Mino Cinelu/Nils Petter Molvær: SulaMadiana

Min Cinelu

Nils Petter Molvær must surely be one of Norway's most successful exports – every year he mounts two and sometimes...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2020

Ed Blackwell: Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note

Assembling all of Blackwell's appearances on Black Saint and Soul Note proves a slightly mixed bag but, most importantly, the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2016

The Creole Choir of Cuba: Santiman

Dalio Vital | Emilia Diaz Chavez | Fidel Miranda | Irian Montejo | Marcelo Luis | Marina Fernandes | Rogelio Torriente | Teresita Miranda | Yara Diaz | Yordanka Fajardo

Beautiful, celestial, uplifting: excuse me while I check my thesaurus for more superlatives. Having burst onto the world music scene...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2013

Mike Westbrook Orchestra: Catania

Adrian Lane | Alan Barnes | Alan Wakeman | Andy Grappy | Anthony Kerr | Chris Biscoe | Chris Caldwell | Danilo Terenzi | Dave Plews | Dominique Pifarely

A record of a remarkable free festival, not previously released but recently reprised in that the Westbrooks returned only last...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Feb/2019

Tineke Postma/Greg Osby: Sonic Halo

Dan Weiss | Greg Osby | Linda Oh | Matt Mitchell | Tineke Postma

The internationally acclaimed Dutch saxophonist Tineke Postma offers her personal slant on the contemporary free bop lineage with unwavering dedication....

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

The Tommy Evans Orchestra: The Green Seagull

Anna Stott | Dave Kane | Jami Smith | Kari Nergaard-Bleivik | Kris Wright | Matt Roberts | Nick Tyson | Rob Mitchell | Ruby Wood | Russ Henderson

More big sounds and ambition from up north, this time by Leeds-based drummer-composer Tommy Evans' Contemporary Jazz Composition BASCA award-winning...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

Slowly Rolling Camera: All Things

Abigail Blackman | Aidan Thorne | Ben Waghorn | Catrin Win Morgan | Christiana Mavron | Dave Stapleton | David Brodowski | Deri Roberts | Dionne Bennett | Elliot Bennett

This is modern soul with an epic, urgent sound, built on the axis of Dionne Bennett and Dave Stapleton's arrangements....

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Lee Ritenour: The Captain's Journey/Feel The Night/Rio

Abe Laboriel | Alex Acuna | Anthony Jackson | Bill Champlin | Buddy Williams | Dave Grusin | David Foster | Ernie Watts | Ian Underwood | Jay Graydon

A treble-pack of Captain Fingers in his funky fusion prime. These albums were the first under the guiding hand of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2015

Paul Desmond: Glad to be Unhappy

Connie Kay | Gene Cherico | Gene Wright | Jim Hall | Paul Desmond

Today, for the majority of younger jazz fans/jazz students/musicians, alto saxophonist Paul Desmond is gone (he died in 1977) and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2017

Slowly Rolling Camera

Alice Hoskins | Chris Montague | Dave Stapleton | Deri Roberts | Dionne Bennett | Elliot Bennett | Ilona Bondar | Jasper Høiby | Jon Visanji | Katy Rowe

Initially seeming to be some distance from Dave Stapleton's previous work in an acoustic setting, this has a carapace of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2014