Pharoah Sanders: Live…

Idris Muhammad | John Hicks | Pharoah Sanders | Walter Booker

There are several notable concert recordings in the huge discography of the late Pharoah Sanders, above all the outstanding 1972...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2023

Ralph Bowen: Standard Deviation

Bill O'Connell | Donald Edwards | Kenny Davis | Ralph Bowen

One-time OTB (Out of the Blue) member and now a highly respected Professor at Rutgers University, Ralph Bowen (like Jerry...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2014

Paul Rutherford Trio: Gheim

Nigel Morris | Paul Rogers | Paul Rutherford

The RAF is not noted for its contribution to the jazz avant-garde, but it was an Air Force regional band...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: March/2015

Charlie Parker & Miles Davis: Bluebird: Legendary Savoy Recordings

Bud Powell | Charlie Parker | Curley Russell | Dizzy Gillespie | Duke Jordan | John Lewis | Max Roach | Miles Davis | Nelson Boyd | Tommy Potter

It’s only three years since the same label brought out a 2CD set of the complete Savoy master takes (EJC55676,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: Feb/2019

Torben Bjørnskov: Human Being Human

The influence of EST and Avishai Cohen on contemporary piano trios can’t be underestimated and this Danish acoustic trinity led...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2022

Nina Simone: At The Village Gate

Al Shackman | Chris White | Nina Simone | Rob Hamilton

The live album At The Village Gate is, without question, one of the finest jewels in Nina Simone's distinguished discography...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2019

Ron Caines/Martin Archer AXIS: Dream Feathers

Anton Hunter | Gus Garside | Hervé Perez | Johnny Hunter | Laura Cole | Martin Archer | Ron Caines

There's a clear division of labour at work in this particular axis: Ron Caines, erstwhile member of UK psych-prog originals...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2020

Tom Dempsey/Tim Ferguson Quartet: Beautiful Friendship

This young guitarist and bassist are students of an easy going brand of straightahead, and here join a couple of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2013

Bob Sheppard: The Fine Line

Aaron Safarty | Benjamin Shepherd | Bob Sheppard | Jasper Somsen | John Beasley | Kendrick Scott | Maria Puga Lareo | Mike Cottone | Simon Moullier

Bob Sheppard is one of the sharpest multi-reed players in contemporary jazz but he rarely fronts his own outfits in...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2019

Slax MacFarlane and His Festive Five: Deck the Halls with Boughs of Bebop

Boomer Haswell | Delmore Anderson | Lennie Crivelli | Ross Niedermeyer | Slax MacFarlane

New York session trumpeter Slax MacFarlane threw together this five-piece combo to cash-in on the Yuletide hullabaloo of 1972. And,...

Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018