Review of Deelee Dubé: Trying Times

Deelee Dubé: Trying Times

Benito Gonzalez | Corcoran Holt | Deelee Dubé | Mark Whitfield Jr | Russell Malone

Concord Jazz/Vocal Insight

Rating: ★★★★

Vocalist Deelee Dubé made history when she became the first British winner of the Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2022

Review of Grover Washington Jnr: The Defnitive Collection

Grover Washington Jnr: The Defnitive Collection

Bob James | Eric Gale | Gary King | Grover Washington Jnr | Ralph McDonald | Richard Tee

Robinsongs/Cherry

Rating: ★★★★

The late Philadelphian may have spawned countless inane imitators who micro-waved the tailend of his career in the mid-1990s, which...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2017

Review of David Sylvian: Blemish

David Sylvian: Blemish

Buckhardt Stangl | Christian Fennesz | David Sylvian | Derek Bailey | Evan Parker | Franz Hautzinger | John Tilbury | Keith Rowe | Marcio Mattos | Michael Moser

Editor's Choice

Samadhisound/UMC

Rating: ★★★★

David Sylvian's journey from pretty pop idol to the outer reaches of the avant-garde is equalled by few other musicians:...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2022

Review of Idris Muhammad: Black Rhythm Revolution!

Idris Muhammad: Black Rhythm Revolution!

Buddy Caldwell | Clarence Thomas | Harold Mabern | Idris Muhammad | Jimmy Lewis | Melvin Sparks | Virgil Jones

Editor's Choice

Prestige/Jazz Dispensary

Rating: ★★★★

Two great drummers, two very different outcomes. Jazz was a part of New Orleans-born Idris Muhammad's upbringing early on, and...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2023

Review of Steve Lehman Trio featuring Mark Turner: The Music Of Anthony Braxton

Steve Lehman Trio featuring Mark Turner: The Music Of Anthony Braxton

Damion Reid | Mark Turner | Matt Brewer | Steve Lehman

Editor's Choice

Pi Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

Although he is one of the most original composer-improvisers in creative music today saxophonist Steve Lehman has always readily acknowledged...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2025

Review of David Binney: Tomorrow’s Journey

David Binney: Tomorrow’s Journey

Aaron Janik | Benjamin Ring | David Binney | Ethan Moffit | Jon Hatamiya | Kenny Wolleson | Logan Kane | Luca Mendoza | Paul Cornish

Ghost Note Records

Rating: ★★★★

Alto saxophonist-composer David Binney is also an in-demand producer and runs his own record label Mythology. Over a prolific recording...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2022

Review of Anthony Braxton Quintet: (Basel) 1977

Anthony Braxton Quintet: (Basel) 1977

Anthony Braxton | Charles ‘Bobo’ Shaw | George Lewis | Mark Helias | Muhal Richard Abrams

Editor's Choice

Hatology

Rating: ★★★★

Over the last couple of decades the balance has tipped in Anthony Braxton's work away from formally-constituted groups towards a...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: June/2017

Review of Greg Skaff: Polaris

Greg Skaff: Polaris

Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath | Greg Skaff | Ron Carter

Smoke Sessions Records

Rating: ★★★

The last time Ron Carter and Albert ‘Tootie' Heath worked together was in 1993, for an all-star session called The...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2021

Review of Vivienne Aerts: Typuhtâng

Vivienne Aerts: Typuhtâng

100+ musicians and singers | Vivienne Aerts

Self-released/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

New York-based Dutch singer Aerts' third album exists in a parallel dimension to most releases, exploding with extra-musical ambition. Aerts...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2023

Review of Jasmine Myra: Horizons

Jasmine Myra: Horizons

Alice Roberts | Anna Chandler | Ben Haskins | Elizabeth Lister | Gavin Barras | George Hall | Greg Burns | Isabella Baker | Jasmine Myra | Jasper Green

Gondwana

Rating: ★★★★

Jasmine Myra’s debut presents a new generation of spiritual jazz, a resurgent mode always at the heart of Matthew Halsall’s...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: November/2022

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