Review of Out of Necessity…: Paul Taylor: Via

Out of Necessity…: Paul Taylor: Via

Paul Taylor

New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings

Rating: ★★★

The fourth edition of the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music was set to run in October 2020 until...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2021

Review of Out of Necessity…: Laura Toxværd with Jacob Anderskov and Maria Faust: Calling – Graphic Notation in 3 Parts

Out of Necessity…: Laura Toxværd with Jacob Anderskov and Maria Faust: Calling – Graphic Notation in 3 Parts

Jacob Anderskov | Laura Toxværd | Maria Faust

New Jazz and Improvised Music Recordings

Rating: ★★★

The fourth edition of the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music was set to run in October 2020 until...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2021

Review of Monty Alexander: The Montreux Years

Monty Alexander: The Montreux Years

Andy Bassford | Carlton Messam | Dwight Dawes | Ed Thigpen | Ernest Ranglin | Hassan Shakur | Ira Coleman | Jason Brown | Karl Wright | Leon Duncan

Editor's Choice

BMG

Rating: ★★★★

Opening with a stunning 1995 solo performance of Alexander's original ‘The Serpent’, there's immediately no doubt that this latest Montreux...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2023

Review of Siobhan Lamb: Meditations

Siobhan Lamb: Meditations

Andrew Fuller | Anne Morphee | Barak Schmool | Children's Choir | Christopher Macklin | Clare Finnimore | Gerard Presencer | Gregory Warren Wilson | Hugh Webb | Mary E. Larew

Proprius Naxos

Rating: ★★★

Classically trained flautist and composer Siobhan Lamb clearly enjoys mixing her sources and inspirations, as is demonstrated in these two...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2012

Review of Album Interview: Christian McBride Big Band: Bringin' It

Album Interview: Christian McBride Big Band: Bringin' It

Brandee Younger | Brandon Lee | Carl Marachi | Christian McBride | Dan Pratt | Douglas Purviance | Frank Greene | Freddie Hendrix | James Burton | Joe McDonough

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

Christian McBride has an ebullient character – it bursts from his double-bass and it expands naturally to his writing and...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: October/2017

Review of Eric Bibb: Dear America

Eric Bibb: Dear America

Andre De Lang | Big Daddy Wilson | Billy branch | Christer Vandola | Chuck Campbell | Eric Bibb | Eric Galesk | Glen Scott | Lisa Mills | Ron Carter

Editor's Choice

Provogue/Mascot

Rating: ★★★★

Eric Bibb’s Godfather, Paul Robeson, would say ‘As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2021

Review of Various Artists: The Savory Collection 1935-1940

Various Artists: The Savory Collection 1935-1940

Albert Ammons | Benny Carter | Bobby Hackett | Carl Kress | Chick Webb | Coleman Hawkins | Count Basie | Ella Fitzgerald | Ernie Caceres | Fats Waller

Mosaic

Rating: ★★★★

This meaty compilation takes its name from the recordist Bill Savory who, before becoming a professional engineer, was active from...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2018

Review of Asha Parkinson's Kalpadruma: Possession

Asha Parkinson's Kalpadruma: Possession

Abbie Davis | Alex Taylor | Alex Wilson | Andrew Liddell | Asha Parkinson | Charlie Heywood | Chloe Meade | Christie Smith | Cubby Howard | Gareth Lockrane

Ubuntu Music

Rating: ★★★

If Onwards was a striking debut from Parkinson, then Possession marks a deepening of her skills as an arranger and...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2024

Review of Album Interview: Christian McBride: The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait Of Four Icons

Album Interview: Christian McBride: The Movement Revisited: A Musical Portrait Of Four Icons

Carl Maraghi | Christian McBride | Daryl Shaw | Doug Purviance | Frank Greene | Freddie Hendrix | Geoffrey Keezer | James Burton | Lew Soloff | Loren Schoenberg

Editor's Choice

Mack Avenue

Rating: ★★★★

A great contemporary bassist, McBride has also become an important educator and advocate for both the artform and African-American culture...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2020

Review of Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80: From Africa With Fury: Rise

Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80: From Africa With Fury: Rise

Ajayi Rami | Bidemi Adebiyi Adelkunle | Brian Eno | David Obayendo | Gbade Okunade | Gbenga Alade | John Reynolds | Julian Wilson | Justin Adams | Kola Onasanya

Because Music Because

Rating: ★★★★

The second album by the youngest son of Afrobeat Zeus Fela Anikulapo Kuti captures all the fire and adrenalin of...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2011

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