Archipelago: Weightless
Christian Alderson | Faye MacCalman | John Pope
As Archipelago begin recording their second album, this 2017 debut is only just surfacing nationally. The Newcastle trio list Don...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Tierney Sutton: After Blue
Hubert Laws | Larry Goldings | Peter Erskine | Tierney Sutton | Turtle Island Quartet
Grammy nominated in the ‘Best Jazz Vocal Album’ category, After Blue presents one of the finest homages to Joni Mitchell's...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2014
Daniel Rotem: Wise One: Celebrating The Music Of John Coltrane
Billy Childs | Christian Euman | Daniel Rotem | Darek Oles
A youngish, Israeli-born saxist/educator based in Los Angeles, Rotem has already made several of his own albums, and co-led a...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2022
Cootie Williams: Concerto For Cootie – Selected Recordings 1928-1962
Acrobat’s sumptuous 4-CD collection devoted to trumpeter and star Ellingtonian, Cootie Williams (1911-1985), states: “Features performances with Duke Ellington, Benny...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024
Torsten Goods: Love Comes To Town
Christian von Kaphengst | Jan Miserre | Torsten Goods | Wolfgang Haffner
This third release on ACT sees a welcome return to the recording studio for guitar ace and singer Torsten Goods....
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2013
Transatlantic Five: Transitions
Christian Raymond | Christopher Dell | Ken Vandermark | Klaus Kugel | Nate Wooley
As the name suggests, this new quintet convenes seasoned avant-gardists from America (Wooley and Vandermark) and Europe (Dell, Raymond and...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2023
Ergo: If Not Inertia
Brett Sroka | Mary Halvorson | Sam Harris | Sebastian Kruger | Shawn Baltazor
Trombonist Brett Sroka may be an Ellington freak but he is also a film composer and a member of psych...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: June/2012
Maraton
Christian Haase | Jonathan Ludvigsen | Lasse Sonne | Maria Dybbroe
At this stage, it’s difficult to pinpoint who was the first person to propose the idea of music conceived as...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2021
Philip Dizack: The End of an Era
New generation trumpeter Philip Dizack's second album is a heartfelt probe into the melancholy of personal loss and rage in...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
Tony-Joe Bucklash
Dominic Lash | Joe Morris | Tony Bevan | Tony Buck
It's tempting (and not entirely inaccurate) to call Tony-Joe Bucklash a transcontinental supergroup of 21st century avant garde music. Brits...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2012
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