Lonnie Liston Smith: Album Interview: Cosmic Funk & Spiritual Sounds

James Mtume | David Lee Jr | George Barron | Al Anderson | Cecil McBee | Donald Smith | Lonnie Liston Smith | Lawrence Killian | Sonny Morgan | Greg Maker

One of the most salient features of the music that the keyboardist recorded in his purple patch for Bob Thiele's...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2013

Ray Gelato & The Giants: Wonderful

The spivvy-looking godfather of jump-swing trawls the Italian songbook (including Paolo Conte) to bring old entertainment values and cigar smoke...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

Miles Davis: Workin'/The Musings Of Miles

Miles Davis | Jones | Paul Chambers | Oscar Pettiford | John Coltrane | Garland | Philly Joe Jones | Red Garland

Christmas came early for me, thanks to the arrival of these public-domain reissues, all of them except Kind Of Blue...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2013

Bill Carrothers: Castaways

Bill Carrothers | Dré Pallemaerts | Drew Gress

This is a generally quiet and calm album, though no less interesting than Carrothers' previous releases from the same label....

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2013

Bill Laswell: Means Of Deliverance

Bill Laswell

Bill Laswell's been-there-done-that CV stretches from the mainstream (Mick Jagger and Sting) to the outer reaches (William Burroughs, Peter Brötzmann,...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: February/2013

Cortex: Göteborg

Ola Høyer | Gard Nilssen | Kristoffer Berre Alberts | Thomas Johansson

This debut from a young Norwegian quartet bursts into action with a braying, Ayler-esque tenor fanfare – an opening salvo...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2013

Roni Ben-Hur/Santi Debriano: Our Thing

Featuring Brazilian drummer Duduka Da Fonseca, Israeli acoustic guitarist Ben-Hur and Panamanian bassist Debriano's band give a breezy yet atmospheric...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

Nina Simone: Collector

A somewhat cobbled together anthology with two big hits, this doesn't really make the best of the singer/pianist's legacy....

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2013

John Tchicai Group: Put Up The Fight

Ole Rømer | Bent Clausen | Peter Danstrup | John Tchicai

Somewhere, there's a parallel reality where, after helping to ignite the New Thing in mid-1960s New York and playing on...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2013

George Schuller's Circle Wide: Listen Both Ways

New Yorker drummer Schuller's longstanding quintet (featuring guitarist Brad Shepik) plays mostly his originals with a mix of groove-jazz and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013