Reviews
Patricia Brennan Septet: Breaking Stretch
Frequently topping jazz media polls in the US since her 2021 solo debut release Maquishti, the young Mexican-born New York...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2024
Horace Tapscott Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra : 60 Years
Adele Sebastian | Horace Tapscott | Dwight Trible | Linda Hill | Arthur Blythe | Phil Ranelin
Sixty years of black history in sound. This is the grand achievement and mission statement of Horace Tapscott’s Pan Afrikan...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2024
Asher Gamedze & The Black Lungs: Constitution
Here's a date that's huge in every way, as Cape Town-based drummer and composer Asher Gamedze leads his horn-heavy, 10-piece...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2024
Marquis Hill Composers Collective: Beyond the Jukebox
Bop-schooled hotshots infusing hip hop, R&B, neo-soul and electronics into classic-jazz sounds haven’t exactly been hot news for years, but...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2024
Alan Barnes & David Newton: ‘Tis Autumn
I make this the fifth duo album from these two. Their first, Like Minds, appeared back in 1993 on the...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2024
Galliano : Halfway Somewhere
Back in the mists of time, Rob Gallagher, aka Roberto Galliano, used to feature on Gilles Peterson's Radio London show,...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: October/2024
Mark Winkler: The Rules Don’t Apply
In 1972 Mark Winkler auditioned for the nascent Steely Dan, but Donald Fagen wasn’t keen and, with great reluctance, ended...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: October/2024
Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey: Brink
Saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock has a mastery of tone on her instruments – tenor and soprano – and her rich sonic...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: October/2024
Howard McGhee: Maggie’s Back In Town!!
Shelly Manne | Howard McGhee | Leroy Vinnegar | Phineas Newborn Jr
Howard McGhee was an interesting musician in the contemporary jazz scene of the early 1960s. A hold over from the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2024
Alice & the Mountain : Stripped
As the title suggests, the music on this disc is about as stripped back as it gets: just voice and...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2024
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