Anthony Joseph And The Spasm Band: Rubber Orchestras

Andrew John | Anthony Joseph | Christian Arcucci | Colin Webster | Jasnett Lindo | Michel Castellanos | Ollie Parfitt | Oscar Martinez | Rabin Hopcraft | Richard Olatunde Baker

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

Stephan Micus

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

Quinsin Nachoff: Pivotal Arc

For this Canadian saxophonistcomposer's second Whirlwind release he presents a convincing if tough-going contemporary classical violin concerto (for virtuoso Nathalie...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Péter Rozsnyói Trio: Pain of an Angel

The Budapest Music Center which has a pivotal role in promoting quality new Hungarian jazz, releases an easy going swingin’...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2016

Dave Mooney and the Hope of Home Band: Live at National Sawdust

Recorded Live in Brooklyn, guitarist Dave Mooney keeps good company with a contemporary quintet featuring drummer Brian Blade, but throughout...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Ray Mantilla: High Voltage

This veteran of the 1950s New York mambo era is still going strong and here his septet drop some irresistible...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Amina Figarova Sextet: Twelve

A journeying Azerbaijani pianist who recently moved from Holland to New York and here alongside her excellent flautist partner Bart...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Dakota Staton: Complete Early Years 1955-58

Again, frustratingly this largely duplicates Avid's cheaper and equally recent Five Classic Albums, save for the contents of the In...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Wendy Kirkland.//Quartet: Piano Divas

A British singer with an easy-going Anglicised vocal take on material that refreshingly avoids jazz barroom stylisation, in a tribute...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017