Marc Ribot: Songs of Resistance 1942-2018
Trump is beyond satire and shame, making artistic opposition seem hopeless. Social media’s intimate propaganda walls up minds that might...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Feb/2019
Alexander Hawkins Mirror Canon: Break A Vase
Two enormously productive UK musicians, Hawkins and Hutchings, join together (alongside bass hotshot Neil Charles, aka Ben Marc) for this...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: June/2022
Ahmad Jamal: Four Classic Albums
Ahmad Jamal | Israel Crosby | Joe Kennedy | Ray Crawford | Vernell Fournier | Walter Perkins
This set of four reissued LPs is predominantly the work of Jamal’s earliest Chicago-based group, the Three Strings, with Crawford...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2023
Sonny Clark: The Complete Sonny Clark Blue Note Sessions
The short-lived pianistic genius that was Sonny Clark (1931-63) is perhaps better known for the sessions he made with other...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2023
Woody Shaw: Blackstone Legacy
Bennie Maupin | Clint Houston | Gary Bartz | George Cables | Lenny White | Ron Carter | Woody Shaw
In many ways, Blackstone Legacy, Woody Shaw’s debut release [In The Beginnng, recorded in 1965, wasn’t issued until 1983], is...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2023
Eric Alexander: Alto Saxophone with Strings
Bill Dobbins | David Hazeltine | Eric Alexander | Joe Farnsworth | John Webber
Eric Alexander recorded his first ‘with strings’ album just over a decade ago, although it wasn't finally released until the...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2023
Hank Jones: Solo and With His Own Bands 1947-59
Perhaps not so celebrated in his own right as his brothers Thad and Elvin, and (in his own opinion) not...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2024
Nye Banfield: Trails And Traces
Ewan Moore | Hamish Nockles-Moore | Mark Kavuma | Nye Banfield | Rupert Cox | Wilf Diamond
Nye Banfield is a young London-based tenor player with a big sound - full voiced and declamatory with an attractive...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: April/2024
The Count Basie Orchestra: Basie Swings the Blues
CBO Band Director Scotty Barnhart made the thank-you speech when the Blues Foundation’s inducted Count Basie into their Blues Hall...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2024
Gary Husband: Songs of Love and Solace
A highly promising classical pianist in his youth, Husband’s teacher hurled his beloved (vinyl) copy of Bill Evans’ Live at...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2024
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