Darcy James Argue's Secret Society: Dynamic Maximum Tension

Adam Birnbaum | Darcy James Argue | Ingrid Jensen | Jacob Garchik | John Ellis | Matt Clohesy | Matt Holman | Sam Sadigursky | Sebastian Noelle

Secret Society, says the sleeve notes, make music that is topical and unabashedly political. Well, thank goodness someone is. Railing...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2023

Walter Bishop Jnr’s 4th Cycle: Keeper Of My Soul

Bahir Hassan | Gerald Brown | Ronnie Laws | Shakur M Abdulla | Walter Bishop | Woody Murray

Held in high regard in collectors’ circles for albums such as Soul Village and Coral Keys, pianist Walter Bishop Jnr...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Various Artists: Jazz On Film – The New Wave II

Barney Wilen | Cleo Laine | David Raksin | Donald Byrd | Johnny Dankworth | Michel Legrand

This starry, talent-packed deluxe box, containing eight CDs and a dcopious stills-illustrated booklet, enlarges on the Moochin' About label's first...

Reviewed by Michael Horovitz in issue: August/2016

The Allman Brothers Band: The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings

Berry Oakley | Butch Trucks | Dickie Betts | Duane Allman | Gregg Allman | Jaimoe Johanson

Lords of extended blues into jazz-rock improvisation, the Allman Brothers' finest hour was their 1971 double album Live At Fillmore...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: September/2014

Soft Machine: Tales Of Taliesin The EMI Years Anthology 1975-1981

Alan Parker | Alan Wakeman | Allan Holdsworth | Dick Morrissey | Jack Bruce | John Etheridge | John Marshall | John Perry | Karl Jenkins | Mike Ratledge

After the reissue of Bundles and Alive And Well comes this comprehensive take on what some suggest is a ‘cruelly’...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2011

Freddy Cole: Singing the Blues

Making his debut in 1964, Nat's little brother returns to sing the blues from Bobby Bland's ‘This Time I'm Gone...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Gerry Mulligan: The Concert Jazz Band

Alan Raph | Bill Crow | Bill Takas | Bob Brookmeyer | Bob Donovan | Buddy Clark | Conte Candoli | Danny Stiles | Dave Bailey | Dick Meldonian

A good decade and a half after the Swing Era went bust, 1960 hardly seemed an auspicious time in which...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: September/2019

Austin Peralta: Endless Planets – Deluxe Edition

Austin Peralta | Ben Wendel | Hamilton Price | Strangeloop | Zach Harmon | Zane Musa

The story of keyboardist Austin Peralta is one all too familiar to jazz fans: a stellar talent taken too young...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2024

Album Interview: Soft Machine: Hidden Details

John Etheridge | John Marshall | Nick Utteridge | Roy Babbington | Theo Travis

The loss of Jon Hiseman inevitably hangs over Hidden Details, but there could be no more fitting tribute to his...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2018

Gregory Porter: All Rise

Chip Crawford | Gregory Porter | Jahmal Nichols | Troy Miller

Following 2017’s heartfelt dedication to his lifelong idol, Nat King Cole & Me, this sixth studio album marks a welcome...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2020