Louis Armstrong: Louis & The Good Book
Here’s an oddity in a discography peppered with all manner of strange twists and turns: the defiantly secular Satchmo tackles...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: November/2023
Nubiyan Twist : Find Your Flame
Nile Rodgers is here, and Afrobeat scion Seun Kuti. Accra-born seer KOG brings his highlife stylings; Malian diva Mamani Keita...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2024
Derek Bailey/Simon H Fell: At Sound 323
Here are two of the giants of the UK avant-garde playing together at a show at a London gallery back...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2024
Bill Laurance & Michael League: Keeping Company
Bill Laurance | Michael League
Longtime members of maximalist fusion ensemble Snarky Puppy, Bill Laurance and Michael League, have established unexpected new ground in their...
Reviewed by Ammar Kalia in issue: December/2024
Ran Blake/Frank Carlberg: Gray Moon
This is apparently only the second time that the veteran Blake has been recorded duetting with a fellow pianist, following...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2020
Roy Haynes: Roy Haynes Modern Group
Barney Wilen | Henri Renaud | Jay Cameron | Jimmy Gourley | Jimmy Jones | Joe Benjamin | Roy Haynes
The process of reissuing material from the French labels Vogue and Swing through Sony began with the monumental 20CD set...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2017
Various Artists: The Passion of Charlie Parker
The presence of producer Larry Klein on any recording is always a marker of artistic excellence, and such is the...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2017
Klaus Koenig Jazz Live Trio: Night Thoughts
Andi Wettstein | Klaus Koenig | Patrick Sommer
German pianist Klaus Koenig has had an interesting career, to say the least. His Jazz Live Trio began life in...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2017
Lenny White: Lenny White Live
This is something of a curiosity as it has lain in the vaults for 16 years. But age hasn’t withered...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2013
Charlie Wood: Tomorrow Night
It's always a pleasure to hear new music by the Memphisborn, London-based singer, songwriter and pianist Charlie Wood and Tomorrow...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2018
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