Marilyn Mazur/Fredrik Lundin/Kasper Bai: Maluba Orchestra

Klavs Hovman | Mia Engsager | Emil De Waal | Jesper Lovdal | Makiko Hirabayashi | Annette Saxe | Kasper Bai | Christina Von B໬ow | Pernille Bévort | Maj Berit Guassora

The wide range of instrumental timbres listed above seems to promise a finely-nuanced tonal palette rather than orchestral fireworks or...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2020

Peter Brötzmann: I Surrender Dear

Peter Brötzmann

Here’s a side to Peter Brötzmann you may not have encountered before: a dozen cuts, all solo tenor performances, that...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2020

McAlmont & Webb: The Last Bohemians

Peter Adam Hill | Alex Webb | Andy Davies | Andrew Cleyndert | David McAlmont | Toni Kofi

This isn’t the first collaboration between vocalist David McAlmont and pianist Alex Webb, as the two continue to perform the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2020

Avram Fefer Quartet: Testament

Eric Revis, Chad Taylor and guitarist Marc Ribot stir African tropes, gritty rock and cosmic jazz elements through saxophonist Fefer’s...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2020

Rich Perry: Other Matters

Jay Anderson | John Riley | Rich Perry | Gary Versace

Cleveland, Ohio-born saxophonist Rich Perry joined the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis big band in 1977 and, as a member of the...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2020

Nat King Cole: Hittin' The Ramp: The Early Years (1936-1943)

Tommy Thompson | Jimmy Adams | Red Callender | Pauline Byrns | Harry Sweets Edison | Juanelda Carter | Johnny Moore | Her Perils | Eddie Cole | Wesley Prince

This exceptional 7CD/10LP set keeps up the extraordinary standards that Resonance has set in issuing previously unheard or obscure material...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Bobby Hutcherson: Montara

Eddie Cano | Ralph McDonald | Willie Bobo | Bobby Hutcherson | Harvey Mason | Ernie Watts | Oscar Brashear | Johnny Paloma | Blue Mitchell | Larry Nash

Like many jazz musicians weaned on Bird and Diz, Hutcherson embraced Latin rhythms throughout his career, and this beautiful album,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2020

Jon Regen: Higher Ground

Initially a jazz pianist, this singersongwriter’s recent album is full of feel-good hooks and retro 1980s pop-jazz allegiances, but without...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2020

Sonar with David Torn: Tranceportation (Volume 1)

Perfectly well-mannered, yet uneventful, collab with trance-rock minimalists Sonar and art-rock guitarist Torn’s warping tonal nuances on their second album...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2020

King Crimson: In The Court Of The Crimson King: An Observation By King Crimson

Mel Collins | Peter Sinfield | Ian McDonald | Michael Giles | Greg Lake | Robert Fripp | Jakko Jakszyk

There’s no doubting In the Court of the Crimson King’s iconic status as a rock, indeed ‘progressive’, album. Those of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2020