Review of Natacha Atlas: Strange Days

Natacha Atlas: Strange Days

Alcyona Mick | Andy Hamill | Asaf Sirkis | Hayden Powell | Idris Rahman | Ivan Hussey | Joss Stone | Laurie Lowe | Natacha Atlas | Oli Langford

Whirlwind Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Egyptian-British vocalist Natacha Atlas made her mark as the belly-dancing frontwoman of London collective Transglobal Underground nearly 30 years ago,...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Review of Satoko Fujii & Taiko Saito: Underground

Satoko Fujii & Taiko Saito: Underground

Satoko Fujii | Taiko Saito

Libra 202-069

Rating: ★★★★

Throughout the 21st century so far, the brilliant Japanese piano one-off Satoko Fujii has been prolific, creatively consistent, and fearless...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2022

Review of Kala Ramnath & Ty Burhoe: Samay Chakra

Kala Ramnath & Ty Burhoe: Samay Chakra

Kala Ramnath | Ty Burhoe

Tala Records

Rating: ★★★★

These two musicians have in common the fact that the courses of both their musical lives have been profoundly affected...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: May/2014

Review of Grateful Dead: 30 Trips Around The Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965-1995

Grateful Dead: 30 Trips Around The Sun: The Definitive Live Story 1965-1995

Bill Kreutzmann | Bob Weir | Brent Mydland | Donna Jean Godchaux | Jerry Garcia | Keith Godchaux | Mickey Hart | Phil Lesh | Ron ‘Pigpen’ McKernan | Tom Constanten

Rhino

Rating: ★★★★

The surviving original members of the Grateful Dead may have officially put the band to bed this past summer with...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Review of Boris Kozlov: Conversations At The Well

Boris Kozlov: Conversations At The Well

Boris Kozlov | David Gilmore | Rudy Royston

Criss Cross Jazz

Rating: ★★★★

What a lovely title for a cracking set of covers reinterpreted with imagination and passion by a tight-knit, technically adroit...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2016

Review of Arturo O'Farrill: Dreaming In Lions

Arturo O'Farrill: Dreaming In Lions

Adam O’Farrill | Alejandro Aviles | Alison Deane | Arturo O’Farrill | Carlos Maldonado | Rafi Malkiel | Rodriguez Platiau | Travis Reuter | Victor Pablo Garcia Gaetan | Vince Cherico

Blue Note Records

Rating: ★★★★

It feels like Arturo O'Farrill's Blue Note debut has been a long time coming - the Cuban-descended New York pianist,...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Review of Wynton Marsalis: Swingin' Into The 21st Century

Wynton Marsalis: Swingin' Into The 21st Century

Danilo Pérez | Eric Lewis | Eric Reed | Herlin Riley | Marcus Roberts | other Jazz At Lincoln Center orchestra members and Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center | Reginald Veal | Rodney Whitaker | Russell Malone | Ted Nash

Sony/Legacy Box Set

Rating: ★★★★

This summary of the trumpeter’s prodigious output in a short period of time (between 1999 and 2002), makes for a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2013

Review of David Weiss and Point Of Departure: Snuck Out

David Weiss and Point Of Departure: Snuck Out

David Weiss | Jamire Williams | JD Allen | Matt Clohesy | Nir Felder

Sunnyside SSC

Rating: ★★★★

It's about time that trumpeter David Weiss received more recognition in this country. His playing apart, he's always coming up...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2012

Review of Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs, Dave Balen: Higher Deeper

Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs, Dave Balen: Higher Deeper

Dave Balen | Paul Dunmall | Philip Gibbs

Winged Heart Records (CD)

Rating: ★★★

Saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Paul Dunmall has chalked up over a century of albums since his first session as a leader...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2020

Review of John Aram & The United Underground Orchestra: Rhapsody in Red

John Aram & The United Underground Orchestra: Rhapsody in Red

Amy Keys | Arthur Hnatek | Graeme Blevins | Jeff Baud | Joe Locke | John Aram | Matthias Tschopp | Phil Donkin | Rob Luft | Tim Garland

Self-release

Rating: ★★★

This project's origins, steered by Swiss-resident UK trombonist and bandleader John Aram, lie in saxophonist/composer and former Chick Corea sideman...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2022

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