Machito and his Afro Cuban Salseros: Mucho Macho
Machito was two years into a residency at La Conga Club in midtown Manhattan in May 1943, when he was...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2020
Stan Getz: Complete Columbia Albums Collection
It’s debatable whether you’d need to buy Getz’s Columbia albums until after you’ve acquired his output for all the other...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2013
Ishmael Ensemble: Visions Of Light
Pete Cunningham's urban big band emerge from their Bristol habitat with a follow up to their highly acclaimed 2019 debut....
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: September/2021
Eddie Prévost/John Edwards/N.O. Moore: Darkened, Yet Shone
Eddie Prévost | John Edwards | N.O. Moore
Eddie Prévost was, of course, a key figure in the birth of European improv: a young drummer working the London...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Don Ellis: New Ideas
Bill Crow | Charlie Persip | Don Ellis | Hall Overton | Jaki Byard | Ron Carter | Zoot Sims
Ellis' early career had a not unusual trajectory, from his sideman work with Maynard Ferguson to experimental small-group work under...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2012
Sonny Sharrock: Ask The Ages
Charnett Mofett | Elvin Jones | Pharoah Sanders | Sonny Sharrock
Recorded in 1991, Ask The Ages was the last album of Sharrock's to be released before his premature death from...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2019
Satoko Fujii/This Is It!: Mosaic
Natsuki Tamura | Satoko Fujii | Takashi Itani
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
Billy Jenkins: Death, Ritual and Resonation
Like Leadbelly's 12-string or Blind Willie Johnson's knifed slide, Jenkins has found his voice in the low strung guitar. Not...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2015
The New Jazz Orchestra: Dejeuner Sur L'Herbe
To those in the know this band has long been regarded as one of the best, if not the best...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2015
Burton/McPherson Trio ft Dezron Douglas: The Summit Rock Session at Seneca Village
Abraham Burton | Dezron Douglas | Eric McPherson
Jimmy and Dena Katz founded the Giant Steps Arts label in January 2018 to live– record New York’s finest. A...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2022
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