Reviews
Jim Black/AlasNoAxis: Antiheroes
Hilmar Jensson | Chris Speed | Jim Black | Skúli Sverrisson
Born in Seattle but today resident in Brooklyn, Jim Black is known for bringing Balkan music into jazz, as a...
Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: August/2013
Stan Getz: Complete Columbia Albums Collection
It’s debatable whether you’d need to buy Getz’s Columbia albums until after you’ve acquired his output for all the other...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2013
Gabriel Garrick Septet: Song for My Father
Garrick is the custodian of his late father Mike’s considerable musical legacy but now he’s striking out for himself, his...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2013
Various Artists: Liberation Music
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
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
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
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
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
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