Reviews
Blixt
Raoul Björkenheim | Bill Laswell | Morgen Ågren
According to their press release, Blixt are purporting to be the present-day aftershock of 1960s power trio Cream, a statement...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: April/2012
Sidney Bechet: Petite Fleur
A good cross section of Bechet from 1932-1942, although the selection is somewhat arbitrary, and there are better anthologies around....
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2014
Carmen McRae: After Glow/Mad About The Man
Good anthology of McRae's 1957 work with Ray Bryant from trio to big band, and most recently out in very...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2012
Full Blast And Friends: Sketches And Ballads
Recorded live in Donaueschingen, Germany at the Donaueschinger Musiktage, this performance of drummer Michael Wertmüller's jazz composition ‘Sketches And Ballads’...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: April/2012
Piero Bittolo Bon And His Original Pigneto Stompers: Musica Acustica
Although by no means a household name, Italian saxophonist Bon nonetheless has some serious credits, having already worked with the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2012
1982: Pintura
Sigbjørn Apeland | Nils Økland | Øyvind Skarbø
If anyone can think of another trio that make folk-inflected improv using drums, harmonium and the traditional Norwegian Hardanger fiddle,...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2012
Steve Colson And The Unity Troupe: Triumph!
All but the most hardcore of collectors will be aware of this platter of wonder, whose previous existence as a...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2012
Theo Bleckmann: Hello Earth!
One for Kate Bush fans and those who like jazz vocalists of the “less is more” variety, the unsung, angelic-toned...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012
Various artists: The Big Blast:100 Classic Big Bands
One hundred tracks spread over four CDs, packed into Proper's usual slim carrying case, and at a bargain price. Annotator/compiler...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2012
Joyce Moreno: Rio de Janeiro
With all of modern music's effects-laden trickery and hype-laden disappointment, it sometimes takes a legend to remind us how it's...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: April/2012
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