Reviews
Mammal Hands: Gifts From The Trees
Jesse Barratt | Jordan Smart | Nick Smart
Gifts From The Trees, Mammal Hands’ fifth album saw them working in a Welsh residential studio, watching the seasons pass...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2023
MEB: That You Not Dare to Forget
MEB (Miles Electric Band) holds out the promise of Miles Davis reimagined for a new generation, or, as the publicity...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2023
Jsphynx: Reflex
Richard Spaven | Rudi Creswick | Liam Shortall | Alfa Sekitoleko | Michael Underwood | JSPHYNX
Alfa Mist's newly-minted Sekito Records is another instance of a new UK micro-label – see Shabaka Hutchings’ Native Rebel, or...
Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: May/2023
Mats Gustafsson & Joachim Nordwall: Their Power Reached Across Space And Time-To Defy Them Was Death-Or Worse
Mats Gustafsson | Joachim Nordwall
Those who are acclimatised to Gustafsson's usual blistering horn-driven wig-outs and rock-indebted swing might need to readjust their settings for...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: May/2023
Angel Bat Dawid: A Requiem For Jazz
Angel Bat Dawid was one of the highlights – along with Ben Lamar Gay – of Chicago label International Anthem's...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2023
Ben Somers: Plant It Firmly In The Sand
Mirko Scarcia | Tim Giles | Ben Somers | Rob Updegraff
Ben Somers stands apart on the scene: as well as being an excellent tenor sax player, he's also a very...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: May/2023
Anders Jormin: Pasado En Claro
Lena Willemark | Anders Jormin | Jon Fält | Karin Nakagawa
This is best heard as world music, but with a definite ECM twist to it. The opening track, ‘Mist Of...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2023
Peter Brötzmann/Heather Leigh/Fred Lonberg-Holm: Naked Nudes
Fred Lonberg-Holm | Peter Brötzmann | Heather Leigh
Saxophonist Peter Brötzmann has long enjoyed the possibilities afforded by configurations that sit well outside the boundaries of conventional jazz...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2023
Billy Valentine & The Universal Truth
One half of the Valentine Brothers, the duo behind the seminal 1980s anti-Reagan funk anthem ‘Money's Too Tight To Mention’,...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2023
Dan Rosenboom: Polarity
Dan Rosenboom | John Escreet | Damion Reid | Gavin Templeton | Billy Mohler
Trumpeter Dan Rosenboom's latest of more than 20 albums blends the composed, through-improvised and post produced – mixer/engineer Justin Stanley's...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2023
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