Kit Downes: Tricko

Kit Downes | Lucy Railton

Available in both digital and analogue formats from the specialist vinyl label Coup Perdu, Tricko is the duo of leading...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2015

Gene Segal: Mental Images

Gene Segal | Jaimeo Brown | Jon Irabagon | Sam Sadigursky | Sean Conly

Gene Segal is one of the new generation of New York guitarists, and has played with the likes of Randy...

Reviewed by George Cole in issue: September/2014

Kid Ory: Storyville Nights/Plays W C Handy/Dixieland Marching Songs

A welcome CD issue for Ory's late 1950s and early 60s albums that mark his final studio work, leading a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2014

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: Black, Brown and Beige

Bill Graham | Billy Strayhorn | Britt Woodman | Cat Anderson | Clark Terry | Duke Ellington | Fats Ford | Harold Baker | Harry Carney | Jimmy Hamilton

Duke Ellington's 1943 extended composition billed as a ‘tone parallel to the history of the American Negro’ is one of...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2012

Afro Horn: MX

Alex Harding | Aruán Ortiz | Francisco Mora Catlett | JD Allen | Rashaan Carter | Roman Diaz | Vincent Bowens

Outstanding Mexican percussionist Mora Catlett (no relation to Big Sid!) was a member of Sun Ra's Arkestra from 1973-80, who...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2013

Gerardo Núñez: Travesía

Albert Sanz | Angel Sánchez Gonzalez ‘Capillo’ | Antonio Ramos ‘Maca’ | Carlota Pass | Carmen Corte | Gerardo Núñez | Isabel Núñez Cortes | Mariano Diaz | Pablo Martin | Pablo Romero

That Gerardo Núñez is widely regarded as the most important innovator of flamenco music after the illustrious Paco de Lucia...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2012

En Bas Quartet

Assembled by the double bassist Seth Bennett, this experimental ‘low’ string quartet from the North of England performs an absorbing...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2016

Kenny Baker: Live at the BBC 1957

Bill Le Sage | Derek Collins | Derek Smith | George Chisholm | Harry Hayes | Harry Klein | Keith Bird | Keith Christie | Kenny Baker | Lennie Bush

In his latter years, Kenny Baker reformed the Dozen, and played several festivals and some residencies at the then flourishing...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2014

Dave Rempis & Frank Rosaly: Codes/Myths

Dave Rempis | Frank Rosaly

Saxophonist Dave Rempis and drummer Frank Rosaly both came up on the Chicago jazz and improvised music scene and have...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2020

Oscar Peterson Trio: Swinging Brass/Jazz Soul

Russ Garcia's settings for Oscar, with Brown and Thigpen, are a bit B-movie-ish today, but along with the trio's excellent...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012