Trish Clowes: Pocket Compass
André de Ridder | Calum Gourlay | Chris Montague | Gwilym Simcock | James Maddren | Trish Clowes
The release of 30-year-old Shropshire-born saxophonist and composer Trish Clowes' third CD Pocket Compass comes at the climax of a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014
Nicolas Meier World Group: Magnificent
Demi Garcia Sabat | Kevin Glasgow | Nicolas Meier | Richard Jones
Magnificent? Perhaps. But sumptuous, certainly. Containing no fewer than 3 CDs, Magnificent captures Meier’s work not only during lockdown but...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Craig Taborn: Chants
Craig Taborn | Gerald Cleaver | Thomas Morgan
Lost as it may be in the bottomless pit of early millennial recordings, Taborn's Light Made Lighter is one of...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2013
David Sylvian: Blemish
David Sylvian's journey from pretty pop idol to the outer reaches of the avant-garde is equalled by few other musicians:...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2022
Miles Davis Quintet: Live In Rome & Copenhagen 1969
Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | Miles Davis | Wayne Shorter
1969 and Miles Davis was dancing to a different drum. Having completed recordings that ultimately became In A Silent Way,...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2010
Eddie Prévost & Ken Ikeda: The Whole Moon Rests In A Dewdrop On The Grass
Eddie Prévost was, of course, a key figure in the birth of European improv: a young drummer working the London...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Kayhan Kalhor and Erdal Erzincan: Kula Kulluk Yakisir Mi
Erdal Erzincan | Kayhan Kalhor
“How unseemly it is to follow anyone slavishly,” is ECM's press release's free (one suspects) translation for the title track....
Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014
Keith Tippett, Paul Dunmall, Philip Gibbs, Pete Fairclough: Onosante
Keith Tippett | Paul Dunmall | Pete Fairclough | Philip Gibbs
This improvised gem, released in 2000 as a limited edition on Paul Dunmall's Duns label, resurfaces as the first of...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: May/2021
Sam Braysher with Michael Kanan: Golden Earrings
You're far likelier these days to find the ex-Guildhall young pianist Sam Braysher's version of jazz played in a hotel...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017
Andy Bey: The World According To Andy Bey
Although his profile is by no means commensurate with his talent, the 73 year-old continues to make music that assures...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2013
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