Femi Temowo: Orin Meta
Cultural archetypes dictate that African is almost exclusively hitched to rhythm. While the conjunction makes much sense given the importance...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2011
Brandon Lopez/Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey: No Es La Playa
Brandon Lopez | Ingrid Laubrock | Tom Rainey
This trio collaboration – of long-time partners Ingrid Laubrock and Tom Rainey on saxes and drums, joined by young Puerto...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2022
Charles Mingus: Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection
Compared to the stifling effect of Sony's blanket coverage of Dave Brubeck, their holdings of Mingus are quite modest. Now...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2012
Daniel Freedman: Bamako By Bus
Although those with sharp eyes will have clocked the drummer on stage with Angélique Kidjo of late, he was part...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2012
Perelman/Maneri/Feldman/Hwang: Strings 1
Ivo Perelman | Jason Hwang | Mark Feldman | Mat Maneri
Tenor saxophonist Perelman’s commitment to composing spontaneously and expanding his range of collaborators usually has a specific premise. These two...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2019
Grant Green: Slick! Live at Oil Can Harry's
Once again, hats off to Resonance for their diligent archival research that reaches into places other album researchers fail to...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2018
Steve Lehman: Sélébéyone
Carlos Homs | Damion Reed | Drew Gress | Gaston Bandimic | HPrizm | Maciek Lasserre | Steve Lehman
Although this was officially issued last year it has been hampered by distribution problems. However, any delays reaching the market...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2017
Dafnis Prieto Sextet: Triangles and Circles
Dafnis Prieto is really in a class of his own. A genius in his own right, he's not only a...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2015
Tubby Hayes Big Band: Rumpus – Live In North Finchley, London 1969
It has long been the ambition of many jazz musicians to either lead their own big band or record with...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2015
Bill Evans: Live at Ronnie Scott’s
Bill Evans | Eddie Gomez | Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette's six-month tenure as a member of the Bill Evans Trio – he left to heed the call of...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: December/2020
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