Jihye Lee Orchestra: April
Alan Chase | Greg Hopkins | Jihye Lee | Mark Walker | Rick Stepton
With April and The Manhattan EP we have snapshot of the current Boston/New York contemporary big band scene. April, funded...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2017
Pharoah Sanders: Pharoah
This long-out-of-print (and oft-bootlegged) jewel from US saxophonist and composer Pharoah Sanders is a record that has attained legendary status...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: October/2023
Arve Henriksen/Harmen Fraanje: Touch of Time
Arve Henriksen | Harmen Fraanje
Though most associated with Rune Grammofon, and with a long career spanning Supersilent’s flaming prog improv, orchestral work and Jan...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2024
Ivo Perelman: Messa Di Voce
Fay Victor | Iva Bittová | Ivo Perelman | Joe Morris | Michael Bisio | Nate Wooley | Ramon Lopez
Prolific a recording artist as he is, saxophonist Ivo Perelman has formed a fairly tight circle of collaborators over the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2025
Album Interview: Kit Downes & Tom Challenger: Vyamanikal
The idea of a ‘genius loci’, or spirit of place, permeates these recordings of church organ, saxophone and indomitable avian...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: August/2016
John Coltrane: A Love Supreme: The Complete Masters
Archie Shepp | Art Davis | Elvin Jones | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner
On 9 December 1964, Coltrane and his ‘Classic Quartet’ recorded A Love Supreme, which was certified Gold in 2001 for...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016
Tim Garland: One
Ant Law | Asaf Sirkis | Dionne Bennett | Hossam Ramzy | Jason Rebello | Tim Garland
A new group and a new beginning for Tim Garland in what is the finest album by a British jazz...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2016
Album Interview: Arun Ghosh: A South Asian Suite
A South Asian Suite is only the third release under Arun Ghosh’s name since Northern Namaste (2008). Originally commissioned by...
Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: November/2013
Tommy Dorsey Orchestra: The Hits Collection – 1935-58
It’s best first to consider the subtext here. As the strapline has it, these are the Dorsey band’s hits, running...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2022
David Amram: Classic American Film Scores 1956-2016
This 5CD box packs in an enthrallingly diverse selection of musical polymath extraordinaire David Amram’s compositions and recordings, which tellingly...
Reviewed by Michael Horovitz in issue: March/2016
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