Eric Bibb: Dear America
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
Various Artists: The Savory Collection 1935-1940
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
Asha Parkinson's Kalpadruma: Possession
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
Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80: From Africa With Fury: Rise
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
Ron Carter: Ron Carter’s Great Big Band
Released in time for his 75th birthday in May, this initially seems a surprising entry from the always adventurous Carter....
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2012
Raul De Souza: 3 Classic Albums: Sweet Lucy/Til Tomorrow Comes/Don't Ask My Neighbours
A highly respected figure in his native Brazil, the late trombonist Raul De Souza will most likely be on the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2023
Maria Schneider Orchestra: The Thompson Fields
This programmatic set of eight original compositions by Maria Schneider, evoking her childhood and early adolescent memories of the middle...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2015
Earl Hines: Classic Earl Hines Sessions 1928-1945
When I was putting together a Radio 3 Jazz Library profile of Earl Hines, I discovered that since the demise...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014
Grover Washington Jr: Sacred Kind Of Love: The Columbia Recordings
Even his most staunch defenders may well concede that, post- Winelight, the revered Philadelphia saxophonist has been in something of...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2019
Tony Coe: Zeitgeist
Recorded in 1976, the year punk broke in a burst of pomposity-pricking primitivism, this Brit-jazz rarity had the nerve to...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2016
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