Red Nichols: Complete Brunswick Recordings 1927–32

Vols 7–9 of this epic project completes the output of this prolific cornetist and various New York session men, from...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Wadada Leo Smith and Louis Moholo–Moholo: Ancestors

Louis Moholo-Moholo | Wadada Leo Smith

Between them, these two veterans can lay claim to around a century of playing and, as the title suggests, this...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Rachael McFarlane: Hayley Sings

Seth's sister is the voice behind Hayley, the bar singing, hippy chick from American Dad. Songs from the show are...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Philip Clemo: Mesmer All

Pianist Clemo with his unique brand of ambient chamber music in a set that stealthily and ever so subtly unfolds...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Elliott Sharp's Terraplane: Sky Road Songs

Erstwhile cornerstone of the NYC Downtown scene, this guitarist's biting post-punk, blues-rooted band's latest offering (with a guest appearance from...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Davide Mantovani: Choices

Paul Booth | Zoe Rahman | David Liddell | Samy Bishai | Claudio Passavanti | Ivan Hussey | Gustavo Marques | Josué Ferreira | Adriano Adewale | Roger Beaujolais

Since moving to the UK in 1991, the Italian-born bassist Davide Mantovani has become the rhythmic backbone for bands that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Iiro Rantala: My History of Jazz

Morten Lund | Lars Danielsson | Iiro Rantala | Adam Baldych

When the Finnish pianist Iiro Rantala debuted on ACT, Lost Heroes promptly won him Germany's two most important and prestigious...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

David Sanborn: Then Again: The Anthology

David Sanborn

As CVs go, it's not bad: on the blues side there's Paul Butterfield and Little Milton, from pop, rock and...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Pete Oxley and Nicolas Meier: Travels to the West

Nicolas Meier | Pete Oxley

Pete Oxley and Nicolas Meier are bandmates in the reconfigured string quartet Eclectical, but the ten cuts on Travels to...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Harold Land and Kenny Dorham: Complete Recordings – Eastward Ho!/Fire in the West

Harold Land | Kenny Dorham | Joe Peters | Herb Geller | Clarence Jones | Lawrence Marable | Lou Levy | Ray Brown | Amos Trice

Though they struck up a strong friendship around the time Land was with the Max Roach/Clifford Brown group, these two...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013