Review of Matthew Shipp: Invisible Touch At Taktlos Zurich

Matthew Shipp: Invisible Touch At Taktlos Zurich

Matthew Shipp

Hatology

Rating: ★★★★

Shipp's recent extensive output with saxophonist Ivo Perelman has underlined how effective a team player he is, so this absorbing...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2017

Review of Trilok Gurtu: Bad Habits Die Hard

Trilok Gurtu: Bad Habits Die Hard

Andy Emler | Bill Evans | Chris Minh Doky | David Gilmore | Geetha Bennett | Jaya Deva | Lars Danielson | Mark Feldman | Nando Carneiro | Paola Fresu

Art of Groove

Rating: ★★★★

The Kreuzau, North Rhine-Westphalia-based CMP label played an important role in the career of Trilok Gurtu, a musician with exemplary...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: March/2015

Review of Alexa Tarantino: Firefly

Alexa Tarantino: Firefly

Alexa Tarantino

Posi-Tone

Rating: ★★★

Gillece and this rhythm trio featured on his Posi-Tone album Still Doing Our Thing reviewed in our May edition. Here...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2021

Review of Johan Berthling/Martin Küchen/Steve Noble: Threnody: At The Gates

Johan Berthling/Martin Küchen/Steve Noble: Threnody: At The Gates

Johan Berthling | Martin Küchen | Steve Noble

Trost

Rating: ★★★★

Threnody: At The Gates is an emotive title that's matched with cover art depicting what you presume to be a...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: May/2017

Review of Allan Holdsworth: Jarasum International Jazz Festival 2014

Allan Holdsworth: Jarasum International Jazz Festival 2014

Allan Holdsworth | Gary Husband | Jimmy Haslip

Manifesto MFO

Rating: ★★★★

Curated by the Holdsworth family – always a sign of quality – this is a bumper bundle not only for...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2022

Review of Tony Oxley: Beaming

Tony Oxley: Beaming

Stefan Hölker | Tony Oxley

Confront Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Now in his eighty-third year, drummer Tony Oxley has, along with the likes of Evan Parker, become an elder statesman...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: February/2021

Review of Dezron Douglas: Atalaya

Dezron Douglas: Atalaya

Dezron Douglas | Emilio Modeste | George Burton | Joe Dyson Jr | Melvis Santa

Editor's Choice

International Anthem

Rating: ★★★★

A protége of Jackie McLean, a DownBeat magazine 2019 Rising Star and a performer with Pharoah Sanders, Ravi Coltrane, Cyrus...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Review of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: The Mothers 1970

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: The Mothers 1970

Aynsley Dunbar | Flo &Eddie aka oward Kaylan | Frank Zappa | George Duke, | Ian Underwood | Jeff Simmons | Mark Volman

Zappa Records/UMe

Rating: ★★★

That Frank Zappa is a major figure deserving of constant attention is a given. Whether or not we need quite...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2020

Review of Sammy Figueroa: Searching for a Memory

Sammy Figueroa: Searching for a Memory

Aymée Nuviola | Felipe LaMoglia | Gonzalo Rubalcaba | John Daversa | Magela Herrera | Miguel Zenón | Munir Hossn | Ricardo Rodriguez | Sammy Figueroa

Editor's Choice

Ashé Records

Rating: ★★★★

Raised in Puerto Rico, premier league percussionist Sammy Figueroa was actually born in New York. His career as a sideman...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2023

Review of Album Interview: Jeff Ballard: Fairgrounds

Album Interview: Jeff Ballard: Fairgrounds

Chris Cheek | Jeff Ballard | Kevin Hays | Lionel Loueke | Mark Turner | Pete Rende | Reid Anderson

Edition

Rating: ★★★

Jeff Ballad has a curriculum vitae as long as your arm, touring and recording with a host of notable names...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Feb/2019

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