Iiro Rantala: My Finnish Calendar

Iiro Rantala

In his days with his Trio Toykeat, Rantala emerged as a formidably talented player capable of inspired derring-do that few...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2019

Oddarrang: Hypermetros

Lasse Lindgren | Osmo Ikonen | Ilari Pohjola | Lasse Sakara | Olavi Louhivuori

This is Oddarrang's fifth album since their debut, Cathedral, on the Finnish Texacali label in 2009. Since then, their personnel...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2019

Le Rex: Escape Of The Fire Ants

A young Swiss big-band with an offbeat slant, drawing on influences from film noir to free jazz and contemporary grooves,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2019

O'Higgins & Luft: Play Monk & Trane

Rod Youngs | Scott Flanigan | Rob Luft | Dave O'Higgins

Here's a frontline to savour, with edgesome youth and deep jazz experience, two musicians with a sense of the out-there...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2019

Sunny Murray/Bob Dickie/Robert Andreano: Homework

Sunny Murray | Robert Andreano | Bob Dickie

Originally released as Super Secret Sound in 1997 as an extremely limited lathe LP, this meeting between former Albert Ayler...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: October/2019

Miles Davis: Three Classic Albums Plus (Second Set)

Wynton Kelly | Jimmy Cobb | Miles Davis | Bill Evans | Paul Chambers | Cannonball Adderley | John Coltrane | Hank Mobley | Philly Joe Jones | Red Garland

Stop me if I've said this before (er, actually, don't please Ed. I'm raising a valid point!) but can someone...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: October/2019

Ronin Arkestra: Sonkei

A sizeable high-octane Japanese-based ensemble led by Mark de Clive Lowe give us a pretty invigorating blast of spiritual jazz,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2019

Azymuth: Demos (1973-75) Volumes 1&2

Ivan ‘Mamao’ Conti | Ariovaldo Contesini | Jose Roberto Bertrami | Alex Malheiros

Like any heritage act, Azymuth is the band that keeps on giving. Since their first release, Azimuth, in 1975, the...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2019

ICP Tentet: Tetterettet

Bert Koppelaar | Gilius Van Bergeyk | Peter Brötzmann | Tristan Honsinger | Han Bennink | Alan Silva | Misha Mengelberg | Peter Bennink | Michel Waisvisz | John Tchicai

For the ICP Tentet's debut album, a crack team of Dutch improvisers from the Instant Composers Pool are bolstered not...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2019

David Watson and Tony Buck: Ask The Axes

David Watson | Tony Buck

This Antipodean account-opener from the duo of Kiwi bagpiper David Watson and drummer Tony Buck (from Australian long-form specialists The...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: October/2019