Irakere featuring Chucho Valdés: Live at Ronnie Scott's, Birmingham: The 1995 BBC Recording
‘This CD is an example of Irakere in the second part of the 1990s, when the band was focused a...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2013
Cuong Vu 4-Tet: Ballet (The Music of Michael Gibbs)
Bill Frisell | Cuong Vu | Luke Bergman | Ted Poor
A release by heroes dedicated to another. Frisell has of course been a long time collaborator of Gibbs and worked...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2017
Mr Mibbler: Leave Your Thoughts Here
This is the third album from Mr Mibbler, the Norwegian trio comprising musician-producer trio Thom Hell, Jørn Raknes and Vidar...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2022
Grachan Moncur III & The Jazz Composer's Orchestra: Echoes Of Prayer
Though one of the more interesting voices to arise out of the 1960s avant-garde, and a prolific sideman with Archie...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2015
Burton Greene/Damon Smith/Ra Kalam Bob Moses: Life's Intense Mystery
Burton Greene | Damon Smith | Ra Kalam Bob Moses
Pianist Burton Greene was a prime mover in the very early days of New York's New Thing scene – forming...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2019
Tania Chen/Henry Kaiser/Wadada Leo Smith/William Winant: Ocean Of Storms
Henry Kaiser | Tania Chen | Wadada Leo Smith | Winant (perc)
The title is evocative, but it conceals another image: streams of calm. Over five lengthy pieces improvised by a quartet...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2017
The Great Wee Band: Light Blue
Dave Green | Henry Lowther | Jim Mullen | Stan Sulzmann | Stu Butterfield
For those not in the know, the quartet’s name was bestowed on them by Mullen as a term of approval...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2012
Lauren Henderson: Musa
The Massachusetts-born, NYC-based vocalist, composer and lyricist Lauren Henderson returns with her eighth album as leader. Daringly conceived and beautifully...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2021
John Coltrane: Olé Coltrane
The last of the original Atlantic Coltranes, Olé often gets overlooked because it doesn't have the impact of earlier albums...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2018
Cecil Taylor: Live In The Black Forest
Cecil Taylor | Jimmy Lyons | Ramsey Ameen | Raphe Malik | Ronald Shannon Jackson
The legendary pianist and free-jazz iconoclast has been in the news lately with the plans to turn his New York...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2011
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