Review of Femi Temowo: Orin Meta

Femi Temowo: Orin Meta

Temowo

Femitone Records

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Brandon Lopez/Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey: No Es La Playa

Brandon Lopez/Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey: No Es La Playa

Brandon Lopez | Ingrid Laubrock | Tom Rainey

Intakt CD

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Charles Mingus: Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection

Charles Mingus: Complete Columbia & RCA Albums Collection

Bobby Jones | Booker Ervin | Charles McPherson | Charles Mingus | Clarence Shaw | Dannie Richmond | Don Ellis | George Adams | Gunther Schuller | Horace Parlan

Sony Legacy

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Daniel Freedman: Bamako By Bus

Daniel Freedman: Bamako By Bus

Abraham Rodriguez | Avishai Cohen | Daniel Freedman | Davi Viera | Jason Lindner | Lionel Loueke | Mark Turner | Mauro Refosco | Meshell Ndegeocello | Omer Avital

Anzic

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Perelman/Maneri/Feldman/Hwang: Strings 1

Perelman/Maneri/Feldman/Hwang: Strings 1

Ivo Perelman | Jason Hwang | Mark Feldman | Mat Maneri

Leo

Rating: ★★

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

Review of Grant Green: Slick! Live at Oil Can Harry's

Grant Green: Slick! Live at Oil Can Harry's

Barney Kessel | Billy Wilson | Clarence Palmer | Claude Bartee | Don Lamond | Emmanuel Riggins | Gerald Izzard | Grant Green | Greg ‘Vibrations’ Williams | Larry Ridley

Resonance

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Steve Lehman: Sélébéyone

Steve Lehman: Sélébéyone

Carlos Homs | Damion Reed | Drew Gress | Gaston Bandimic | HPrizm | Maciek Lasserre | Steve Lehman

Pi

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Dafnis Prieto Sextet: Triangles and Circles

Dafnis Prieto Sextet: Triangles and Circles

Dafnis Prieto | Felipe Lamoglia | Johannes Weidenmueller | Manuel Valera | Mike Rodriguez | Peter Apfelbaum

Dafnison Music

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Tubby Hayes Big Band: Rumpus – Live In North Finchley, London 1969

Tubby Hayes Big Band: Rumpus – Live In North Finchley, London 1969

Bill Geldard | Brian Smith | David Horler | Greg Bowen | Harry Klein | Ian Hamer | Keith Christie | Kenny Wheeler | Les Condon | Louis Stewart

Editor's Choice

Savage Solweig

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Bill Evans: Live at Ronnie Scott’s

Bill Evans: Live at Ronnie Scott’s

Bill Evans | Eddie Gomez | Jack DeJohnette

Resonance

Rating: ★★★★

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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