Emily Saunders: Outsiders Insiders
Bruno Heinen | Byron Wallen | Dave Whitford | Emily Saunders | Jon Scott | Trevor Mires
I was a huge fan of Emily Saunders' 2011 debut Cotton Skies, not least because it showcased an artist who...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2015
Eugene Chadbourne: There'll Be No Tears Tonight
David Licht | Dennis Licht | Eugene Chadbourne | John Zorn | Robbie Link | Scott Manring | Tom Cora
When this album was originally issued on Parachute Records in 1980 it was in the context of a growing wave...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: February/2017
Misha Mullov-Abbado: Cross-Platform Interchange
Cross-Platform Interchange is the young bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado's second album for Edition following debut New Ansonia, which he recorded after...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017
Cannonball Adderley: Know What I Mean?
Julian ‘Cannonball’ Adderley wasn't the first jazz player to be confronted with the realisation that success can be a double...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2019
Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans: Know What I Mean?
It's hard to add anything to the appraisal I gave this well-known Riverside session a few issues ago. Indeed, it's...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: September/2019
James Chance & The Contortions: Buy
Though he's forever associated with New York's post-punk No Wave scene, James Chance really just wanted to be a jazzer....
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2016
Lizz Wright: Holding Space: Lizz Wright Live in Berlin
Ben Zwerin | Bobby Ray Sparks II | Chris Bruce | Ivan Edwards | Lizz Wright
When, during the pandemic, Lizz Wright found the time to listen back to some previous live dates, she was particularly...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2022
Jimmy Greene: Beautiful Life
Although personal tragedy has been the background to many an artistic statement, few could conceivably match the devastatingly cruel fate...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2015
Ralph Peterson's Gen-Next Big Band: Listen Up!
A confirmed able and keeper of Art Blakey’s flame, drummer (and-ex-Messenger) Peterson is also a composer of note, the highlight...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2020
Misha Mullov-Abbado: Dream Circus
James Davison | Liam Dunachie | Matthew Herd | Misha Mullov-Abbado | Sam Rapley | Scott Chapman
Featuring the same classy young UK sextet that recorded his 2017 session Cross-Platform Interchange, and produced by the adventurous Jasper...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2020
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