Max Nagl feat. Lol Coxhill

Lol Coxhill | Max Nagl

A bit of a mixed bag this: freeish saxophone playing punctuated with the odd musique concrète collage (‘Messer’) or burst...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: February/2013

Tubby Hayes And Paul Gonsalves: Just Friends

Lumped a little clumsily together into a single CD here are two vinyl albums which evoked considerable national pride in...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: November/2019

Caixa Cubo: Angela

Henrique Gomide | João Fideles | Noa Stroeter | Zé Leônidas

Not for nothing are Caixo Cubo regarded as one of the best electric jazz trios in Brazil, a country where...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2021

The Graham Bond Organisation: Wade In The Water

Alexis Korner | Big Jim Sullivan | Dick Heckstall-Smith | Ernest Ranglin | Ginger Baker | Graham Bond | Ian Hamer | Jack Bruce | John Hockridge | John McLaughlin

“This is what people have been waiting for!” exclaims Pete Brown, producer, and, vitally, longtime associate of so many of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2013

Helena Kay's KIM Trio: Moon Palace

David Ingamells | Ferg Ireland | Helena Kay

Helena Kay was a few years below me on the jazz course at London’s Guildhall School of Music. Even as...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: Feb/2019

Willem Breuker & Han Bennink: New Acoustic Swing Duo

Han Bennink | Willem Breuker

Listen closely to this session and you can hear history being made. Recorded a full five months before Peter Brötzmann’s...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2020

Tony Barnard’s International Jazz Collective: The Australian Suite

A galaxy of mainstream jazzers from Australia and UK (Jim Watson and Roger Beaujolais among them) perform this Aussie guitarist’s...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2013

Mette Juul: There is a Song

The Danish singer-songwriter Mette Juul's collaboration with Blue Note trumpet star Ambrose Akinmusire in New York has blossomed well and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Hasaan Ibn Ali: Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album

Art Davis | Hassan Ibn Ali | Kahlil Madi | Odean Pope

At first sight, you might think this is one for collectors of obscurities. The pianist and composer Hasaan Ibn Ali...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2021

Sammy Figueroa And His Latin Explosion: Urban Nature

Alexander Pope Norris | Ed Calle | Gabriel Vivas | John Michalak | Jose Gregorio Hernandez | Norman Negroni | Sammy Figueroa | Silvano Monasterios

It's sad. Ray Barretto's gone. Mongo Santamaria's gone. Sammy Figueroa is now one of the last of the great latin...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012