Nat Birchall: Cosmic Language
Adam Fairhall | Andy Hay | Michael Bardon | Nat Birchall
The eloquent and dedicated Manchester saxophonist Nat Birchall's music has long focused on the textures and nuances of John Coltrane's...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2018
Carla Bley, Andy Sheppard, Steve Swallow: Trios
Andy Sheppard | Carla Bley | Steve Swallow
It is quite probable that Carla Bley has lost count of the number of people who have recorded her compositions,...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2013
Lisa Hilton: Kaleidoscope
Chris Beck | Cyrus Chestnut | Eric Wheeler
The LA-based pianist Lisa Hilton's 18th album Kaleidoscope opens with a blues that owes as much to Muddy Waters as...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
David Amram/Eric Mingus/Larry Simon/Groove Bacteria: Langston Hughes: The Dreamkeeper
A dazzling highlight of the 2015 London jazz festival, Ron McCurdy's Ask Your Mama was a timely reminder of the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2017
Jerry Bergonzi: Dog Star
Anders Mogensen | Carl Winther | Jerry Bergonzi | Johnny Aman | Phil Grenadier
This is basically the same long-running band that played on Carl Winther & Jerry Bergonzi’s Steeplechase album, Inner Journey, which...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2018
Laurence Hobgood: Tesseterra
‘Third stream nouveau’ they're calling Tesseterra – though main man Laurence Hobgood both willingly owns and gently resists that appellation...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2019
Barney Wilen Quartet: Live in Tokyo '91
Barney Wilen | Gilles Naturel | Olivier Hutman | Peter Gritz
If ever there was a great saxophonist whose recorded legacy reflects only a fraction of his immense talent it is...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2019
Large Unit: Fluku
It says something about the grand ambitions of Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love’s Large Unit that, by releasing an hour of...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2018
Sloth Racket: Triptych
Anton Hunter | Cath Roberts | Johnny Hunter | Sam Andreae | Seth Bennett
In recent years. London based baritone saxophonist and composer Cath Roberts has forged strong links with the incredibly fertile Manchester...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2016
Nate Wooley/Hugo Antunes/Jorge Queijo/Mário Costa/Chris Corsano: Purple Patio
Chris Corsano | Hugo Antunes | Jorge Queijo | Mário Costa | Nate Wooley
In recent years, musicians such as saxophonist Rodrigo Amado and the young, piano-led RED Trio have been proving that there's...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2016
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