The Gascoyne O'Higgins Quartet: The Real Note Vol. 2
Dave O'Higgins | Geoff Gascoyne | Graham Harvey | Sebastiaan de Krom | Sebastiaan De Krom
Following the satisfying Vol. 1 comes the understandably titled Vol. 2 of this band's exploration of ‘contrafacts’: new compositions built...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2014
Linley Hamilton: Making Other Arrangements
Trumpeter Hamilton is a luminary of the Northern Ireland jazz scene: well-known as a broadcaster, teacher and jazz activist. He...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2018
Dead Cat Bounce: Chance Episodes
Bill Carbone | Charlie Kohlhase | Dave Ambrosio | Jared Sims | Matt Steckler | Terry Goss
Dead Cat Bounce, led by New York-based composer and reedsman Matt Steckler, has a cheeky, massed horn approach similar to...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2012
Dan Nicholls: Ruins
Dan Nicholls | Dave Smith | James Allsopp | Kit Downes | Shabaka Hutchings | Tom Challenger
Until fairly recently the Staffordshire-born Dan Nicholls was one of the least visible members of North London’s LOOP Collective. But...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013
Don Ellis: The Hindustani Jazz Orchestra Live at UCLA
Ellis had already been making a name for himself in jazz with albums like How Time Passes (1960) and New...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2022
The Gascoyne/O'Higgins Quartet: Got The Real Note
Dave O'Higgins | Geoff Gascoyne | Graham Harvey | Sebastiaan de Krom | Sebastiaan De Krom
Of course you’ve got to check out the bright young things, but if ever there was a band to default...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2013
Basquiat Strings: Part Two
I saw Basquiat Strings at Bexhill’s De La Warr Pavilion in 2008, not long after they were nominated for the...
Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: July/2013
Anthropology Band: Scald – Live 2022
One of the good things about being Martin Archer must be that, as sole proprietor of an underground jazz record...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2023
Herbie Mann: Original Album Series
For years, Herbie Mann had been sneaking by without really finding his true niche. That was until 1963 when he...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2016
Sun Ra Arkestra: Under The Direction of Marshall Allen: Babylon
In 1990 Sun Ra and his Arkestra were invited to play a prominent role at a Turkish music festival in...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: August/2015
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