Roots
Barney Rachabane | Dennis Mpale | Duke Makasi | Jabu Nikosi | Peter Morake | Sipho Gumede
Led by saxophonist Barney Rachabane, Roots formed in South Africa in 1975 and recorded just two albums before disbanding. This...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2021
Cecil Taylor: The World Of Cecil Taylor
Archie Shepp | Buell Neidlinger | Cecil Taylor | Dennis Charles
In many ways the Candid period was the warm up for Cecil Taylor to become Cecil Taylor on Blue Note....
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2022
Matt Carmichael: Where Will the River Flow
From the get-go it's hard not to be charmed by Matt Carmichael's breathy melodicism. Unabashedly steeped in his Scottish heritage,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2021
Zhenya Strigalev/Frederico Dannemann: The Change
Federico Dannemann | Lucques Curtis | Obed Calvaire | Zhenya Strigalev
For well over a decade saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev was a get-up-and-go participator on the contemporary London jazz scene, a character...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
George Russell and his Smalltet: The RCA Victor Jazz Workshop
Russell's album debut was included in the recent Complete 1956-1960 2CD set from Fresh Sound (Jazzwise 197) and still comes...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2016
Maria Mendes: Close To Me
The Portugal-born, Netherlands-based vocalist Maria Mendes has described hearing Mariza singing the beloved fado song ‘Barco Negro’ as being “a...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2020
Jonathan Saraga: Journey To A New World
Aki Ishiguro | Chris Pattishall | Jonathan Saraga | Kenneth Salters | Remy Le Boeuf | Rick Rosato
I've always had a soft spot for the Fresh Sound New Talent label. It's Jordi Pujol's special baby and shows...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: April/2018
Splashgirl: Field Day Rituals
Andreas Lønmo Knudsrød | Andreas Stensland Løwe | Jo Berger Myhre
One of the joys of this Norwegian trio's previous album, Pressure, was its minimalist soundscapes that did so much with...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: May/2013
Hiromi: Move
Alex Garnett | Ed Richardson | Leo Richardson | Rick Simpson | Tim Thornton
Although Hiromi's released numerous albums, they’ve nearly all been discrete pieces of work; solo, duets (with mentor Corea) or with...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2019
The Dave Pike Set: Live at the Philharmonie
Dave Pike | Johann Anton Rettenbacher | Peter Baumeister | Volker Kriegel
When Dave Pike first started amplifying his vibraphone in the early-1960s, during his tenure with flautist Herbie Mann, it must...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2010
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