Reviews
Thelonious Monk/John Coltrane: Monk's Music
This is not the first time the album Monk's Music has been repackaged as ‘featuring John Coltrane’ and yet the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2020
Callum Au and Claire Martin: Songs and Stories
Mark Nightingale | Callum Au | Claire Martin
Recorded at London's Stadium and Air Studios last year and released on the Copenhagen-based Stunt Records, composer, arranger and trombonist...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2020
Roy Ayers: Virgin Ubiquity II
Justo Almario | Chano O'Ferral | Sylvia Cox | Philip Woo | Rpy Ayers
The fusion legend may have appeared a touch on the frail side at his recent UK appearances, but his body...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2020
Orchestra Nazionale della Luna: There's Still Life on Earth
Kari Ikonen | Teun Verbruggen | Sebastien Boisseau | Manuel Hermia
An orchestra that is really a quartet comprising two Belgians, a Finn and a Frenchman that came together on the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2020
Charlie Parker: Bird of Paradise – Best of the Dial Masters
Who can't already know this music – 18 performances from Parker's Dial discography which include such bop anthems as ‘Moose...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: July/2020
The Ray Russell Quartet: Spontaneous Event – Live Vol.1: 1967-69
Ron Fry | Dave Holland | Ron Mathewson | Pete Lemer | Alan Rushton | Ray Russell
For aficionados of British jazz, guitarist Ray Russell is a tantalising if not downright frustrating prospect: a formidable talent who...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2020
Shirley Scott: One For Me
Billy Higgins | Shirley Scott | Harold Vick
Originally an obscure issue on the artist-owned Strata-East records, this album was planned and produced by Shirley Scott herself with...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2020
Dave Rempis & Frank Rosaly: Codes/Myths
Saxophonist Dave Rempis and drummer Frank Rosaly both came up on the Chicago jazz and improvised music scene and have...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2020
Tenderlonius feat. Jaubi: Tender In Lahore
Ed ‘Tenderlonious’ Cawthorne | Marek Pędziwiatr | Zohaib Hassan Khan | Kashif Ali Dhani
Back in April 2019, when international travel was still a commonplace, saxophonist-producer ‘Tenderlonious’ Cawthorne embarked on a trip to Pakistan,...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: July/2020
Robby Ameen: Diluvio
The third album for master drummer/composer Robby Ameen – engine driver for the Afrojazz-tastic likes of Dizzy Gillespie and Ruben...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2020
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