Paul Dunmall: Bright Light A Joyous Celebration

Corey Mwamba | Dave Kane | Hamid Drake | Paul Dunmall | Soweto Kinch | Xhosa Cole

Here’s a line-up to get excited about – and one which probably only Paul Dunmall could succeed in pulling together.One...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2024

Tori Freestone Trio: El Barranco

Dave Manington | Tim Giles | Tori Freestone

The tenor saxophonist Tori Freestone has been making a strong impression in the soloist chair as a member of the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2016

Tori Freestone Trio: El Mar de Nubes

Dave Manington | Tim Giles | Tori Freestone

Tenerife's highlands and sea-of-clouds coastline are spiritual homes for the imaginative British saxophonist Tori Freestone, who took a break there...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2019

Fofoulah: Bene Bop EP

Biram Seck | Dave Smith | Johnny Brierley | Kaw Seck | Matt Calvert | Phil Stevenson | Tom Challenger

The LOOP Collective founder member and drummer Dave Smith has been a dedicated enthusiast of the percussive tradition from Senegal...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2013

Michael Garrick: With The Rendell/Carr Quintet

Dave Green | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Michael Garrick | Trevor Tomkins

It's only after the event that the Rendell/Carr quintet rightly became recognised as one of the UK's most creative groups...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2012

The Bad Plus: Activate Infinity

Dave King | Orrin Evans | Reid Anderson

Few jazz ensembles can be identified as instantaneously as The Bad Plus. There are even fewer that can replace a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Dave Bailey: The Complete 1 & 2 Feet In The Gutter Sessions

Bailey's sextet sessions for Epic were particularly showcases for the late Clark Terry, who stamps his personality indelibly on this...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2015

Phil Netherwitton's Temperature Control: The Sidcup Sessions: Vol. 1

Cliff Purbeck | Dave Satchel | Flip Hickwick | Phil Netherwitton | Richmond Dunckley

“We'd all been listening to stuff like In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew. Then Weather Report came along around...

Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: July/2017

Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Loafer's Hollow

Brandon Seabrook | Dave Taylor | Jon Irabagon | Kevin Shea | Moppa Elliott | Ron Stabinsky | Steven Bernstein

Like the musical lovechild of Billy Jenkins, John Zorn and Frank Zappa, MOPDTK are spunky satirists looking to provide an...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

The Bad Plus and Joshua Redman: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman

Dave King | Ethan Iverson | Joshua Redman | Reid Anderson

If we were to look at the career trajectories of both Redman and Bad Plus, we would see in the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2015