Sun Ra Arkestra: Swirling
Since becoming the musical director of Sun Ra's Arkestra in 1993, long standing member Marshall Allen has diligently orbited Ra's...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: December/2020
Ingrid Laubrock: Dreamt Twice, Twice Dreamt: Music For Chamber Orchestra and Small Ensemble
Ingrid Laubrock, the German-born, New York-based saxophonist and composer, set out a new marker for the lively relationship between contemporary...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: April/2021
Pat Martino Quartet: Undeniable — Live at Blues Alley
Eric Alexander | Jeff “Tain” Watts | Pat Martino | Tony Monaco
Fifty years ago, when he was a skinny, hollow-cheeked 17-year-old newcomer in Willis “Gator Tail” Jackson's Harlem-based combo, Pat Martino...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
Houston Person: I'm Just A Lucky So And So
Eddie Allen | Houston Person | Kenny Washington | Lafayette Harris | Matthew Parish | Rodney Jones
Person, arguably the last of the big-toned tenors and now aged 84, has always been his own man. Self-managed and...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2019
Empirical: Like Lambs EP
Lewis Wright | Nathaniel Facey | Shaney Forbes | Tom Farmer
Empirical is a kindred quartet that equally values both tradition and exploration, and the current line-up has been dedicating themselves...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2022
Dexter Gordon: The Complete Columbia Albums
This seven-CD set has to be top value for Dexter Gordon fans, especially those who particularly value the mellow autumn...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: June/2013
Redman/Mehldau/McBride/Blade: RoundAgain
Brad Mehldau | Brian Blade | Christian McBride | Joshua Redman
What could be the first supergroup of the post-pandemic era is actually the reincarnation of Joshua Redman's original mid-1990s quartet....
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2020
Anton Eger: Æ
When witnessing ‘live’ the high flying international piano trio Phronesis, it’s the Oslo-born drummer Anton Eger who most catches your...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2019
JD Allen: Americana Vol 2
Charlie Hunter | Gregg August | J.D Allen | Rudy Royston
Since Detroit-born tenorist JD Allen's solo recording debut in 1999, this unobtrusively fine musician has figured in DownBeat Critics' Polls,...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
TONUS: Cagean Morphology
As the name of his New Wave Of Jazz CD label suggests, Belgian guitarist Dirk Serries has, in recent years,...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2018
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