John Dankworth: Zodiac Variations & $1,000,000 Collection
A side-effect of Dankworth’s demise last year is the reissue of more of his long unavailable middle-period work, for instance...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2011
Steve Coleman & Five Elements: Functional Arrhythmias
Anthony Tidd | Jonathan Finlayson | Miles Okazaki | Sean Rickman | Steve Coleman
Every Coleman album has a specific theme or concept and this latest offering is inspired by a subject that is...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2013
Tori Freestone Trio: El Mar de Nubes
Dave Manington | Tim Giles | Tori Freestone
Tenerife's highlands and sea-of-clouds coastline are spiritual homes for the imaginative British saxophonist Tori Freestone, who took a break there...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2019
Wadada Leo Smith/Jamie Saft/Joe Morris/Balasz Pandi: Red Hill
Balazs Pandi | Jamie Saft | Joe Morris | Wadada Leo Smith
One of the great challenges for any free improvising group is balance. Given the democracy of the premise, everybody can...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2014
Joe Harriott & Co: Helter Skelter: Live, Rare & Unreleased 1955-1963
This is an exceptional release comprising entirely of rare Harriott recordings, most previously unreleased. It's an important documentation at three...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2017
Jean Toussaint Allstar 6tet: Live at the Jazz Cafe 091218
Spread across two CDs this is the bulk of an evening gig in London by the Toussaint Sextet last December....
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
Ingrid Laubrock/Kris Davis: Blood Moon
The follow-up to saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock's vigorous Kasumi duo album on Intakt with Japanese piano virtuoso Aki Takase is this...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2020
African Headcharge: My Life In A Hole In The Ground/Drastic Season/Environmental Studies/Off The Beaten Track
Bonjo lyabinghi Noah | Jah Wobble | Skip McDonald
Adrian Sherwood, uber-producer, mixmaster and mastermind of On-U Sound, the label that carved out a significant new chapter in the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2016
GF Fitz-Gerald And Lol Coxhill: The Poppy Seed Affair
Where Coxhill’s credentials need little explication, a hero of free improvisation that he made (and makes) joyously accessible to the...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2011
Rosie Frater-Taylor: Bloom
Lockdown has impacted musicians so many ways, but for Frater-Taylor, while acknowledging the tragedy at the heart of the pandemic,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2021
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