Lorraine Baker: Eden
Binker Golding | Liam Noble | Lorraine Baker | Paul Michael
“I have always admired the dance-like quality of [Ed] Blackwell’s playing and his strong sense of melody,” explains drummer, percussionist...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Manuel Mota & David Grubbs: Lacrau
Ex-Bastro/Gastr del Sol lynchpin David Grubbs is on an exciting run of form. His quietly disarming Failed Celestial Creatures, a...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: October/2018
Stuart McCallum: Distilled Live
Stuart McCallum is best known as the guitarist with ambient masters the Cinematic Orchestra. McCallum as a leader sculpts similarly...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2013
Kenny Wheeler: Mirrors
Featuring arrangements of poems by Stevie Smith, Lewis Carroll and WB Yeats, the 11-movement Mirrors suite represents a completely...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2013
Sam Newsome: Chaos Theory: Song Cycles For Prepared Soprano Saxophone
As an unerring devotee of the soprano saxophone Sam Newsome draws inevitable comparisons to Steve Lacy. He has a thorough...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2019
Ben Goldberg: Everything Happens to Be
Ben Goldberg is a veteran clarinettist whose work explores the unique identity and richly-veined sonic of his instrument through time.Drawing...
Reviewed by Selwyn Hants in issue: June/2021
Taylor Haskins: Fuzzy Logic
I'm not quite sure what inspired trumpeter/composer Taylor Haskins to call this beautifully crafted set of chamber ballads Fuzzy Logic....
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2014
Pablo Held: Ascent
Jeremy Viner | Jonas Burgwinkel | Nelson Veras | Pablo Held | Robert Landermann | Veronica Morscher
Ascent comes on the heels of 2018’s Investigations, which was Held’s tenth album. On it, he brings Brazilian guitarist Nelson...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2020
Leo Smith: Divine Love
Bobby Naughton | Charlie Haden | Dwight Andrews | Kenny Wheeler | Leo Smith | Lester Bowie
A key entry in the Smith discography, cut in the pre-Wadada days, Divine Love is an album that wears its...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2019
Will Glaser: Climbing in Circles
Liam Noble | Matthew Herd | Will Glaser
This completes an unusual trilogy of releases, following Glaser's duo albums with saxophonist Matthew Herd, then pianist Liam Noble on...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2021
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