Ola Onabulé: Point Less

John Crawford | Ola Onabulé | John Parricelli | Jack Pollitt | Phil Mulford

Creatively mining influences that range from jazz and soul to pop, this latest collection of originals from singer-songwriter Ola Onabulé...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2019

Allman Brothers Band: Fillmore West 1971

Berry Oakley | Jaimoe Johanson | Dickey Betts | Greg Allman | Duane Allman | Butch Trucks

Perched loftily at No. 2 in Rolling Stone magazine's 50 Greatest Live Albums of All Time (No. 1 is James...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: November/2019

Jaimie Branch: FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise

Lester St Louis | Jaimie Branch | Dan Bitney | Ben LaMar Gay | Marvin Tate | Scott McNiece | Chad Taylor | Jason Ajemian | Matt Schneider | Ben Lamar Gay

Fly Or Die, the debut album from trumpeter Jaimie Branch, popped up on numerous best of the year lists in...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: November/2019

Nina Simone: At The Village Gate

Nina Simone

The live album At The Village Gate is, without question, one of the finest jewels in Nina Simone's distinguished discography...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2019

Billie Holiday: Lady Sings The Blues

One of Lady Day's finest sessions with Charlie Shavers and Tony Scott (who once told me he'd co-written the title-track...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019

Detail: Day Two

Johnny Mbiza Dyani | Frode Gjerstad | John Stevens

Recorded during two days at Staccato Studios, Stavanger, Norway in 1982 (the first part being released as Backwards And Forwards...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: November/2019

Mark Wingfield & Gary Husband: Tor & Vale

Mark Wingfield | Gary Husband

This correspondent hasn't always been the most generous toward Wingfield. But, in collaboration with Husband, the duo has created a...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2019

Eddie Parker's Debussy Mirrored Ensemble: Live In Performance

Rowland Sutherland | Imogen Ridge | James Gilchrist | James Allsopp | Eddie Parker | Steve Watts | Jan Hendrickse | Alcyona Mick | Gareth Lockrane | Martin France

Eddie Parker was one of 1980s big band Loose Tubes' most colourful characters, and he hasn't lost his intuitively maverick...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019

Chase Baird: A Life Between

Antonio Sanchez | Chase Baird | Nir Felder | Dan Chmielinski | Brad Mehldau

You might think you're listening to an intro to a guitar rock classic from the opening to 31-year-old Utah-born saxophonist...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019

Susan Alcorn/Joe McPhee/Ken Vandermark: Invitation To A Dream

Joe McPhee | Ken Vandermark | Susan Alcorn

Spluttering unions of steel and brass breathe fragile life into Invitation To A Dream, the opening recorded salvo from this...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: November/2019