Eyolf Dale: The Wayfarers

Audun Kleive | Eyolf Dale | Per Zanussi

It may be rather premature to call Eyolf Dale's trio a ‘supergroup’, but bassist Per Zannusi and drummer Audun Kleive...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2023

Heshoo Beshoo Group: Armitage Road

Cyril Magubane | Ernest Mothle | Henry Sithole | Nelson Magwaza | Stanley Sithole

In terms of artwork, South Africa's answer to Abbey Road is poignant. The members of Heshoo Beshoo are seen crossing...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2020

Eddie Duran: Modern Music from San Francisco

San Francisco-based guitarist Duran was in the limelight in the mid-1950s, but his slightly staccato almost hesitant playing is not...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2017

Steve Kuhn: Trance

Jack DeJohnette | Steve Kuhn | Steve Swallow | Sue Evans

This welcome release brings back into the catalogue Kuhn's most loved album. By the time it was recorded, the former...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2019

Charles Sepúlveda & The Turnaround: Songs For Nat

Bienvenido Dinzey | Charles Sepúlveda | Francisco Alcala | Gabriel Rodriguez | Godwin Vargas | Norberto Ortiz

Charles Sepúlveda is multi-talented. He’s a striking trumpeter with a thick vibrato, a composer, a bandleader (The Turnaround is now...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2019

Various Artists: Soul Love: The Black Fire Records Story, 1975-1993

Byard Lancaster,

In many ways this superlative compilation provides a wider context to the recently-released Oneness Of Juju anthology. They were a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2020

Lars Danielsson & Paolo Fresu: Summerwind

Lars Danielsson | Paolo Fresu

A beautiful melody eludes precise definition and so presents a knotty problem for jazz education; how do you teach a...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2018

Redtenbacher's Funkestra: The Time Thief

The London-based bassist punches out old-school grooves and classic riffs from electric funk, soul, R&B and acid jazz, with guests...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

John Finbury: Quatro

A US composer specialising in Brazilian and latin jazz hires an allstar cast: great contributions from pianist Chano Domínguez, soulful...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Michel Sajrawy: Writings on the Wall

Ameen Atrash | Evgeni Maistrovski | Franck Dhersin | Michel Sajrawy | Valeri Lipets

Recorded in 2007, Writings on the Wall hasn't been sealed hermetically in the vaults for the past five years but...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013