Reviews
McNeal and Niles: Thrust
Here's a pleasant surprise – two obscure late 1970s/early 80s jazz-funk treasures, resurrected from Discogs unobtanium status (a copy of...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: April/2023
Leon Lee Dorsey, Russell Malone, Mike Clark: Cantaloupe Island
Mike Clark | Russell Malone | Leon Lee Dorsey
Bassist Leon Lee Dorsey has a lustrous reputation having played alongside the likes of Wynton Marsalis and Cassandra Wilson, and...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2023
Scott Dunn with Claire Martin and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: I Watch You Sleep – Scott Dunn Celebrates Richard Ro
Jeremy Brown | Matt Skelton | Rob Barron | Scott Dunn | Claire Martin | Ryan Quigley
A flawless song list comprising Richard Rodney Bennett originals plus some of his favourite standards, stunning arrangements by conductor Scott...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2023
Keith & Julie Tippett – Couple in Spirit: Sound on Stone
Julie Tippetts | Keith Tippett
This album is sadly not what it was supposed to be. Thirty years after their first Couple In Spirit recording,...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: April/2023
Trilok Gurtu: One Thought Away
The 71-year-old master drummer- percussionist Trilok Gurtu virtually stole the show playing with the Jan Garbarek Quartet at last year's...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2023
Dwight Trible/Kamasi Washington/Georgia Anne Muldrow: Ancient Future
Kamasi Washington | Dwight Trible | Georgia Anne Muldrow
Los Angeles singer Dwight Trible may be better known as a bandmember – his credits include work with legends such...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2023
Paco de Lućia: The Montreux Years
with various ensembles | Paco de Lućia
This new live set in BMG's justly acclaimed Montreux series features the Spanish flamenco legend Paco De Lućia's finest live...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2023
Louis Stewart: Out On His Own
The virtuoso Irish guitarist Louis Stewart (1944-2016) first released this solo recital on the Irish Livia label in 1977 as...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2023
Enzo Zirilli's Zirobop: Ten Past Never
Rob Luft | Misha Mullov-Abbado | Alessandro Chiappetta | Enzo Zirilli
I’ve only seen Zirilli play live once, and he was quite a fireball. Here he's all delicacy and laid-back restraint,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2023
Dhafer Youssef: Street of Minarets
The tenth album from Tunisian vocalist and oud player Dhafer Youssef harks back to his stunning Electric Sufi, a 2001...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2023
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