Equal Spirits: Wise and Waiting
A decade ago, trombonist/composer Raph Clarkson was a key figure in the charismatic, wackily eclectic, nu-funk UK ensemble World Service...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2024
Johnny Lytle: The Loop
Johnny Lytle remains a relatively unheralded figure in the jazz vibraphone pantheon but on the strength of these two fine...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2024
Miles Davis: Miles ’54: The Prestige Recordings
Apart from six Blue Note sides that were recorded just a few days earlier than the first session here, this...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/2024
Antonio Faraò: Tributes
Antonio Faraò | Jeff Ballard | John Patitucci
Antonio Faraò is not messing about: this album of trio performances leaps right in with the gospelly/modernist intro of the...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: September/2024
Charles Mingus: In Session – Mingus Fingus
Jasmine’s illuminating overview of Mingus’ studio life covers it from its earliest beginnings in Los Angeles to his late-period encounter...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2024
Ese & The Vooduu People: Is This Jazz?
So, is it jazz? Gershwin’s ‘Summertime’ is on Is This Jazz?, and George Benson’s ‘On Broadway’ too. But never have...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: February/2025
Dave Holland & Lionel Loueke: United Vol 1
Bass legend Dave Holland recalls that the spark for this beautiful dialogue with the Benin-born guitarist/vocalist Lionel Loueke sprang from...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2025
Otto Kintet: Wildernis
Daniel Jonkers | Jeroen Capens | Lukas Somers | Martin Salemi | Otto Kint
According to his press blurb, Belgian bassist Kint has moved between genres during his playing career, taking in influences from...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2025
Paul Horn: In India/Cosmic Consciousness – Paul Horn In Kashmir
It is interesting that even before the vocals kick in on this double album’s track ‘Arti (Prayer Song)’ – the...
Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: October/2013
Count Basie & His Orchestra: Afrique
Count Basie’s autobiography didn’t think Afrique worth mentioning, despite its bolt-from-the-blue Pharoah Sanders and Albert Ayler covers, under the baton...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: November/2021
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