Jimi Tenor & UMO: Mysterium Magnum
The Finnish multi-musician and composer Lassi Lehto aka Jimi Tenor has previously worked with Afrobeat legend Tony Allen and Belgian...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2015
Aldo Romano: Inner Smile
Aldo Romano | Baptiste Trotignon | Enrio Rava | Thomas Bramerie
Aldo Romano is a no-frills Italian-born, French-based drummer who's been a lynchpin in bands such as those of Henri Texier...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012
Grace Fox: Eleven O’Seven
Grace Fox is still a student at the Manhattan School of Music, but she is clearly ambitious and used social...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2022
Fred Hersch and Julian Lage: Free Flying
This album title is very attractive because flying is precisely what true jazz improvisers aim to do, using the momentum...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: November/2013
Clark Tracey Quintet: Jubilation
Chris Maddock | Clark Tracey | Daniel Casimir | Harry Bolt | Henry Armburg Jennings
Reliability and consistency are generally not as highly valued by fans as they are by fellow musicians. But Tracey has...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2017
Oliver Lake: Impala
Brandon Ross | Gene Lake | Geri Allenn | Oliver Lake | Pheeroan ak Laff | Santi Debriano
When Oliver Lake formed the World Saxophone Quartet in 1977, it enjoyed remarkable success for a so-called avant garde group....
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2022
Jamison Ross: All For One
Barry Stephenson | Chris Pattishall | Cory Irvin | Jamison Ross | Rick Lollar
A winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2012 and mostly known as a drummer on albums such...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2018
The Keith Tippett Group: You Are Here… I Am There
Originally released on the same dizzying label (Vertigo) as Black Sabbath, graced by a Roger Dean cover, and with Tippett...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2013
Gil Evans Orchestra: Plays The Music of Jimi Hendrix
Billy Harper | David Sanborn | Gil Evans | Hannibal Marvin Peterson | Ryo Kawasaki
This first Evans venture for a then-major label (RCA Victor) may have been intended by the producers as a...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016
Betty Davis: The Columbia Years
Betty Davis | Joe Sample | Wilton Felder
Anybody with a passing interest in pop culture will know that ‘Miles’’ ex is really a wholly inadequate moniker for...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2016
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