The New Mastersounds: Therapy
Leeds-based originally, this retro UKUS quartet crank up the funk in all its Hammond B3, N'Orleans, soul and disco-ised forms....
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014
New Vocabulary
Adam Holzman | Amir Ziv | Jordan McLean | Ornette Coleman
Ornette's recent struggles with ill-health have been well documented so this comes as a breath of fresh air, a reminder...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2015
Ralph Flanagan: Flanagan's Boogie
Top NY session players populate pianist (and erstwhile vocalist) Flanagan's 1951-56 big band, playing in the style of a slightly...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2018
Sun Ra Arkestra: Live In ULM 1992
This late Sun Ra recording was made just one year prior to him taking off and leaving Planet Earth for...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: September/2014
Hank De Mano: Quartet in Concert
A Los Angeles-based flugelhorn player this issue collates two LPs of De Mano's elegant but unexceptional quartet (with piano, bass...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2017
Randy Brecker: The Brecker Brothers Band Reunion
“Never look back” seemed one of Miles' more useful aphorisms. So you may question why Brecker would want to revive...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2014
Webster/Holub/Anorak: Languages: Live at Vortex
Colin Webster | Mark Holub | Sheik Anorak
Sheik Anorak is the nom de guerre of Frank Garcia, boss of Gaffer Records and lynchpin of the thriving underground...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2013
Nicolas Meier World Group: Live
Gerald Watkins | Jasen Weaver | Jason Marsalis | Oscar Rossignoli
Like so many artists, live is where its at for Meier. His buoyant stage presence, the range of colours he...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2020
Ellen Edwards: A New York Session
MOR singer-songwriter presents an instantly forgettable package – more EP than album – of her own material with New York...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2020
John McLaughlin & The 4th Dimension: Black Light
Etienne Mbappe | Gary Husband | John McLaughlin | Ranjit Barot
In 2006, McLaughlin released Industrial Zen. Some tracks roared and were a welcome antidote to a lot of tepid jazz-rock...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2015
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