Harriet Tubman: The Terror End Of Beauty

Brandon Ross | JT Lewis | Melvin Gibbs

Harriet Tubman is one of the great bands of our age, first and foremost because it challenges any received wisdom...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2019

James Brandon Lewis/Chad Taylor: Radiant Imprints

Chad Taylor | James Brandon-Lewis

In the past decade saxophonist Brandon-Lewis has done excellent work with his trio both on stage and in the studio,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2019

Puul Puul: Optical

Puul Puul is half the personnel – bassist Tim Harries and Norwegian electronica artist and percussionist Terje Evensen – of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2015

Weather Report: The Columbia Albums 1971-1975

Airto Moreira | Alex Acuna | Alphonse Mouzon | Alphonso Johnson | Don Um Romao | Eric Gravatt | Joe Zawinul | Leon ‘Ndugu’ Chancler | Miroslav Vitous | Wayne Shorter

Of all the groups that emerged fired up and ready-to-roll in the first golden dawn of early-1970s jazz-rock fusion Weather...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: October/2012

Miles Davis: Unissued Café Bohemia Broadcasts

Allen Eager | Art Farmer | Bill Evans | Candido Camero | Chambers | Coltrane | Gerry Mulligan | Gigi Gryce | Jimmy Cleveland | Jimmy Cobb

Well, here’s a turn-up – 40 minutes of the first Miles quintet that is genuinely unissued. Recorded off-air but with...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2013

Horace Shankley and the Nubian Noise Collective: All the Doors of Perception Have Opened and the Key is under the Mat of

Chips Foster | Hector Alisandro | Ho Chi Minh Smith | Horace Shankley | Lionel Binky | Marcellina Abracadabra | Milton Candalevski | Procter Blenkinsop | Shalamar Tibbs | Shelton Onions

“This outfit blew my sandals off!” gushed the Village Voice on the release of the debut album from the NNC...

Reviewed by J.J. Geiger in issue: May/2017

Cheer-Accident: Putting Off Death

Beth Yates | Carmen Armilias | Cory Bengsten | Dante Kester | Jeff Libersher | Joan Morrone | Mike Hegedorn | Rob Pleshar | Ross Feller | Sacha Mullin

If you've been holding your breath since the Accident's last outing, you're doubtless a shade purple as six years have...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2017

Henry Mancini: The Music from Peter Gunn

Shelly Manne's album of the music from this TV series has the edge over the two original soundtrack discs by...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2010

Miles Davis: At Newport 1955-1975: The Bootleg Series Vol.4

Al Foster | Bill Evans | Cannonball Adderley | Herbie Hancock | Jimmy Cobb | John Coltrane | Keith Jarrett | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Ron Carter

Columbia/Legacy propose making this set available from Friday, 17 July 2015 – 60 years to the day of Davis' breakthrough...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2015

Christian Muthspiel & Steve Swallow: Simple Songs

Christian Muthspiel | Steve Swallow

This disc from Austrian trombonist Christian Muthspiel and US bassist Steve Swallow would have fitted in seamlessly with ACT's current...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2014