Jack Bruce & The HR Big Band: More Jack Than Blues
There are many ways to remember Bruce, and this CD/DVD combo isn’t the worst place to start. A year or...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2016
Julian Lage: Arclight
Julian Lage | Kenny Wolleson | Scott Colley
Childhood prodigies rarely soar in their maturity, but Lage, now in his late twenties, is starting to lay down some...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2016
Natalie Williams: Where You Are
Al Cherry | Chris Higginbottom | Natalie Williams | Phil Peskett | Robin Mullarkey
Drawing on influences from soul, gospel and jazz, this latest album from MOBO nominated vocalist Natalie Williams sees her unveiling...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2014
The Group: Live
Gerald Watkins | Jasen Weaver | Jason Marsalis | Oscar Rossignoli
By the 1980s, New York's avant-garde jazz community was under attack. The artist-run performance spaces that had been the engine...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2020
Lettuce: Resonate
Busmen's holidays for session men sometimes pay off (see Toto), and this band of R&B and hip-hop backroom boys and...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2020
Miles Davis: Live in Poland 1983
Of all the ensembles that Davis led following his comeback in 1981, his band with John Scofield is usually recognised...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2015
Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth
One half of the Valentine Brothers, the duo behind the seminal 1980s anti-Reagan funk anthem ‘Money's Too Tight To Mention’,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2023
Fania All Stars: Latin–Soul–Rock
The audience for this event, held at the Yankee Stadium in New York, topped 40,000, and photographs in the liner...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2024
Various Artists: Jazz – 10 Classic Albums
Long long ago Tony Blackburn proudly revealed that he didn’t like jazz before adding that he was a huge fan...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2016
Dewa Budjana: Surya Namaskar
Budjana is by all accounts a pop hero in his native Indonesia. But having just turned 50 life's starting all...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2014
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