Various Artists: Liberation Music

Lonnie Liston Smith | Gil Scott-Heron | Oliver Nelson | Leon Thomas | Bob Thiele Emergency | Angela Davis | Chico Hamilton | Horace Tapscott Quintet

The latest installment in BGP’s Flying Dutchman reissue programme is a compilation that shines a spotlight on the politically charged...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2013

Will Calhoun: Life In This World

Cheick Tidiane Seck | Alioune Wade | Will Calhoun | Marc Cary | Charnett Moffett | Wallace Roney | Doug Wimbish | Donald Harrison | John Benitez | Ron Carter

I don’t know about you, but if I meet a traveller who speaks fluently in many languages and shares his...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2013

Billie Holiday: Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia 1933-1944

Billie Holiday

Originally released in 2001 on Columbia/Legacy and winner of the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Historical Album, Lady Day: The...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2013

Dan Nicholls: Ruins

Tom Challenger | Dave Smith | James Allsopp | Shabaka Hutchings | Kit Downes | Dan Nicholls

Until fairly recently the Staffordshire-born Dan Nicholls was one of the least visible members of North London’s LOOP Collective. But...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Electro Acoustic Ensemble: The Space Between

Mike Walker | Stuart McCallum

An epic made-in-Chicago-where-else? Two-disc set of electro-acoustic music that crosses 1970s futurist moog records, Steve Reich, the more extreme otherworldly...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

Han Bennink/Jaak Sooäär: Beach Party

Jaak Sooäär | Han Bennink

This live meeting between seasoned Dutch jack-in-the-box drummer, Han Bennink, and the younger Estonian guitarist, Jaak Sooäär fairly sizzles with...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2013

Steve Kuhn: The Vanguard Date

Steve Kuhn | Ron Carter | Al Foster

Steve Kuhn is a master pianist with a master pianist’s touch. He was a child prodigy who studied in Boston...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2013

Dudley Moore: From Beyond The Fringe

Great to have the early-60s Moore Trio on CD, but even greater to have Moore’s inspired parodies of Fauré and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2013

Donald Byrd & Kenny Burrell: All Night Long

Though not yet an innovator, Donald Byrd accurately reflected the mood of the time during which these recordings took place....

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2019

Lucian Ban/Mat Maneri: Transylvanian Concert

Mat Maneri | Lucian Ban

Although we have all heard of Transylvania, home of Count Dracula, there may be some who think it’s a fictional...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2013