Opus Five: Tickle
Alex Sipiagin | Boris Koslov | David Kikoski | Donald Edwards | Seamus Blake
For five musicians as busy as these – all members of the Mingus Big Band at one time or another...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: February/2016
Vincent Herring: Hard Times
Vincent Herring is probably the nearest we have to a Cannonball Adderley on today’s jazz scene and we generally find...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018
Stefano Bollani: Joy in Spite of Everything
Bill Frisell | Jesper Bodilsen | Mark Turner | Morten Lund | Stefano Bollani
This is a well-executed album, impeccably recorded but one senses that these fine musicians are playing within themselves, including the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2014
Various Artists: Greater Lengths: An All Saints Compilation
Brian Eno | Harold Budd | John Cale | John Paul Jones | Jon Hassell | Laraaji | Roger Eno
All Saints were never just going to release a boring old compilation. Instead we have one CD evoking projects by...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2014
Dollar Brand: Plays Sphere Jazz
Dollar Brand | Hugh Masekela | Johnny Gertze | Jonas Gwangwa | Kippie Moeketsi | Makaya Ntshoko
A fascinating peek into the early South African career of Brand, aka Abdullah Ibrahim, these recordings precede by three years...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2016
Jimmy Giuffre 3: Bremen and Stuttgart 1961
Jimmy Giuffre | Paul Bley | Steve Swallow
This is a reissue and a half, comprising two German radio concerts as originally issued on Hatology back in the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2017
Beats & Pieces Big Band: Big Ideas
Updating the big band sound is not a new idea. In the UK alone, in recent years, we've had The...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2012
Blossom Dearie: Little Jazz Bird
Blossom Dearie | Ed Thigpen | Kenny Burrell | Ray Brown
Blossom Dearie (1924-2009), so the story goes, received her (perfectly apt) name when a neighbour brought over some peach blossoms...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2010
bill bissett & Th Mandan Massacre: Awake In Th Red Desert
In the mid-to-late 1960s, the Kitsilano district of Vancouver was home to a thriving community of musicians, artists and freaks...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2019
Daryl Runswick: The Jazz Years
Runswick has enjoyed a disparate career in jazz, rock, pop, film and not least a 10-year stint as head of...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2017
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