Dom Um Romao

Amauri Tristao | Dom Salvador | Dom Um Romao | Eric Gravatt | Frank Tusa | Jerry Dodgion | Jimmy Bossey | Joao Donato | Joe Beck | Lloyd McNeil

In the age of world music and global travel, the image of a Brazilian tapping the resonator of a berimbau...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2014

Ron Miles: Rainbow Sign

Bill Frisell | Brian Blade | Jason Moran | Rob Miles | Ron Miles | Thomas Morgan

Ron Miles' Blue Note debut as leader, aged 57, reflects his straightahead virtues, and label boss Don Was' nurturing of...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: December/2020

Wilbur Niles and Thrust: Thrust Too

Bob Freid | Ceco Rose | JJ Johnson | John Mitchell | Keith Jackson | Lavelle Watson | Machelle McNeal | Wilbur Niles

Here's a pleasant surprise – two obscure late 1970s/early 80s jazz-funk treasures, resurrected from Discogs unobtanium status (a copy of...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: April/2023

Ben Haskins Quartet: 2020 Laid up

The young guitarist-composer Ben Haskins sounds like he's on a similar wavelength to Kurt Rosenwinkel and Bill Frisell, and his...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2021

Nigel Thomas Quartet: Hidden

Mark Edwards | Nigel Thomas | Paul Booth | Winston Clifford

Hidden is the follow-up to 2011's Yoichi from bassist and composer Nigel Thomas and his collaborators. Thomas is Brighton-based and...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2017

Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges: Back To Back/Side By Side

Al Hall | Ben Webster | Billy Strayhorn | Booty Wood | Britt Woodman | Duke Ellington | Harry Carney | Harry Sweets Edison | Jimmy Hamilton | Jimmy Johnson

The two original LPs issued under these titles rank among the finest Ellingtonian small group sides. The predominantly blues repertoire...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Noah Preminger: Haymaker

This New York-based oblique tenor saxophonist's third CD, features a dynamic quartet including impressionistic guitarist Ben Monder....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013

Peter Brötzmann/Heather Leigh/Fred Lonberg-Holm: Naked Nudes

Fred Lonberg-Holm | Heather Leigh | Peter Brötzmann

Saxophonist Peter Brötzmann has long enjoyed the possibilities afforded by configurations that sit well outside the boundaries of conventional jazz...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2023

Charnett Moffett: New Love

Charnett Moffett

Jana Herzen and Charnett Moffett's ’Round the World – featuring some great cover versions, including Men at Work's ‘Down Under’...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2021

The Brother Moves On: $/He Who Feeds You Owns You

Ayanda Zalekile | Bokani Dyer | Malcolm Jiyane | Mthunzi Mvubua | Muhammad Dawjee | Shabaka Hutchings | Simphiwe Tshabalala | Siyabonga Mthembu | Zelizwe Mthembu

Jo’burg collective The Brother Moves On continue their genre leaping with this, their fourth album, a studio recording both wildly...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2022