Review of Dave Bryant: Night Visitors

Dave Bryant: Night Visitors

Charnett Moffett | Dave Bryant | Gregg Bendian

Classic Sound

Rating: ★★★★

Since Ornette Coleman's radical agenda included setting jazz free from harmonic constraints, he rarely went in for hiring keyboardists. Dave...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Review of John Stubblefield: Prelude

John Stubblefield: Prelude

Cecil Bridgewater | Cecil McBee | James Mtume | Joe Chambers | John Stubblefield | Onaja Allen Gumbs

Storyville

Rating: ★★★★

The playing on this record is so fresh it's hard to accept that it was made 36 years ago. Every...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2013

Review of Carlos Garnett: Black Love/Journey To Enlightenment

Carlos Garnett: Black Love/Journey To Enlightenment

Alex Blake | Anthony Jackson | Ayodelle Jenkins | Billy Hart | Buster Williams | Carlos Chambers | Carlos Garnett | Charles Pullman | Charles Sullivan | Dee Dee Bridgewater

Soul Brother

Rating: ★★★★

While the Miles-Jimi union is one of the great ‘what ifs?’ in contemporary black music, a Trane-James Brown collaboration might...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2014

Review of Sloth Racket: Dismantle Yourself

Sloth Racket: Dismantle Yourself

Anton Hunter | Cath Roberts | Johnny Hunter | Sam Andreae | Seth Bennett

Luminous

Rating: ★★★★

Over the past half-decade saxophonists Cath Roberts and Dee Byrne have built one of the most exciting experimental and free-improv...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: October/2019

Review of Joan Mar Sauqué: Gone With The Wind

Joan Mar Sauqué: Gone With The Wind

Joan Mar Sauqué

The Changes

Rating: ★★★

The trumpet-guitar-bass line-up inevitably recalls the Chet Baker trios of his later years, and the 25-year-old Sauqué looks recognisably soulful...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2021

Review of Tarbaby: You Think This America

Tarbaby: You Think This America

Eric Revis | Nasheet Waits | Orrin Evans

Editor's Choice

Giant Step Arts

Rating: ★★★★

The 53 year-old New York drummer Nasheet Waits (raised by a famous percussionist father, Freddie Waits, and mentored by Max...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2024

Review of MoonMot: Going Down the Well

MoonMot: Going Down the Well

Cath Roberts | Dee Byrne | Johnny Hunter | Oli Fuster | Seth Bennett | Simon Petermann

Unit Records

Rating: ★★★

Moonmot are a mischievous yet accomplished agglomeration of Swiss and Brit elements who play largely improvised music against strongly written...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2020

Review of Max Roach: Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note Vol. 2

Max Roach: Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note Vol. 2

Calvin Hill | Cecil Bridgewater | Dayne Armstrong | Lee Konitz | Max Roach | Odean Pope | Phil Bowler | Ray Mantilla | Swedenborg String Quartet | Tommaso Lama

Soul Note

Rating: ★★★

The majority of the material here is by Max's long-standing quartet with Bridgewater, Pope and Hill (which also made one...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2017

Review of Babatunde & Phenomena: Levels of Consciousness

Babatunde & Phenomena: Levels of Consciousness

‘Babatude’ Lea | Cedric Deombi | Dee Dee Dickerson | Eddie Henderson | Forrest Buchtel | Hiroyuki Shido | Jose Najera | Julian Priester | Mark Isham | Martin Fiero

Theresa/Pure Pleasure Records

Rating: ★★★

Yet another unearthed treasure from the Twickenham-based Pure Pleasure people, 1979's Levels of Consciousness features San Francisco percussionist and Oneness...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: November/2020

Review of John Dokes: Forever Reasons

John Dokes: Forever Reasons

Alex Claffy | David Gibson | John Dokes | Lawrence Leathers | Steve Einerson

Rondette

Rating: ★★★

Given that they're rather thin on the ground, it's always a delight to discover a new male jazz vocalist. Mentored...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2017

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