The Phill Musra Group: Creator Spaces

Phill Musra | Hüseyin Ertunc | Michael Cosmic

You know where you are with an album featuring someone calling himself Michael Cosmic and a track called ‘The Creator...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2013

Sam Reed meets Roberto Magris: Ready for Reed

The Philadelphian veteran alto saxophonist Sam Reed meets the Italian pianist/organist Roberto Magris to cook up some deep grooves, soul-jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Sylvie Courvoisier-Mark Feldman Duo: Live at Theatre Vidy-Lausanne

This New York-based couple have performed together on numerous occasions and here in concert take a mostly lyrical 20th century...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Charles Bell: Contemporary Jazz Quartet

The Columbia and Atlantic outings by pianist Bell’s quartet are brought together here: the 1962 sessions with Ron Carter being...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2013

Brainkiller: Colourless Green Superheroes

Coppe | Hernan Hecht | Jacob Koller | Brian Allen

Colourless Green Superheroes follows faithfully in the footsteps of Brainkiller’s Rare Noise debut, The Infiltrator. Detailed, even joyous themes and...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2013

Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Red Hot

Brandon Seabrook | Moppa Elliott | Ron Stabinsky | Kevin Shea | David Taylor | Jon Irabagon | Peter Evans

Formed in 2003, the wacky satirists MOPDTK are the new arch subversives of the New York underground jazz scene. Their...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

The Avengers: On A Mission

Led by the Uruguayan prog rock hero Beledo on guitar, The Avengers including the ex-Miles Davis musical director/keyboardist Adam Holzman,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Melodic Art-Tet

Roger Blank | Tony Waters | Charles Brackeen | William Parker | Ahmed Abdullah

In the last few years, the Lithuanian NoBusiness label has been doing a fantastic job of unearthing previously unheard sessions...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2013

Thelonious Monk/John Coltrane: Complete Live At The Five Spot

Wilbur Ware | Thelonious Monk | Roy Haynes | John Coltrane | Ahmed Abdul-Malik | Shadow Wilson

Only discovered in the 1980s, this five-track, 44-minute recording first released by Blue Note was done with a table-top mic...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2013

Nicholas Payton: #BAM: Live at Bohemian Caverns

Lenny White | Nicholas Payton | Vincente Archer

Nicholas Payton is best known as an outstanding trumpet virtuoso in the acoustic mainstream and for his show-stopping solos in...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2013