Red Kite: Apophenian Bliss
Bernt André Moen | Even Helte Hermansen | Torstein Lofthus | Trond Frones
Elephant9’s recent epic releases have made them the breakthrough band in Norway’s hard jazz-rock scene, which uses electric Miles and...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2022
Kyle Eastwood: Songs From The Chateau
Andrew McCormack | Graeme Blevins | Graeme Flowers | Kyle Eastwood | Martyn Kane
There is, more often than not, a few big name contributors to bassist Kyle Eastwood albums. From his expansive Vince...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2011
Richard Galliano: Nino Rota
Boris Kozlov | Clarence Penn | Dave Douglas | John Surman | Richard Galliano
One of the stronger performances of last year’s London Jazz Festival was by Richard Galliano’s La Strada Quintet dedicated to...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2012
The Comet Is Coming: Channel The Spirits
Dan Leavers | Joshua Idehen | Maxwell Hallett | Shabaka Hutchings
Black American music has sought metaphors of transcendence in science-fiction ever since Sun Ra announced his arrival from Saturn, and...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2016
Huw V Williams: Constantly Moving Happiness Machines
Huw V Williams | Jonathan Lindhorst | Mark Pringle | Max Santner
This project is self-effacingly underpinned by bassist Huw V Williams, a sought after low-end virtuoso from North Wales, whose work...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: March/2023
The Rob Dixon Trio: Coast to Crossroads
Charlie Hunter | Ernest Stuart | Mike Clark | Rob Dixon
Saxophonist Rob Dixon's confident phrasing and poised sense of time are grounded in four years playing with Illinois Jacquet's big...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2018
Aaron Burnett & The Big Machine: Jupiter Conjunct
With Jupiter namechecked as an inspiration and four tracks titled after the planet's moons, the influence of Sun Ra and...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2021
Binker Golding: Dream Like A Dogwood Wild Boy
Billy Adamson | Binker Golding | Daniel Casimir | Sam Jones | Sarah Tandy
Binker & Moses helped set the UK New Jazz template, but Binker Golding has chafed against its tenets ever since....
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2022
Lionel Loueke: Heritage
Following two excellent recordings for Blue Note and extensive tours with Herbie Hancock, the gifted, idiosyncratic New York-based Benin guitarist-vocalist...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2016
Todd Cochran TC3: Then Again, Here and Now
San Franciscan Cochran, once known as Bayeté, and now in his 70th year, came to early prominence with the likes...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2021
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