Cakewalk: Wired

Ivar Loe Bjørnstad | øystein Skar | Stephan Meidell

It's often reported that Johnny Rotten's favourite sounds as a youngster were made by Krautrock groups such as Amon Duul...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2012

Steve Noble and Stephen O'Malley: St. Francis Duo

Steve Noble | Stephen O'Malley

Stalwart UK improv drummer, Noble, and O'Malley, guitarist with US avantdoom unit Sunn 0))), have collaborated before, together with Daniel...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2012

Kevin Hays: Variations

A collaborator of Brad Mehldau's on a recent duet album, Hays' improvisational poise on the classical side is again in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2020

Bruning/Griener/Petrowsky/Prins: Ornette Et Cetera

Uschi Bruning | Jean-Francois Prins | Ernest-Ludwig Petrowsky | Michael Griener

Several of Ornette Coleman's muchloved themes (‘The Sphinx’; ‘Beauty Is A Rare Thing;’ ‘Folk Tale’) dot a 15-song set that...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2012

Fly: Year of the Snake

Jeff Ballard | Larry Grenadier | Mark Turner

This is Fly's second album for ECM, and displays pleasing signs of artistic growth, displayed most obviously in ensemble cohesion...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2012

George King: Into The Light

James Farrell | Jano Rix | Nina Ferro | Michael Rojas | Steve Mackey | Sam Hawksley

Ex-Royal College of Music pianist puts classical form through an improvising sensibility for his originals and a version of Monk's...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014

Devin Gray/Ellery Eskelin/Dave Ballou/Michael Formanek: Dirgo Rataplan

Michael Formanek | Dave Ballou | Devin Gray | Ellery Eskelin

Although just 28-yearsold, Gray is mature enough to see himself as a “musician-drummer rather than a drummer-drummer”, and in this...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2012

Charles Persip and the Jazz Statesmen

Freddie Hubbard | Ronnie Matthews | Roland Alexander | Ron Carter | Marcus Belgrave

Charlie (or Charli, as he now calls himself) Persip was predominantly a big band drummer, working with Dizzy Gillespie and...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2012

Kepa Junkera: Ultramarinos & Coloniales

The inspiration for this dull disc by Latin Grammy winning accordionist/songwriter comes from Basque accordion music and Bilbao street life...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Ketil Bjørnstad: Songs From the Alder Thicket

Ketil Bjørnstad

There is something of the eternal storyteller about Bjørnstad, whether in literature or music, with his seemingly endless desire to...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2012