Babos: Makrokozmosz

The veteran Hungarian guitarist Gyula Babos' ‘live’ quintet's energising electric jazz originals have an unlikely inspiration in Béla Bartók's ‘Dances...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

The Miles Davis Quintet: The Legendary Prestige Quintet Sessions

John Coltrane | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Red Garland

This vinyl box, actually presented in the form of ‘an album’ in the way a collection of 12-inch 78rpm records...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2020

César Cardoso: Dice of Tenors

Utilising a wealth of experience composing for large scale ensembles, Portuguese tenorist Cardoso leads an octet, offering inventive latin-inspired arrangements...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2021

Phallus Dei: Black Dawn

Jacqueline Hamelink | Merzbow | MK. E. | Niels Van Hoorn | Oliver St. Lingam | Peter Brötzmann | Richard Van Kruysdijk

Named after the scurrilously titled 1969 debut album by kraut-prog pioneers, Amon Düül II, Phallus Dei are actually a German...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2017

Snarky Puppy: Empire Central

Bill Laurance | Bob Lanzetti | Bob Reynolds | Bobby Sparks | Chris Bullock | Chris McQueen | Jamison Ross | Jason ‘JT’ Thomas | Jay Jennings | Justin Stanton

By digging into their earliest influences, is the Texas-born, New York-raised fusion collective chasing its tail? Maybe not; an album...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: September/2022

Clifford Brown & Sonny Rollins: Plus Four + At Basin Street

Clifford Brown | George Morrow | Max Roach | Richie Powell | Sonny Rollins

Brownie and Newk were both just 25 years young when the former was the victim of a fatal auto accident....

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2015

Junior Mance: Junior

Mance's leader debut made during his time with Dizzy Gillespie features Ray Brown and Lex Humphries in a model example...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2012

Eric Alexander: The Real Thing

Eric Alexander | Harold Mabern | Joe Farnsworth | John Webber | Pat Martino

Despite going on at some length about doing 14 takes (in fairness, including false starts) on the title track of...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Yuriy Galkin Nonet: Nine of a Kind

Dafydd Williams | Dave Hamblett | Freddie Gavita | George Crowley | Jon Stokes | ohn Turville | Richard Turner | Tamar Osborn | Yuriy Galkin

Since making his home in London first to take up a full scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music in...

Reviewed by in issue: March/2012

Sue Raney: Complete Capitol Years 1956-1960

Raney was a jazzy pop singer, rather than a poppy jazz singer, so her best efforts here are with Billy...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015