Bach Jazz
Emil Carlsson Rinstad | Magnus Bergström | Ola Winkler
Although one of the earliest Jazz-and-Bach compositions was Welshman Alec Templeton’s ‘Bach Goes To Town,’ an arrangement that was picked...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/2024
Frank Wright: Blues For Albert Ayler
Benny Wilson | Frank Wright | James Blood Ulmer | Rashied Ali
A fitting homage to Albert Ayler, this performance reaches boiling point at an early stage. The combination of Wright's hearty,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2012
Arild Andersen/the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra/Tommy Smith: Celebration
Arild Andersen | Scottish National Jazz Orchestra | Tommy Smith
Bassist Arild Andersen's critically acclaimed trio with Tommy Smith on saxophone has toured extensively and recorded for ECM – Live...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2012
John Scofield: Combo 66
Bill Stewart | Gerald Clayton | John Scofield | Vicente Archer
This set of all-new John Scofield originals celebrates the Grammygathering guitarist's 66th birthday – but if his senior citizenship inclines...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2018
Henry Spencer: The Defector
Andrew Robb | Ant Law | David Ingamells | Henry Spencer | Matt Robinson
Henry Spencer has ploughed his own furrow, at once thoroughly connected with, and set apart from, the rest of the...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: October/2023
Spirit: It Shall Be: The Ode & Epic Recordings 1968-1972
Originally called Spirits Rebellious, after a book of short stories by Lebanese-American writer Khalil Gibran, this phenomenal 1960s US psychedelic...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: April/2018
Magnus Bakken Quartet featuring George Garzone: Cycles
Christian Meaas Svendsen | George Garzone | Jon Audun Baar | Jørn Ølen | Magnus Bakken
Norwegian saxophonist Bakken spent four years at Berklee, where Garzone was one of his teachers, and this debut album neatly...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: March/2016
Petter Eldh’s Koma Saxo: Koma West
The Swedish Berlin-based Petter Eldh is as inventive as he is prolific. He’s a genre-busting adventurer, more known as a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2022
Barney Kessel: The Contemporary Years – Selected Recordings 1953-57
Kessel’s Contemporary albums have often been reissued, what with an earlier series on Original Jazz Classics, and then a pair...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2024
David Sylvian: Blemish
David Sylvian's journey from pretty pop idol to the outer reaches of the avant-garde is equalled by few other musicians:...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2022
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