Binker Golding: Abstractions Of Reality Past & Incredible Feathers

Daniel Casimir | Sam Jones | Binker Golding | Joe Armon-Jones

Saxophonist Golding shows his versatility on an enjoyable set. This is a markedly different proposition to the duos formed with...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2019

Yazz Ahmed: Polyhymnia

Becca Toft | Noel Langley | Helena Kay | Sophie Alloway | Josie Simons | Tom Jenkins | Sam Halkvist | Johanna Burnheart | Rosie Turton | Nubya Garcia

A slow cook of a release, its roots deep in a 2015 concert piece commissioned by Tomorrow's Warriors with support...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2019

Rich Halley: Terra Incognita

Matthew Shipp | Rich Halley | Michael Bisio | Newman Taylor Baker

Saxophonist Halley is a noteworthy example of an independent musician who produces consistently high quality work away from the spotlight....

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2019

Jesse Palter: Paper Trail

Adult-orientated American mainstream pop-rock with far from obvious jazz references, and though there's some quality to the singer-songwriting, it's unlikely...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019

John Coltrane: Blue World

Jimmy Garrison | McCoy Tyner | Elvin Jones | John Coltrane

One year on from the international success of Both Directions at Once: The Lost Album comes another ‘lost album, this...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2019

Nancy Wilson: Four Classic Albums Plus

A marvellous tribute to one of the great singers, less-well known here in the UK than in the US as...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Bill Frisell: HARMONY

Petra Haden | Luke Bergman | Bill Frisell | Hank Roberts

Look no further than the title. Harmony in music, harmony of the soul, harmony in community: Frisell evokes it all...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2019

Grover Washington Jr: Sacred Kind Of Love: The Columbia Recordings

Hank Jones | Gerald Veasley | Ronnie Foster | Daryl Washington | Jean Carne | Marcus Miller | Herbie Hancock | Phyllis Hyman | Robin Eubanks | Miguel Fuentes

Even his most staunch defenders may well concede that, post- Winelight, the revered Philadelphia saxophonist has been in something of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2019

Jeff Denson/Roman Pilon/Brian Blade: Between Two Worlds

A guitar trio led by bassist and composer Denson with Wayne Shorter's drummer Brian Blade behind the kit. The latter...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019

Ian Brighton: Imaginings

Philipp Wachsmann | Francois Carrier | Steve Beresford | Marcio Mattos | Ian Brighton | Trevor Taylor | Neil Metcalfe | Jon Seagrott

Guitarist Ian Brighton ended a nearly 40-year hiatus from music making in 2016 with a comeback performance at a fundraiser...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2019