Sam Rivers Trio: Sam Rivers Archive Project Vol.1: Emanation
Cecil McBee | Norman Connors | Sam Rivers
Sam Rivers' brief tenure in Miles Davis' 1964 quintet should be more than a footnote in jazz history. It is...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2019
Mário Laginha/Julian Argüelles/Helge Norbakken: 20 Anos de Jazz no Parque
Helge Norbakken | Julian Argüelles | Mário Laginha
This recording comes live from the lush green surroundings of the Jazz in the Park festival in Fundação Serralves, Porto....
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012
Ronnie Smith Trio: Illusions
I knew nothing of Smith until this self-issued double-CD arrived and I don't know a lot more now. It turns...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2014
Espen Berg: The Trondheim Concert
Some artists have a calling, and although Espen Berg has not said as much, he has naturally gravitated towards solo...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2022
The E.J. Strickland Quintet: Warriors For Peace
E.J. Strickland | Godwin Louis | Josh Ginsburg | Jure Pukl | Taber Gable | Ulrich Edorh
Not so long ago, the Strickland twins seemed to be on loads of recordings. They even had their own label....
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Feb/2019
Jason Yarde/Oli Hayhurst/Eddie Prévost: Meetings With Remarkable Saxophonists – Volume 3
Eddie Prévost | Jason Yarde | Oli Hayhurst
As the great drummer Prévost says in his liner notes, “the ‘trick (the aesthetic impetus) must surely be to create...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2013
Thumbscrew: The Anthony Braxton Project
For their fifth album, experimental music trio Thumbscrew were invited to explore the vast Anthony Braxton archive that is stored...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: October/2020
Byron Wallen: Black Flag
The polymathic UK trumpeter and composer Byron Wallen has been walking a creative line between classic-jazz virtuosity and global conceptual...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
Mark Turner: Lathe Of Heaven
Avishai Cohen | Joe Martin | Marcus Gilmore | Mark Turner
There may be a great divide between uptempo anthem and downtempo ballad in jazz, but over time many have bridged...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2014
Richard X Bennett: rbx3
Check out Richard X Bennett's website and his eclectic dress sense: it immediately tells you this is an exuberant personality....
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: July/2021
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