Reviews
Dan Blake: Da Fé
A saxophonist who's successfully worked with Anthony Braxton, Esperanza Spalding, and acclaimed New York classical chamber group the Mivos Quartet...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2021
STR4TA: Aspects
Bluey Maunick and Gilles Peterson's relationship goes back at least a decade, when they worked together guiding Incognito's chart-topping career:...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: June/2021
Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra: Promises
A real mega¬production that retains intimacy: this is probably the greatest achievement of what is a very notable piece of...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2021
Matt Carmichael: Where Will the River Flow
From the get-go it's hard not to be charmed by Matt Carmichael's breathy melodicism. Unabashedly steeped in his Scottish heritage,...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2021
Three-Layer Cake: Stove Top
Three-Layer Cake are an improv trio, whose collective musical roots can be traced back to the early 1980s US hardcore...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: June/2021
Bill Evans: Everybody Still Digs Bill Evans: A Career Retrospective (1956-1980)
There's a huge amount of good music here, as indeed there should be from a compilation covering a quarter-century. A...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2021
Steiger: The New Lady Llama
It is difficult to pin this Belgian trio down, not least because this, their third album, reveals a strong shift...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: June/2021
Larry Coryell & Philip Catherine + Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic XI: The Last Call
The easy headline with The Last Call is that this is Coryell's last concert recording; within weeks he was dead....
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2021
Sam Donahue: The Sam Donahue Collection 1940-48
Tenorist and arranger Donahue had prospered with Gene Krupa and Artie Shaw before taking over Shaw's US Navy Dance Band...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2021
Miguel Zenón: Law Years: The Music Of Ornette Coleman
Over 20 years, award-winning altoist Zenón has made a number of albums that celebrate his Puerto Rican heritage, but he...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2021
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