Review of The Impossible Gentlemen: Let's Get Deluxe

The Impossible Gentlemen: Let's Get Deluxe

Adam Nussbaum | Gwilym Simcock | Iain Dixon | Mike Walker | Steve Rodby

Basho

Rating: ★★★★

The Anglo-American supergroup The Impossible Gentlemen's third CD on Basho Records hits you right between the eyes with its mix...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016

Review of Barry Guy/Marilyn Crispell/Paul Lytton: Deep Memory

Barry Guy/Marilyn Crispell/Paul Lytton: Deep Memory

Barry Guy | Marilyn Crispell | Paul Lytton

Intakt

Rating: ★★★

Barry Guy's most recent music has taken a deeper dive inside a concept that has long provided Guy the composer,...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: February/2017

Review of Stuart McCallum: City

Stuart McCallum: City

Emma Sweeney | JP Cooper | Richard Spaven | Robin Mullarkey | Sean Foran | Sharlene Hector | Sophie Barker | Stuart McCallum

Naim Jazz

Rating: ★★★

The Cinematic Orchestra's atmospheric mingling of jazz, turntablism and electronica is McCallum's highest-profile gig. For his fourth solo album, drummer-producer...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2015

Review of Riverside: The New National Anthem

Riverside: The New National Anthem

Chet Doxas | Dave Douglas | Jim Doxas | Steve Swallow

Greenleaf

Rating: ★★★★

Django Bates has reminded us that it's 50 years since Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play. But it's also,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2017

Review of Keith Jarrett: Sleeper — Tokyo, April 16, 1979

Keith Jarrett: Sleeper — Tokyo, April 16, 1979

Jan Garbarek | Jon Christensen | Keith Jarrett | Palle Danielsson

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

There's something very moving about this double album. It's not just that it has emerged after 33 years albeit with...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: August/2012

Review of Mark Donlon: Kashasha

Mark Donlon: Kashasha

Gene Calderazzo | Julian Siegel | Mark Donlon | Mick Hutton

Fuzzy Moon

Rating: ★★★

It’s no surprise that the opening title track of Donlon’s fine new release kicks on with a Latin swing –...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2012

Review of Lucia Cadotsch: AKI

Lucia Cadotsch: AKI

James Maddren | Kit Downes | Kurt Rosenwinkel | Lucia Cadotsch | Phil Donkin

Heartcore Records

Rating: ★★★★

Released on Kurt Rosenwinkel's independent label Heartcore Records, this latest album from Swiss-born, Berlin-based vocalist, bandleader and songwriter Lucia Cadotsch...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2023

Review of The Great Wee Band: The Sound of Music

The Great Wee Band: The Sound of Music

Dave Green | Henry Lowther | Jim Mullen | Stu Butterfield

Trio

Rating: ★★★

It was Mullen who coined the band name after an especially pleasing gig. Listen to this engaging release and you'll...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2010

Review of Meshell Ndegeocello: Comet, Come To Me

Meshell Ndegeocello: Comet, Come To Me

Chris Bruce | Doyle Bramhall | Earl Harvin | Jebin Bruni | Meshell Ndgeocello | Shara Worden

Naïve

Rating: ★★★

As her body of work ages with much grace – last year actually marked the 20th anniversary of her superb...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2014

Review of Billy Bottle & The Multiple: Unrecorded Beam

Billy Bottle & The Multiple: Unrecorded Beam

Angus Menter | Billy Bottle | Gary Evans | Jay Darlington | Kate Westbrook | Lee Fletcher | Markus Reuter | Martine Waltier | Mike Outram | Roz Harding

Leo

Rating: ★★★

Mystical reflections on England's green and pleasant land might have gone out of fashion after 1970s prog rock but the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2014

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