David Ake: Humanities
Ben Monder | David Ake | Drew Gress | Mark Ferber | Ralph Alessi
Ooh, I'm really feeling that guitar solo from Ben Monder on ‘Groundwork’! The rest of the group make themselves busy...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2018
David Sancious and Tone: True Stories/Just As I Thought
The precociously talented Sancious is probably best known for his teen years in the early Springsteen bands; when he went...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2017
Doug Carn, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Adrian Younge: Doug Carn JID5
Adrian Younge | Ali Shaheed Muhammad | Doug Carn | Malachi Morehead | Shai Golan | Zach Ramacier
Producers Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad (of A Tribe Called Quest) have released some excellent albums in the past...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: February/2021
Andrew Cyrille Quartet: The News
David Virelles | Andrew Cyrille | Ben Street | Bill Frisell
This album challenges perceptions and assumptions in many ways. Drummer-composer Andrew Cyrille may be seen first and foremost as an...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2021
Misha Tsiganov: Spring Feelings
Alex Sipiagin | Donald Edwards | Hans Glawschnig | Misha Tsiganov | Seamus Blake
Crisp cymbals, creamy mid-tempos and tight and tricky arrangements make this CD several cuts above the average post-Messengers modern jazz...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2016
Dee Dee Bridgewater: Memphis…Yes I'm Ready
Following her magnificent love letter to New Orleans (2015’s Dee Dee’s Feather’s), the inimitable NEA Jazz Master, vocalist, producer and...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018
Full Blast: Risc
Marino Pliakas | Michael Wertmüller | Peter Brötzmann
If Peter Brötzmann has been showing something of a lyrical sweet-tooth in recent times – such as in his duet...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2016
Secret Sessions: Hoop
Paul Booth likes to set a challenge: the Secret Sessions are based on the precept that no-one knows who they...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Hannah Horton: Inside Out
Hannah Horton | Ian Shaw | John Crawford | Nic France | Rob Statham
Rising sax star Hannah Horton has performed alongside the likes of Amy Winehouse, Tina May, John Etheridge and, at the...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2021
Bob Berg: New Birth
Al Foster | Bob Berg | Cedar Walton | Mike Richmond | Sam Figueroa | Tom Harrell
Bob Berg died in a traffic accident in 2002; he was 51. The shorthand view is that he was a...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: June/2016
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