Mike Hobart Quintet: Evidential
Adrian Reid | Chris Lee | Danny Keane | Eric Ford | Greg Gottlieb | Mike Hobart
Hobart has a big fruity sound with some added grit – imagine a ripe mango dropped in the sand –...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: March/2016
Paul Motian: Standards Plus One
Bill Frisell | Charlie Haden | Joe Lovano | Lee Konitz | Paul Motian
Why break a butterfly on a wheel or try to analyse the fragile beauties of these extraordinary recordings? If ever...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2015
Empirical: Indifference Culture
Lewis Wright | Nathaniel Facey | Shaney Forbes | Tom Farmer
A decade into its present incarnation, British quartet Empirical continue to hold true to the values of Ornette, Coltrane, and...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: Feb/2019
Matt Anderson Quartet: The Town And The City
Alberto Palau | Jay Davis | Matt Anderson | Will Harris
Matt Anderson's CV includes working alongside the trumpeter Laura Jurd in his Wildflower Sextet. Now a Dankworth Prize-winning composer and...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: February/2023
John Scofield: Country For Old Men
Bill Stewart | John Scofield | Larry Goldings | Steve Swallow
I cannot begin to comprehend how you deal with the death of a son. For over two years the Scofield...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2016
Ornette Coleman: The Shape Of Jazz To Come
OC completists spoiler alert – this is more than another reissue of a chef d'oeuvre from a monumental musician who...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
1032K: That Which Is Planted
Andrew Drury | Kevin Ray | Ku-umba Frank Lacy
As a member of the Mingus Dynasty band, veteran trombonist Ku-umba Frank Lacy will only be all too aware of...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2014
Steve Coleman & The Council Of Balance: Synovial Joints
While the enduring small group, Five Elements, has been a consistently effective vehicle for Steve Coleman's work for more than...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2015
Alister Spence: Whirlpool
Between 1990 and 2005, Spence co-led Clarion Fracture Zone, whose albums number among the high spots of Australian jazz –...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2020
Henry Lowther's Still Waters: Can't Believe, Won't Believe
Barry Green | Dave Green | Henry Lowther | Paul Clarvis
In a world of bluff and bluster, the ridiculously under recorded Still Waters are indeed an oasis of pleasure. Conceived...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2018
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