Nicolas Meier and Dewa Budjana Group: Flying Spirits
Asaf Sirkis | Dewa Budjana | Jimmy Haslip | Nic Meier | Saat Syah
Is Nic Meier too nice? The man has developed a unique guitar sensibility, condensing his cosmopolitan influences into a potent...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2021
Gil Scott-Heron/Brian Jackson: Winter In America
Biran Jackson | Bob Adams | Danny Bowens | Gil Scott-Heron
Although the recent CD, I'm New Here has been generally lauded as a return to form after years in the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2010
Refections in Cosmo
Hans Magnus Ryan | Kjetil Møster | Ståle Storløkken | Thomas Strønen
Rage as we will about Brexit, you can't deny the efficacy of the ‘Norwegian model’ when it comes to creating...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2017
Faith Brackenbury: KnifeAngel
Alex Maguire | Faith Brackenbury | Martin Speake | Oli Hayhurst | Rob Luft | Will Glaser
Brackenbury's prolific, post-motherhood output over the past decade finds inspiration here in Alfie Bradley's ‘Knife Angel’, a giant sculpture of...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2019
Dizzy Gillespie/Hans Koller: Dizzy Gillespie Quintet & Hans Koller New Jazz Stars
Launching the NDR 60 Years Jazz archive project, this is the earliest surviving broadcast produced by the legendary Hans Gertberg,...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2013
Ravi & Anoushka Shankar: Live In Bangalore
This 2CD/1DVD package captures ‘Ravi Shankar's Farewell Indian Concert’ at the Bengaluru Palace Grounds in Bangalore, the capital city of...
Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: August/2018
Enrico Rava Quintet: Tribe
New decade, new band, new album. Only trombonist Gianluca Petrella remains from Rava’s previous quintet but these young guys revel...
Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: November/2011
JD Allen: Radio Flyer
Gregg Austin | JD Allen | Liberty Ellman | Rudy Royston
JD takes another big step in his search for complete freedom. This time he arrived at the studio with seven...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2017
Clifford Brown/Max Roach All Stars: Best Coast Jazz
Clifford Brown | Curtis Counce | Herb Geller | Joe Maini | Kenny Drew | Max Roach | Walter Benton
Taking Norman Granz’s lead, the folks at EmArcy gathered up a posse of young LA-based musicians for, what some might...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2016
Roy Eldridge-Richie Kamuca Quintet: At The Half Note
Following much high-profile work on the West Coast, notably with the large combos of Stan Kenton, Terry Gibbs and Shorty...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2018
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