Mike Makhalemele: The Peacemaker
Jabu Nkosi | Mike Makhalemele | Neil Cloud | Sipho Gumede
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
Ethan Iverson: Technically Acceptable
Ethan Iverson | Kush Abadey | Rob Schwimmer | Simón Willson | Thomas Morgan | Vinnie Sperrazza
The pianist-composer Ethan Iverson, since parting company with The Bad Plus in 2017, has been maintaining a steady profile with...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2024
Paul Dunmall/Kevin Figes: Duos
In 2021 George Haslam closed down his SLAM Productions label after some 30 years and more than 250 album releases...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: December/2024
David Bitelli & Ollie Usiskin: Harlesden Sessions
In 2021 George Haslam closed down his SLAM Productions label after some 30 years and more than 250 album releases...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: December/2024
Various Artists: Haunted House: Vintage Music For Hallowe’en
This 26-track Hallowe’en-themed compilation is great fun, even if some of the selections (Bobby ‘Boris’ Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers’ 1962...
Reviewed by Jon Clay in issue: November/2022
Daniel Inzani: Selected Worlds
Composer/pianist Daniel Inzani’s name has often appeared around equally striking nomenclature – he’s worked with Alabaster dePlume and Cosmo Sheldrake...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: December/2024
Various Artists: Oscar, With Love
This impressive array of pianistic talent was selected by Oscar Peterson's widow Kelly to create a kind of musical festschrift,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2018
David Murray: The Complete Black Saint And Soul Note Recordings Volume 2
Needless to say, the tenor saxophonist has recorded enough for box sets to be issued every other month, so it...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2014
Siobhan Lamb: Meditations
Classically trained flautist and composer Siobhan Lamb clearly enjoys mixing her sources and inspirations, as is demonstrated in these two...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2012
Tom Scott: Tom Scott & The L.A. Express/Tom Cat/New York Connection
A three-CDs-for-one package that captures the heady time when rock, jazz and, lummee, commercial success briefly coalesced. The eponymous debut...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2014
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