Review of Matching Mole: Matching Mole/Little Red Record

Matching Mole: Matching Mole/Little Red Record

Bill MacCormick | Brian Eno | Dave MacRae | Dave Macrae | Dave Sinclair | Mutter Korus | Phil Miller | Robert Wyatt

Esoteric

Rating: ★★★★

Matching Mole are usually seen as a transitionary stage in the career of Robert Wyatt. The group formed in 1971,...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: July/2012

Review of Roscoe Mitchell: The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note

Roscoe Mitchell: The Complete Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note

Alan Silva | Andrew Hill | Ben Riley | Clifford Jordan | Freddie Waits | Rufus Reid

Cam BXS

Rating: ★★★★

The term ‘all star group’ can be bandied about a bit too liberally these days but what is perhaps more...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2016

Review of Red Mitchell and Jim Hall: Rejoice!

Red Mitchell and Jim Hall: Rejoice!

Carl Perkins | Frank Butler | Frank Strazzeri | Jim Hall | Jimmy Bond | Red Kelly | Red Mitchell

Fresh Sound

Rating: ★★★★

Here's yet another Fresh Sound package culled from the vaults, the fruits of three Pacific Jazz LP releases by the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2017

Review of Various Artists: Babylon Berlin

Various Artists: Babylon Berlin

Alexander Hacke | Alf Klimek | Brian Ferry | Christina Russo | Damian Bassman | Guitar Crusher aka Sidney Selby Selby | Kristjan Randalu | Larry Mullins | Michiyo Suzuki | Moka Efti Orchestra

Rating: ★★★★

Babylon Berlin is a screen adaptation of Volker Kutscher's detective novels. Set primarily in Berlin in 1929, they depict the...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: April/2018

Review of Joe Jackson: The Duke

Joe Jackson: The Duke

Ahmir ‘?uestlove’ Thompson | Christian McBride | Iggy Pop | Joe Jackson | Lilian Viera | Regina Carter | Sharon Jones | Steve Vai | Sue Hadgopoulos | Sussan Deyhim

EAR Music

Rating: ★★

It's to the Duke's everlasting credit that his music transcends whatever re-imaginings other artist's bring to it. Joe Jackson obviously...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2012

Review of Tubby Hayes: Four Classic Albums Plus

Tubby Hayes: Four Classic Albums Plus

Bill Eyden | Bobby Breen | Clark Terry | Dave Bailey | Dave Usden | Dickie Hawdon | Eddie Costa | George Duvivier | Harry South | Horace Parlan

Editor's Choice

Avid JazzAMSC

Rating: ★★★★

With both the 90th anniversary of Hayes’ birth looming next year, and the much talked-of ‘Golden Age’ of British modern...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: October/2024

Review of Misha Mullov-Abbado: Cross-Platform Interchange

Misha Mullov-Abbado: Cross-Platform Interchange

Elad Neeman | James Davison | Liam Dunachie | Matthew Herd | Misha Mullov-Abbado | Sam Rapley | Scott Chapman

Edition

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Cannonball Adderley: Know What I Mean?

Cannonball Adderley: Know What I Mean?

Bill Evans | Cannonball Adderley | Connie Kay | Paul Motian | Percy Heath | Scott LaFaro | Shelly Manne

Matchball

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans: Know What I Mean?

Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans: Know What I Mean?

Bill Evans | Cannonball Adderley | Connie Kay | Paul Motian | Percy Heath | Scott LaFaro | Shelly Manne

Matchball

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of James Chance & The Contortions: Buy

James Chance & The Contortions: Buy

Adele Bertei | David Hoftsra | Don Christensen | George Scott | James Chance | Jody Harris | Pat Plac

Ze

Rating: ★★★

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

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