plays the Blues, re-released in a limited edition run by Vinyl Lovers, is without the original cover art, an...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2020
Sonny Sharrock: Ask The Ages
Charnett Mofett | Elvin Jones | Pharoah Sanders | Sonny Sharrock
Recorded in 1991, Ask The Ages was the last album of Sharrock's to be released before his premature death from...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2019
Konstrukt featuring Alan Wilkinson, Alexander Hawkins and Daniel Spicer: L.O.T.U.S.
The assembled crowd at Cafe OTO chant their collective approval as Konstrukt's 72-minute improvisation, argued alongside a trio of simpatico...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: October/2017
Jeff Hamilton Trio: Live From San Pedro
Christopher Luty | Jeff Hamilton | Tamir Hendelman
Hamilton's trio took time out from their regular gig as the rhythm section of the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, based in...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2018
Max Roach: Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note Vol. 2
The majority of the material here is by Max's long-standing quartet with Bridgewater, Pope and Hill (which also made one...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2017
Polyorchard: Red October
David Menestres | Jeb Bishop | Laurent Estoppey | Shawn Galvin | Storm Nilson
Jeb Bishop wouldn’t be the first trombonist to style improvisation after revolutionary phraseology, and Polyorchard’s Red October will certainly appeal...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: March/2018
Dave Young/Terry Promane: Octet Vol. 2
This cool-school Canadian octet, led by experienced bassist Dave Young and trombonist Terry Promane, offer easy going interpretations of tunes...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018
Satoko Fujii/This Is It!: Mosaic
Natsuki Tamura | Satoko Fujii | Takashi Itani
Throughout the 21st century so far, the brilliant Japanese piano one-off Satoko Fujii has been prolific, creatively consistent, and fearless...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2022
Lena Bloch: Feathery
This Warne Marsh-influenced Brooklyn-based tenor saxophonist has a cool fire about her and favours intimate, linear phrases with a quartet...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2014
Kaz Simmons: Signs
It seems that, at some point in between recording her third album Dandelions and this latest album, Signs, Kaz Simmons...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2020
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