Natacha Atlas: Strange Days

Samy Bishai | Idris Rahman | Tanya Wells | Laurie Lowe | Natacha Atlas | Paulo Vinicius | Asaf Sirkis | Ivan Hussey | Joss Stone | Vasilis Sarikis

Egyptian-British vocalist Natacha Atlas made her mark as the belly-dancing frontwoman of London collective Transglobal Underground nearly 30 years ago,...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Miles Davis: Rubberband

Ledisi | Miles Davis | Mike Stern | Michael Paulo | Randy Hall | Medina Johnson | Lalah Hathaway

A ‘new old’ set, or the more fashionable term of ‘lost’ album? Neither one is entirely appropriate for this uneven...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Theo Girard Quartet: Bulle

Bassist Girard's compositions make wide use of playful horn-riffage reminiscent of Polar Bear, whose drummer Seb Rochford features on this...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Maleem Mahmoud Ghania with Pharoah Sanders: The Trance Of Seven Colors

Maleern Mahmoud Ghania | Fatna Ifis | Pharoah Sanders | Hadifa Ghania | Mohamed Outanine | Khadja Ghania | Malika Ghania | Abdelmalak Ben Hamou | Mutapha Bousan | J'mia hania

Originally released on Bill Laswell's Axiom label, this meeting between US saxophone legend Pharoah Sanders and North African Gnawa music...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Lookout Farm: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

Frank Tusa | Badal Roy | Richie Beirach | Jeff Williams | Dave Liebman

Dave Liebman was still with Miles Davis when he recorded Lookout Farm (ECM) in 1973, leaving the trumpet player's band...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Joe McPhee & Paal Nilssen-Love: Song For The Big Chief

Joe McPhee | Paal Nilssen-Love

When Joe McPhee and Paal Nilssen-Love played together on the evening of 9 December 2017 at Cafe OTO, the great...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Joe Armon-Jones: Turn To Clear View

David Mrakpor | Obongjayar | Nubya Garcia | Luke Newman | James Mollison | Moses Boyd | Georgia Anne Muldrow | Mutale Chashi | Dylan Jones | Asheber

Fans of Ezra Collective and Nubya Garcia will be familiar with Joe Armon-Jones soulful keyboard playing, but his second album...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Krokofant with Ståle Storløkken and Ingebrigt Håker Flaten: Q

Axel Skalstad | Ståle Storløkken | Tom Hasslan | Jørgen Mathisen | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten

Prog's home now is in the fjords and oil-subsidised streets of Norway, where Rune Grammofon are gathering a growing clan...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Zhenya Strigalev/Frederico Dannemann: The Change

Lucques Curtis | Zhenya Strigalev | Federico Dannemann | Obed Calvaire

For well over a decade saxophonist Zhenya Strigalev was a get-up-and-go participator on the contemporary London jazz scene, a character...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Reid Anderson/Dave King/Craig Taborn: Golden Valley Is Now

Dave King | Reid Anderson | Craig Taborn

The title refers to a city on the outskirts of Minneapolis, where all three of the musicians grew up and...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020