Reviews

Review of Patricia Brennan Septet: Breaking Stretch

Patricia Brennan Septet: Breaking Stretch

Marcus Gilmore | Patricia Brennan | Adam O’Farill | Kim Cass | Jon Irabagon | Mauricio Herrera | Mark Shim

Pyroclastic Records

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Horace Tapscott Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra : 60 Years

Horace Tapscott Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra : 60 Years

Adele Sebastian | Horace Tapscott | Dwight Trible | Linda Hill | Arthur Blythe | Phil Ranelin

The Village/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Asher Gamedze & The Black Lungs: Constitution

Asher Gamedze & The Black Lungs: Constitution

Athi Ngcaba | Ru Slayen | Asher Gamedze | Fred Moten | Tumi Pheko | Jed Petersen | Sean Sanby | Tina Mene | Garth Erasmus | Nobuhle Ashanti

International Anthem

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Marquis Hill Composers Collective: Beyond the Jukebox

Marquis Hill Composers Collective: Beyond the Jukebox

Kendrick Scott | Corey Fonville | Michael Mayo | Jeff Parker | Josh Johnson | Christie Dashiell | Gerald Clayton | Caroline Davis | Mike King | Manasseh

Black Unlimited Music Group/Bandcamp

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Alan Barnes & David Newton: ‘Tis Autumn

Alan Barnes & David Newton: ‘Tis Autumn

David Newton | Alan Barnes

Editor's Choice

Woodville

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Galliano : Halfway Somewhere

Galliano : Halfway Somewhere

Ernie McKone | Crispin ‘Pump’ Taylor | Ski Oakenfull | Jason Yarde | Bémbé Ségué | Crispin ‘Spry’ Robinson | Valerie Etienne | Rob Gallagher

Brownswood Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Mark Winkler: The Rules Don’t Apply

Mark Winkler: The Rules Don’t Apply

John Beasley | Clayton Cameron | Dan Lutz | Scott Whitfield | Mark Winkler | Dan Schnell | Greg Gordon Smith | Danny Janklow | Brian Swartz | Errol Roden

Café Pacific Records

Rating: ★★

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

Review of Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey: Brink

Ingrid Laubrock & Tom Rainey: Brink

Tom Rainey | Ingrid Laubrock

Intakt Records

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

Review of Howard McGhee: Maggie’s Back In Town!!

Howard McGhee: Maggie’s Back In Town!!

Shelly Manne | Howard McGhee | Leroy Vinnegar | Phineas Newborn Jr

Editor's Choice

Contemporary/Craft Recordings

Rating: ★★★★

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

Review of Alice & the Mountain : Stripped

Alice & the Mountain : Stripped

Silje Kåfjord | Bernt Moen

Losen Records

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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