Tingvall Trio: Cirklar

Jürgen Spiegel | Martin Tingvall | Omar Rodriguez Calvo

The Hamburg-based Tingvall Trio have longevity on their side. They've been around since 2003, toured in some 30 countries and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2017

Album Interview: Manu Katché: Manu Katché

Jim Watson | Manu Katché | Nils Petter Molvær | Nils Petter Molvaer | Tore Brunborg

Four albums in on ECM and French-Ivorian drummer Katché has made some major changes to his band – a self-imposed...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Aki Takase & David Murray: Cherry Sakura

Aki Takase | David Murray

The vast experience that Takase and Murray have as duet players is heard from the opening bars of the lengthy...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2017

Ornette Coleman: To Whom Keeps A Record

Charlie Haden | Don Cherry | Ed Blackwell | Ornette Coleman

A classic case of record company reissue overlap leaves Ornettophiles with a dread dilemma. Grab the single CD, To Whom...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2014

Machito Y Sus Afro Cubanas: Tanga – The King of Afro Cuban Jazz

Bobby Woodlen | Ed Medina | Eddie Bert | Frank Davillo | Fred Skerrit | Fred Zito | Gene Johnson | Jose Madera | José Manguel | Lenny Hambro

“If we starve together we starve together,” wrote the arranger Mario Bauza in a letter to his brother-in- law, Machito....

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2016

Dave Douglas: Be Still

Aoife O'Donovan | Dave Douglas | Jon Irabagon | Linda Oh | Matt Mitchell | Rudy Royston

At first listen, this is a curious departure for Douglas. It is predominantly tonal, melodic, strongly lyric-based, and with a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2012

Tom Remon and Jim Mullen: Duality

Tom Remon

Young warrior, old lion: it's the marketing manager's dream, And the music ain't bad either, What a pleasure to see...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2021

Boyd Raeburn: The Boyd Raeburn Collection 1944-48

The work of this big band, one of the most unusual and innovative of the 1940s, has long been hard...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

The MIYUMI Project: The Best of The MIYUMI Project

a range of taiko | Tatsu Aoki

The MIYUMI Project's singular aim is to wed Japanese taiko (drums and drumming) and what is essentially free jazz. Tatsu...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2021

Sidney Bechet and Claude Luter: Moulin à Café

An anthology featuring Bechet and his principal French collaborator from 1949-1955, this has just the highlights of their work, whereas...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2017