The Code Quartet: Genealogy
As the notes accompanying Genealogy put it, the album “builds on the freedom of expression pioneered by Ornette Coleman's seminal...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2021
Stoop Quintet: Confession
Alex Munk | Dave Smyth | Flo Moore | Jonathan Brigg | Sam Miles
Threads Orchestra, one of Troyka bandmates Kit Downes’ and Chris Montague's tangled career branches, have close ties to the University...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2016
Ben Crosland Quintet: The Ray Davies Songbook Volume II
Ben Crosland | Dave O'Higgins | John Etheridge | Sebastiaan de Krom | Steve Lodder
All respect to Crosland for pursuing his love for Ray (and Dave) Davies with this second splendid volume celebrating their...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2019
Various Artists: All Night Long OST
Originally released on CD in 2004, the 1960s soundtrack CD specialist label Harkit reissue this British jazz soundtrack: a fascinating...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
WorldService Project: Fire in a Pet Shop
Conor Chaplin | Dave Morecroft | Neil Blandford | Raphael Clarkson | Tim Ower
London quintet WorldService Project’s debut album proper makes good on the promise shown by the handful of EPs they’ve already...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2013
Anaïs Reno: At PizzaExpress Live - In London
Anaïs Reno | Dave Green | Josh Morrison | Pete Malinverni
As anyone who heard Swiss-born, NYC-based vocalist Anaïs Reno’s debut album, Lovesome Thing, will know, her musicality at the age...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2024
Jamie Saft Quartet: Hidden Corners
Bradley Christopher Jones | Dave Liebman | Hamid Drake | Jamie Saft
Since he began his relationship with RareNoiseRecords, Jamie Saft has come up with a series of well crafted, conceptually original...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2019
WorldService Project: Serve
Arthur O'Hara | Dave Morecroft | Harry Pope | Raphael Clarkson | Tim Ower
Co-produced by Liran Donin of punk-jazz fellow-travellers Led Bib, WorldService Project's fourth album is concerned with psychology and politics as...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2018
Album Interview: Ian Shaw & Tony Kofi: An Adventurous Dream - The Music Of Billy Strayhorn And Duke Ellington (At Pizza
Barry Green | Dave Green | Ian Shaw | Tony Kofi
It’s fascinating to compare this powerful collaboration, and it is a real double header with Kofi and Shaw sharing credits,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2024
Joe Farrell: Penny Arcade/Upon This Rock/Canned Funk
When Corea replaced Joe Farrell in Return to Forever with Bill Connors’ rock-angled guitar, it changed not only jazz (fusion)...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
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