Fat John Sextet: Honesty: The Unreleased 1963 Studio Session
Who? Well, Jazzwise readers of a certain age may remember drummer Fat John Cox as a stalwart of the early...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: May/2019
Femi Temowo: Orin Meta
Cultural archetypes dictate that African is almost exclusively hitched to rhythm. While the conjunction makes much sense given the importance...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2011
Brandon Lopez/Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey: No Es La Playa
Brandon Lopez | Ingrid Laubrock | Tom Rainey
This trio collaboration – of long-time partners Ingrid Laubrock and Tom Rainey on saxes and drums, joined by young Puerto...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2022
Robert Wyatt: The End of an Ear
1974’s Rock Bottom might mark the start of Robert Wyatt's solo career, but his first solo album came out four...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: August/2012
Mark Weinstein: Latin Jazz Underground
Aruán Ortiz | Gerald Cleaver | Mark Weinstein | Rashaan Carter | Roman Diaz
Mark Weinstein, who secured a PhD in Philosophy at City University of New York in 1973, has an astonishing background...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2014
Johnny Griffin: The Little Giant/Change Of Pace
From the mid-1950s through to the mid-60s, it appeared that Blue Note, Prestige and Riverside labels all had easy access...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2013
Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath/Ethan Iverson/Ben Street: Philadelphia Beat
Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath | Ben Street | Ethan Iverson
For creative use of canonical repertoire, and as a showcase for the younger brother of Jimmy and Percy, the Philly...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2015
Nikolaj Hess: Spacelab & Strings
Hess is a Danish pianist-composer in his mid-fifties who, among other things, teaches at the famous Rhythmic Conservatory and has...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2021
Mario Biondi: Brasil
Recorded at Marini in Rio de Janeiro under the production auspices of three times Latin Grammy winner Mario Caldato plus...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019
Laura Jurd's Dinosaur: To The Earth
Conor Chaplin | Corrie Dick | Elliot Galvin | Laura Jurd
Though Laura Jurd has kept on raising the high bar she set all the way back on her Landing Ground...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2020
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