Abbey Lincoln: Straightahead
This is one of the great political and cultural statements made by African-Americans during the civil rights era. Apart from...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2012
Ralph Bowen: Standard Deviation
Bill O'Connell | Donald Edwards | Kenny Davis | Ralph Bowen
One-time OTB (Out of the Blue) member and now a highly respected Professor at Rutgers University, Ralph Bowen (like Jerry...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2014
Slax MacFarlane and His Festive Five: Deck the Halls with Boughs of Bebop
Boomer Haswell | Delmore Anderson | Lennie Crivelli | Ross Niedermeyer | Slax MacFarlane
New York session trumpeter Slax MacFarlane threw together this five-piece combo to cash-in on the Yuletide hullabaloo of 1972. And,...
Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018
Now Vs. Now: The Buffering Cocoon
Jason Lindner | Justin Tyson | Natasha Diggs | Panagiotis Andreou | Sasha Masakowski | Steve Wall
Jason Lindner's two-decade evolution from brainiac NYC keyboardist to synth lord has been fascinating to witness, not least as his...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: October/2018
Rahsaan Roland Kirk & The Vibration Society: Rahsaan, Rahsaan
Like Dolphy, Kirk is one of the great multi-instrumentalists in jazz history. Unlike Dolphy, he is also one of the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2014
Jaco Pastorius: Anthology – The Warner Bros Years
Barely a year passes without another, often worthwhile, appreciation or tribute appearing to the intense musical genius that was bassist...
Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: February/2015
John Coltrane/Eric Dolphy: Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy
Elvin Jones | Eric Dolphy | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Reggie Workman
There have been some fascinating, and absorbing, discoveries of previously unissued Coltrane material culled from a variety of sources, but...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2023
Richard Jones Trio: Angle Shades
Johnny Hunter | Joshua Cavanagh-Brierley | Richard Jones
The opening moments of this debut recording from a young Mancunian acoustic piano trio sound almost accidental, like walking in...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: June/2023
Bokanté: History
Bokanté began as a studio project centred around the collaboration between Guadeloupian singer/songwriter Malika Tirolien and Snarky Puppy bass player...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: July/2023
Courtney Pine: Journey To The Urge Within
It may be hard, in 2023, to gauge the pressure Courtney Pine was under when he made this debut almost...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/January/2023/2024
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