Raymond MacDonald/Marilyn Crispell: Songs Along The Way

Raymond MacDonald | Marilyn Crispell

This is the second album from the US-Scottish duo of Marilyn Crispell and Raymond MacDonald, partly recorded in the studio...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2019

Noah Preminger: After Life

Ruth Lepson | Max Light | Noah Preminger | Kim Cass | Rudy Royston | Jason Palmer

American tenor saxophonist Noah Preminger won the Rising Star category for his instrument in the 2017 Downbeat Critics Poll, and...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2019

Louis Armstrong/Oscar Peterson: Louis Armstrong Meets Oscar Peterson

Louis with the Peterson quartet in 1957 was quite a contrast to what, by then, had been his regular setting...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2019

‘Blue’ Gene Tyranny and Peter Gordon: Trust In Rock

Janet Cuniberti | Peter Gordon | Gene Tyranny | Gene Reffkin | Karl Young | Steve Barket | Patrice Manget | Paul Dresher

A cat-flap view of the curiously privileged world of Californian new musics, composed in and listened to largely by a...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2019

Michel Camilo: Essence

Michel Camilo | Cliff Almond | Sharel Cassity | Raul Agras | Michael Dease | Ricky Rodriguez | Antonio Hart | Kali Rodriguez-Pena | Jason Jackson | Frank Basile

The Dominican-born, Juilliard-trained pianist Michael Camilo has been leading bands for 25 years this year, and to celebrate – and...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2019

Cartoon: Change of Meaning

Roger Turner | Chris Biscoe | John Pope

Cartoon is a UK-based trio made up of the versatile multi-reeds veteran Chris Biscoe, an underappreciated player best known for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019

Gabriele Mitelli/Rob Mazurek: Star Splitter

Rob Mazurek | Gabriele Mitelli

“That telescope was christened the Star-Splitter/Because it didn't do a thing but split/A star in two or three the way...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: September/2019

Go: Organic Orchestra & Brooklyn Raga Massive: Ragmala – A Garland Of Ragas

Gwen Laster | Sara Schoenbeck | Avram Fefer | Michel Gentile | Sean Sonderegger | Damon Banks | Bala Skandan | Rogerio Boccato | Adam Rudolph | Ivan Barenboim

Chicagoan percussionist Adam Rudolph has been a pioneer of ethnomusicological exploration since the 1970s. A former student of, and collaborator...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2019

Joe Stilgoe: The Heat Is On!: Swinging The 80s

The question: how will mainstream 1980s rock film themes stand up to retro big-band swing arrangements? The answer: surprisingly well,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019

Luca Aquino: Italian Songbook

Trumpeter Aquino plays the themes as his trio decoratively weave improvisations around lush middle-of-the-road, largely slow-paced orchestral arrangements of film...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2019