Adam Fairhall: Friendly Ghosts
Fairhall's title conveys his affection for jazz piano's longest-gone spirits. This follow-up to his similarly themed, live group recording The...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: October/2017
The Printmakers: Westerly
James Maddren | Mark Lockheart | Mike Walker | Nikki Iles | Norma Winstone | Steve Watts
This long-awaited debut recording from The Printmakers could be looked on as a paean to musical friendships. Fittingly dedicated to...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2015
Anthony Joseph And The Spasm Band: Rubber Orchestras
London-based Trinidadian and old-school renaissance man Anthony Joseph has been making waves for a while with his poetry, music and...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012
Stephan Micus: Winter's End
A student and collector of instruments from around the world, Stephan Micus has been well described as a ‘one-man universe...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2021
Brian Lynch: 7 x 7 by 7
Alex Wintz | Boris Kozlov | Brian Lynch | Craig Handy | Kyle Swan | Luis Perdomo | Murph Aucamp
Seven musicians, playing seven pieces, all seven minutes long, sounds like a gimmick. Well, it is, but when the music...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/2024
Jason Palmer: Rhyme And Reason
Jason Palmer | Kendrick Scott | Mark Turner | Matt Brewer
Improvising musicians have long adapted each other’s songs to create new work, and this album is an invigorating example of...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2019
Django Bates: Like Life: The Jazzpar Prize
Django Bates | Iain Ballamy | Martin France | Michael Mondesir | the Danish Radio Jazz Orchestra
A welcome release that superbly complements last year’s “lost” live Loose Tubes album. It’s also an album that has a...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2011
Abdullah Ibrahim: Solotude: My Journey My Vision
Every solo concert by Abdullah Ibrahim is a journey, a pianistic monologue that tells stories from past and present and...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Andre Roligheten: Marbles
Andre Roligheten | Gard Nilssen | Johan Lindstrom | Jon Rune Strom | Mattias Stahl
Forget all those cliches about Nordic Noir, Roligheten’s music is abuzz with sunshine and energy. Marbles kicks off with a...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: December/January/2023/2024
Mark De Clive-Lowe: Renegades
Long championed by DJ Gilles Peterson, this is the now Los Angeles-based hip nu-jazz producer’s ninth CD and it treads...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2011
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