John Coltrane: Giant Steps (60th Anniversary Edition)

John Coltrane

A cornerstone of any jazz album collection, fans can hardly complain that Giant Steps has been hard to come by....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2020

Charles Mingus: Mingus @ Bremen 1964 & 1975

Don Pullen | George Adams | Clifford Jordan | Jaki Byard | Dannie Richmond | Charles Mingus | Jack Walrath | Johnny Coles | Eric Dolphy

Two live sets, performed 11 years apart, not only give an excellent summary of Mingus' very individual approach to what...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2020

Babatunde & Phenomena: Levels of Consciousness

Eddie Henderson | ‘Babatude’ Lea | Dee Dee Dickerson | Forrest Buchtel | Muziki | Marvin Boxley | Russell Hisahi Baba | Mark Isham | Julian Priester | Jose Najera

Yet another unearthed treasure from the Twickenham-based Pure Pleasure people, 1979's Levels of Consciousness features San Francisco percussionist and Oneness...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: November/2020

WHO Trio: STRELL

This Swiss-based avant-jazz trio (drummer Gerry Hemingway, pianist Michel Wintsch, bassist Bänz Oester) was formed in 1998 and their idiosyncratic...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2020

Rick Simpson: Everything All Of The Time: Kid A Revisited

Rick Simpson | Tori Freestone | James Allsop | Will Glaser | Dave Whitford

On Everything All Of The Time: Kid A Revisited, London-based pianist Rick Simpson (a member of bassist Michael Janisch's band...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: November/2020

Quintopus: The Adjacent Possible

Quintopus, a quirky quartet from Rochester New York, do avant­garde quietly with inspiration from alt. rock, blues and jazz; the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2020

JD Allen: Toys/Die Dreaming

Ian Kenselaar | JD Allen | Nic Cacioppo

Saxophonist JD Allen has been squeezing the history of the tenor sax into the bare bones of a sax, bass...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2020

Michel Benita: Looking at Sounds

Matthieu Michel | Michel Benita | Jozef Dumoulin | Phillipe Garcia

The impact of electronics and digital technology on our existence is no longer a whimsical excursion into science fiction. It...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2020

Merzbow/Gustafsson/Pandi: Cuts Open

Mats Gustafsson | Masami Akita | Balasz Pandi

Japanese noise titan Merzbow (aka Masami Akita) is an odd figure to grace the pages of Jazzwise, but this new...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: November/2020

Fini Bearman: La Loba

Fini Bearman

Captivating a cappella intros, soaring choruses, tintinnabulating codas. Singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Fini Bearman's fourth album La Loba limns an...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2020