Various Artists: Liberation Music

Angela Davis | Bob Thiele Emergency | Chico Hamilton | Gil Scott-Heron | Horace Tapscott Quintet | Leon Thomas | Lonnie Liston Smith | Oliver Nelson

The latest installment in BGP’s Flying Dutchman reissue programme is a compilation that shines a spotlight on the politically charged...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2013

Kristian Borring: Nausicaa

Arthur Lea | Jon Scott | Kristian Borring | Spencer Brown | Will Vinson

This young London-based, Danish guitarist-composer attended the Amsterdam Consevatorium, then studied at the Guildhall and has been a sideman for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2012

Diego Pinera: Odd Wisdom

Ben Monder | Diego Pinera | Donny McCaslin | Scott Colley

Berlin-based drummer Diego Pinera, who hails from Montevideo, Uruguay, says he studied music in places where it came from –...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2021

Dominick Farinacci: Short Stories

Alison Rayner | Buster Birch | Deirdre Cartwright | Diane McLoughlin | Steve Lodder

Initially mentored by Wynton Marsalis, this Ohio-raised trumpeter offers a package of updated ‘classic’ jazz with guests that include Christian...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Tubby Hayes and the Downbeat Big Band: Blues at the Manor 1959-1960

Alan Branscombe | Jeff Clyne | Jimmy Deuchar | Johnny Scott | Keith Christie | Phil Seaman | Ronnie Scott | Terry Shannon | Tubby Hayes | Victor Feldman

The big band represents a continuing theme in Tubby Hayes discography. At the age of 20 he was recording as...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2015

Francesco Cataldo: Spaces

Clarence Penn | David Binney | Erik Friedlander | Francesco Cataldo | Salvatore Bonafede | Scott Colley

Francesco Cataldo was born in Sicily. He is a musician of great sensitivity and, as a prolific composer his work...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2013

Edward Simon with Afi nidad & Imani Winds: Sorrows & Triumphs

Adam Rogers | Brian Blade | David Binney | Edward Simon | Gretchen Parlato | Jeff Scott | Luis Quintero | Mark Dover | Monica Ellis | Rogerio Boccato

Venezuela-born, US-based pianist-composer Edward Simon is, according to JazzTimes, “less talked about than many other important jazz pianists from the...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2018

Maynard Ferguson: The Lost Tapes Bonus

Maynard Ferguson | Ronnie Ross | Ronnie Scott

What are we supposed to make of this? As with Sleepy Night’s previous volume of archive Ferguson material, this is...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: February/2022

Satoko Fujii Orchestra Tokyo: Peace

Described as ‘the Ellington of free jazz’, the pianist-composer Fujii delivers an intense and diverse series of pieces that features...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Dans Les Arbres: Phosphorescence

Made up of three Norwegians (including pianist Christian Wallumrød) and a Frenchman, Dans Les Arbres prove there's life after ECM...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017