Diego Rivera: Indigenous
Boriz Kozlov | Diego Rivera | Donald Edwards | Etienne Charles | Helen Sung
New York saxophonist Rivera makes much of his Mexican heritage [he was named for painter Diego Rivera] in his compositional...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2021
Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Karyōbin
Dave Holland | Derek Bailey | Evan Parker | John Stevens | Kenny Wheeler
It’s an alarming thought that the Spontaneous Music Ensemble’s Karyōbin – widely considered to be a founding document of British...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: February/2018
John Taylor Sextet: Eye To Eye: Live 1971
Chris Laurence | Chris Pyne | John Taylor | Kenny Wheeler | Stan Sulzmann | Tony Levin
Brought to us by part of the team who masterminded the excellent Jazz In Britain label, British Progressive Jazz is...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2022
Jimmy Smith Quartet: Back at the Chicken Shack/Midnight Special
Donald Bailey | Jimmy Smith | Kenny Burrell | Stanley Turrentine
The Hammond organ sound may be a commonplace part of today's musical landscape, but t'were not ever thus. At a...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: May/2014
Album Interview: Lizz Wright: Grace
David Pitch | Jay Bellerose | Kenny Banks Sr | Lizz Wright | Marvin Sewell
This sixth studio album from Lizz Wright presents a number of key firsts for the Georgia-born vocalist and songwriter. Most...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2017
Tina Brooks: The Waiting Game
Johnny Coles | Kenny Drew | Philly Joe Jones | Tina Brooks | Wilbur Ware
Quite why Alfred Lion chose to hold back three out of four albums he recorded with tenor saxophonist Harold Floyd...
Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: April/2021
Carmen Lundy: Changes
In an age in which every chanteuse fresh out of music college thinks themselves to be Billie Holiday, a new...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2012
John Dankworth Orchestra: Composition With Colour: Live 1971
Brought to us by part of the team who masterminded the excellent Jazz In Britain label, British Progressive Jazz is...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2022
Dexter Gordon: The Squirrel: Live at the Montmartre Copenhagen ‘67
Art Taylor | Bo Stief | Dexter Gordon | Kenny Drew
This numbered, two-LP set packaged in an attractive gatefold was a release for Record Store Day. It's an inspired choice....
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/2020
Sonny Rollins: Freedom Weaver (The 1959 European Tour Recordings)
Henry Gimes | Joe Harris | Kenny Clarke | Pete LaRoca | Sonny Rollins
In one of the short interviews included in these engrossing live recordings (mostly in Sweden, but also West Germany, France,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2024
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