Sammy Figueroa And His Latin Explosion: Urban Nature
It's sad. Ray Barretto's gone. Mongo Santamaria's gone. Sammy Figueroa is now one of the last of the great latin...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
Caetano Veloso and David Byrne: Live at Carnegie Hall
Caetano Veloso | David Byrne | Jacques Morelenbaum | Mauro Refosco
Recorded back in 2004 when Caetano Veloso curated a week-long series of concerts at New York's Carnegie Hall, the press...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2012
Jerry Granelli Trio: Let Go
Chris Williams | Finlay Panter | Moss Freed | Ruth Goller
It's been a long time coming but the veteran beat scene drummer finally takes the plunge with a debut experimenting...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015
Dave Glasser: Hypocrisy Democracy
Andy Milne | Ben Allison | Dave Glasser | Matt Wilson
This Lee Konitz-influenced saxophonist is a long-time Basie orchestra member, but his remit is wide, covering free-bop, blues-groove and cool...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020
The Bob Sands Quartet: Out and About
A long time Madrid-based Manhattan expat on tenor sax takes a stroll through a set of mostly dedicated hard bop...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014
Buddy Tate: The Texas Tenor
Both sessions date from a period when former Basie-ite Tate was often in Europe, playing clubs and festivals as a...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2014
Brian Landrus: Red List
Brian Landrus, the Brooklyn-based multi-reeds virtuoso, not only favours deep-register instruments like bass clarinets and bass flutes, but musical ventures...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2022
Pat Metheny: Side-Eye – NYC (V1–IV)
James Francies | Marcus Gilmore | Pat Metheny
Our received notions of Pat Metheny is that there is not one, but two Pat Methenys. There’s the Pat Metheny...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2021
Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith: a cosmic rhythm with each stroke
Their long-running musical relationship has been cemented by Iyer’s membership of Smith’s excellent Golden Quartet and now the two come...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2016
Tommy Crane: We're All Improvisers Now
Drummer Tommy Crane moved to Montreal from a Sienna teaching sojourn days before lockdown. Creatively stocking up for the long...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: October/2022
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