Bill Frisell/Thomas Morgan: Small Town

Bill Frisell | Thomas Morgan

Following the epic thunder of his run out with Cuong Vu, Small Town finds Frisell, that most serial of collaborators,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2017

Dave King: I've been Ringing You

This isn't what you might expect from the drummer of The Bad Plus, but anyone familiar with pianist Bill Carrothers'...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2013

Sam Gendel and Sam Wilkes: Music for Saxofone and Bass Guitar – More Songs

Sam Gendel | Sam Wilkes

LA musician Sam Gendel is one of the few artists on the scene who really deserves the title of maverick,...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: October/2021

London Afrobeat Collective: Food Chain

London's answer to Fela Kuti includes Bombay Bicycle Club's Dele Sosimi and they are in a festive mood on this...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2015

John Law's Congregation: Configuration

Ashley John Long | Billy Weir | James Mainwaring | John Law

The British pianist John Law's wide-ranging idiomatic skillset has seen him continually engage with classical concert music through jazz improv...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2020

Virtual Company

Derek Bailey | Mark Wastell | Simon H Fell | Will Gaines

There's something achingly poignant about this recording, in that of the four participants, three are no longer with us. Guitar...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2021

Lloyd McNeill: Tori

Amaury Tristao | Buster Williams | Dom Salvador | Dom Um Romao | Howard Johnson | John La Barbera | Lloyd McNeill | Nana Vasconcelos | Victor Lewis

How many great records have slipped through the cracks because they first surfaced in small numbers on private, artist-run labels?...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2017

Ochion Jewell: VOLK

Amino Belyamani | Lionel Loueke | Ochion Jewell | Quasim Naqvi | Sam Minaie

While Michael Brown and Ferguson continue to grab the headlines, the case of Ochion Jewell should not go unnoticed. A...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2015

Joe Henderson: Mirror Mirror

Billy Higgins | Chick Corea | Joe Henderson | Ron Carter

Though the main pillars of the late Joe Henderson's back catalogue are easy to access, this highly recommended MPS quartet...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2015

Don Carlos/Laurie Johnson: Crazy Latin/A Brass Band Swinging

Two sessions from 1959 that might have been better left buried in Denis Preston’s vaults, stilted cha-cha-cha on one hand,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2013