The Bad Plus: Activate Infinity

Dave King | Orrin Evans | Reid Anderson

Few jazz ensembles can be identified as instantaneously as The Bad Plus. There are even fewer that can replace a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Sunny Murray/Bob Dickie/Robert Andreano: Homework

Bob Dickie | Robert Andreano | Sunny Murray

Originally released as Super Secret Sound in 1997 as an extremely limited lathe LP, this meeting between former Albert Ayler...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: October/2019

Chris Barber: A Trailblazer's Legacy

Chris Barber

When Chris Barber died in March this year, no one obituarist, myself included, quite conveyed the full range and extent...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2021

Jules Buckley with the Heritage Orchestra and Ghost-Note: The Breaks

Adam Betts | Cory Henry | Gareth Lockrane | John Calvert | Jules Buckley | Kamasi Washington | Matt Calvert | Nate Werth | Rob Gentry | Robert ‘Sput’ Searight

Regular perusers of YouTube will have seen the benign bearded face of Jules Buckley smiling beatifically amidst the hyper-rapid edits...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: October/2021

Etta James: Time after Time/Mystery Lady

A pair of 2-LP on one CD collections out again in tribute to the late Etta James, of which Mystery...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2012

Chuck Israels: It's Nice To Be With You

Israels and Clausen are long time friends as well as collaborators and this is reflected in the easeful intimacy of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2015

Charlie Rouse/Julius Watkins: Complete Jazz Modes Sessions

Tenor meets French horn in this collection of the five original albums by the Jazz Modes quintet, that really assert...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2012

Kassa Overall: I Think I'm Good

If you crossed Thundercat and Robert Wyatt it might sound something like Kassa Overall, an inventive Brooklyn-based rapper/ vocalist/drummer/producer grappling...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2020

Andrew Cyrille/William Parker/Enrico Rava: 2 Blues For Cecil

Andrew Cyrille | Enrico Rava | William Parker

Just as the release of the stupendous Return Concert puts Cecil Taylor in the spotlight, this tribute set confirms the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2022

Chet Baker Trio: Live in Paris: The Radio France Recordings 1983-1984

Chet Baker | Dominique Lemerle | Michel Graillier | Riccardo Del Fra

When the Baker trio launches into ‘There Will Never Be Another You’ at the start of this beautifully-produced set from...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2022