Miles Davis: The Lost Concert

John McLaughlin | Jackie McLean | Chick Corea | John Scofield | Miles Davis | Ricky Wellman | Wayne Shorter | Richard Patterson | Al Foster | Steve Grossman

Davis studiously avoided revisiting his distinguished past until the final year of his life. But on 8 July, 1991, amid...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2021

Chris Speed: Light Line

Clarinet virtuoso Chris Speed makes a bold statement with an album of him playing completely solo. This ultra-minimalist approach isn't...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2021

Broken Shadows

Dave King | Chris Speed | Tim Berne | Reid Anderson

Paying homage to Ornette Coleman isn’t something new for The Bad Plus, of which this band contains three - yes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2021

Oregon: Oregon 74

Paul McCandless | Ralph Towner | Collin Walcott | Glen Moore

Live recordings by Oregon in their early years, prior to the release of the Winter Light album for Vanguard, are...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2021

Stephen Riley: I Remember You

This straightahead standards recording in which the Stan Getz-influenced tenor saxophonist Stephen Riley invited his former teacher Vic Juris to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2021

Trøen-Armeson Quartet: Tread Lightly

Pianist Dag Armeson and flautist-saxophonist Elisabeth Lid Trøen lead us on a surpisingly lyrical tone journey that's redolent of Scandinavian...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2021

Matthew Stevens: Pittsburgh

Matthew Stevens

One pandemic bonus has been a rush of solo acoustic guitar recordings, not least from explorers like Gwenifer Raymond. Stevens...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2021

Ian Carr Double Quintet: Solar Session

Ian Carr | Chris Spedding | Jeff Clyne | Harry Beckett | John Marshall | Tony Roberts | Keith Winter | Brian Smith | Chris Karan | Karl Jenkins

This genre-stretching radio session, led by Ian Carr in October 1970 was for a double quintet built around the first...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2021

Peter Knight and The Australian Art Orchestra: Crossed and Recrossed

Mary Rapp | Simon Barker | Gian Slater | Joe Talia | Tilman Robinson | James Macaulay | Vanessa Tomlinson | Tony Hicks | Nicole Lizée | Jacques Emery

Settle back and let the Australian Art Orchestra take you on a journey across an interior, through endless overlapping vistas...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2021

Falkner Evans: Invisible Words

Falkner Evans

Evans first made his name with the country band Asleep At The Wheel in the 1980s. Now New York-based, he’s...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2021