Lexer/Prévost/Wright: Impossibility in its Purest Form

Seymour Wright | Eddie Prévost | Sebastian Lexer

Through the pioneering work of AMM, percussionist Eddie Prévost has spent half a century patiently exploring improvised music frequently defined...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2013

Gil Evans: Four Classic Albums

Brilliant steps towards Gil's bandleading career, reprised through the albums New Bottle Old Wine, Great Jazz Standards and Out Of...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020

Instant Composers Pool: Complete Boxed Catalogue

Tobias Delius | Gerard Van Der Vlist | Maurice Horsthuis | Maartje Ten Hoorn | Thomas Lehn | Eric Dolphy | Sean Bergin | Derek Bailey | Wessel Dekker | Bert Koppelaar

Formed by drummer Han Bennink and pianist Misha Mengelberg in 1967, just a few months after Brötzmann released his epochal...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2013

Azymuth: Light As A Feather: Remixed & Remastered

Aleuda | Alex Malheiros | Ivan Conti | José Roberto Bertrami

Let's not fanny about: cut straight to track six and drown in the disco delirium that is the sublime synth-orama...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2013

Alexi Tuomarila Trio: Seven Hills

Alexi Tuomarila | André Fernandes | Mats Eilertsen | Olavi Louhivuori

At 38, Alexi Tuomarila remains comparatively under-appreciated in the UK. That's not so much the case in Continental Europe, where...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2013

Album Interview: Jah Wobble & Bill Sharpe: Kingdom Of Fitzrovia

Jonas Persson | Sean Corby | Fridrik Karlsson | Jah Wobble | PJ Higgins | Marc Layton-Bennett | Bill Sharpe

The combo of Wobble and Sharpe may catch the headlines – Sharpe's best known for the big haired jazz pop...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2013

Dominic Alldis Trio: A Childhood Suite

Dominic Alldis | Andrew Cleyndert | Martin France | Jonathan Mann

A familiar presence on the London scene, Alldis' latest project has been to create a suite based on his trio's...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2013

Contraband: Time & Space

Brian Moffatt | Charles Orena | Pete Robinson | David Pritchard | Bruce Cale

With Fontanelle's new album Vitamin F currently making waves, it'd be nice to think the ring modulator is primed for...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2013

Dave Douglas Quintet: Time Travel

Matt Mitchell | Rudy Royston | Linda Oh | Jon Irabagon | Dave Douglas

If you enjoyed last year's Be Still, then Time Travel should rock your boat because the music comes from the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2013

Luciana Souza: The Book of Chet

If anyone can get close to the achingly intimate vocal of Chet Baker it could be this feted Grammy-winning Brazilian...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013