William Parker: Wood Flute Songs: Anthology/Live 2006-2012
Bassist William Parker is best – and rightly – known as a monumental pillar of the global free-jazz community, but...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2014
Nina Simone: Four Classic Albums
It’s remarkable to think that vocalist, pianist and composer Nina Simone was just 26 years of age when she stepped...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2020
The Matt Wates Sextet: Ballad For Steve
Andy Panayi | Leon Greening | Malcolm Creese | Martin Shaw | Matt Home | Matt Wates
Time was when Wates issued new sextet albums at a steady rate, starting as far back as 1993. Latterly the...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2023
Elephant9: Mythical River
Nikolai Hængsle | Ståle Storløkken | Torstein Lofthus
Elephant9 have been presenting their freshly invigorating contemporary spin on the Hammond B3-led ensemble tradition ever since emerging amid a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2024
Kenny Garrett & Svoy: Who Killed AI?
One of the significant exponents of the alto saxophone in the 1990s and 2000s, Kenny Garrett has long taken an...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2024
Trish Clowes & Ross Stanley: Journey to Where
In effect a trio album: the Wigmore Hall plays its own part alongside Clowes and Stanley as they explore the...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2024
Gregory Porter: Christmas Wish
With deluxe string/harp arrangements, some ingenious song choices including Marvin Gaye’s trippy ‘Purple Snowflakes’, the Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne-penned ‘Christmas Waltz’...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Nicole McCabe: Mosaic
Another month, another fast-rising US West Coast name emerges and starts making waves, here in the form of Los Angeles...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: August/2024
Ken Peplowski: Live at Mezzrow
Ken Peplowski | Martin Wind | Ted Rosenthal | Willie Jones III
Peplowski’s health broke down during the Covid period, knocking him for six physically and financially. Now, he’s back, not quite...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2024
Phil Haynes’ 4 Horns & What?: The Complete American Recordings
Not a name that immediately springs to mind when recalling the 1980s-to-early-90s New York Downtown scene, drummer-percussionist-composer Phil Haynes was...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2024
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