Fania Allstars: Live At the Cheetah

Pete ‘El Conde’ Rodríguez | Roberto Roena | Roberto Rodríguez | Bobby Cruz | Bobby Valentín | Johnny Pacheco | Larry Rogers | Larry Harlow | Héctor Lavoe | Ismael Miranda

A Latin music lover's wet dream, this: not only has Strut Records got together with Fania, the label that launched...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2012

Get The Blessing: OC DC

Pete Judge | Jim Barr | Adrian Utley | Clive Deamer | Robert Wyatt | Jake McMurchie

As our soggy little island slips slowly from its mooring off the coast of northern Europe to float off to...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2012

Bram Stadhouders/Sidsel Endresen/Jim Black: Bell Time

Upcoming Dutch guitarist/laptop ambient experimentalist Stadhouders keeps good company here....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Yuri Goloubev: Titanic for a Bike

Asaf Sirkis | Yuri Goloubev | Claudio Filippini | Julian Argüelles

Russian-born double bassist Yuri Goloubev had a deep grounding in classical music before moving to Italy and dedicating himself to...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2012

Eraldo Bernocchi, Harold Budd, Robin Guthrie: Winter Garden

Robin Guthrie | Eraldo Bernocchi | Harold Budd

I was lucky to first hear Winter Garden while trapped in the middle of a Siberian snow storm. Just as...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2012

Parallax: Krutthuset

Led by trumpeter Stian Omenås, this Norwegian improv trio's remote, folky ambient music was suitably recorded at a powder depot...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Bill Potts: The Jazz Soul of Porgy and Bess

A 1959 big band packed with unbelievable talent directed by Potts, starring Bill Evans, Art Farmer and others on respectful...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2012

Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra: Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!!

Digging into the Puente repertory with a lively flair, this is an über-student big band led by percussionist Bobby Sanabria....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Gerry Hemingway and Marilyn Crispell: Affinities

Gerry Hemingway | Marilyn Crispell

An obvious way for a duo to transcend the sonic limitations of the two instruments deployed is for one or...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2012

Wes, Buddy and Monk Montgomery: Montgomeryland Sessions/Plus Horns and Strings

A perfect graphic clone of a Riverside album cover, but these were originally on Pacific Jazz and find Wes on...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2012