Omar & QCBA: Live At Last
Brandon Allen | James Maddren | Omar | Quentin Collins | Ross Stanley
It’s remarkable to think that over the course of a 30-plus year career, Omar has never recorded a live album....
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2022
Max Roach: The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note
Alan Silva | Andrew Hill | Ben Riley | Clifford Jordan | Freddie Waits | Rufus Reid
Max Roach, in cahoots with Kenny Clarke and Art Blakey rewrote the modern jazz drumming rule book back in the...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2016
Fofoulah: Bene Bop EP
The LOOP Collective founder member and drummer Dave Smith has been a dedicated enthusiast of the percussive tradition from Senegal...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2013
The Gil Evans Orchestra: Plays The Music Of Jimi Hendrix
Billy Harper | David Sanborn | Gil Evans | Hannibal Marvin Peterson | Ryo Kawasaki
The glimpse of Gil Evans in Don Cheadle’s contentious Miles Ahead is an important reference for the aficionado and layperson...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2016
Jaimeo Brown: Transcendence
Brown’s illustrious label-mate David Murray, son of a gospel singer no less, has been vocal about the importance of the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2013
Alati: Ascending the Morning
Brigitte Beraha | Chris Dowding | Dave O'Brien
A package which initially appears modest, yet is most generous in spirit. Dowding has previously set the poetry of Arthur...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2023
Neon Quartet: Subjekt
Jim Hart | Kit Downes | Stan Sulzmann | Tims Giles
If Catch Me was the band hunkering down and getting to know each other in the studio, then Subjekt is...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
Julian & Roman Wasserfuhr: Mosaic
Julian Wasserfuhr | Keith Carlock | Roman Wasserfuhr | Tim Lefebvre | Tony Lakatos
After 17 years of collaboration with ACT and six albums, Mosaic emerges as a product of pandemic reflection, resulting is...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
John Goldsby Trio: Segment
Billy Test | Hans Dekker | John Goldsby
Until now, my experience of Goldsby's bass playing was limited to albums by the WDR big-band, where he's been resident...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2021
Avishai Cohen: Triveni II
Avishai Cohen | Nasheet Waits | Omer Avital
The trumpeter Avishai Cohen has six albums to his credit, has just won Downbeat's rising star award in the critic's...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2013
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