Clifford Jordan: These Are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly

Clifford Jordan

First released on Atlantic Records in 1965, in some senses this is an album decades ahead of its time. Indeed,...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: September/2020

Ralph Peterson & The Messenger Legacy: Onward and Upward

Ralph Peterson

This step-change release for Ralph Peterson, the 58 year-old Art Blakey-inspired drummer and bandleader, brings together no less than 14...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2020

Jyoti (Georgia Anne Muldrow): Mama, You Can Bet!

Georgia Anne Muldrow

LA-based singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer Georgia Anne Muldrow is an original. Under her own name she makes left-field contemporary soul....

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: September/2020

Album Interview: Nat Birchall: Mysticism of Sound

Nat Birchall

Saxophonist Nat Birchall is best known for working with musicians such as pianist Adam Fairhall and creating deeply felt acoustic...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2020

Dave Mooney and the Hope of Home Band: Live at National Sawdust

Recorded Live in Brooklyn, guitarist Dave Mooney keeps good company with a contemporary quintet featuring drummer Brian Blade, but throughout...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Kevin Haynes Grupo Elegua: Ajo Se Po

Kevin Haynes

Grupo Elegua, led by alto saxophonist and percussionist Kevin Haynes, released its third album, Ajo Se Po, in June. The...

Reviewed by Christine Hannigan in issue: September/2020

Tigran Hamasyan: The Call Within

Tigran Hamasyan

On his third trio album, the 33-year-old Armenian-born, LA-based pianist-composer Tigran Hamasyan intensifies the uniquely personal soundworld he developed on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Black Light Collective

The smooth saxophonist David McMurray both fronted and produced this extended septet's retro classic version of R&B/soul/funk with a breezy...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

David Beebee, Julian Nicholas, Eric Ford, Jakub Cywinski: David Beebee Quartet

David Beebee

Royal Academy of Music graduate David Beebee is a busy man: among other things, he plays an assortment of instruments...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2020

Charles Tolliver: Connect

Charles Tolliver

Veteran trumpeter Charles Tolliver came to London in the 1960s as a member of Max Roach's group, but he was...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2020