Reviews
David Chesky/The New Latin Trio: The New York Descargas
Giovanni Hidalgo | John Benitez | David Chesky
A descarga, in case you didn’t know, is an improvisation based on Cuban music themes, primarily son montuno, but also...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: May/2024
Equal Spirits: Wise and Waiting
A decade ago, trombonist/composer Raph Clarkson was a key figure in the charismatic, wackily eclectic, nu-funk UK ensemble World Service...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2024
Peter DiCarlo: The Other Side
Ozan Musluoğlu | Ferit Odman | Peter DiCarlo | Uraz Kivaner
Originally from New York and busy around town, DiCarlo moved to Izmir, Turkey, three years ago and now works there...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2024
Shiver: Shiver Meets Matthew Bourne Volume 2
Joost Hendrickx | Matthew Bourne | Chris Sharkey | Andy Champion
Matthew Bourne’s extensive hunger for collaboration was starved during lockdown, and the second of two summer days playing with Northeastern...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2024
Sun Ra: At The Showcase: Live in Chicago 1976-77
Two very different Record Store Day releases from the Saturnic Mr Ra, both featuring previously unheard music and both revealing...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2024
Charles McPherson: Reverence
Terell Stafford | Jeb Patton | David Wong | Charles McPherson | Billy Drummond
McPherson’s raucous, Parker-inflected modernism has graced over a score of own-name albums. His full-toned fluency on alto sax, honed by...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2024
Charlie Pyne: Nature is a Mother
Charlie Pyne | Luke Pinkstone | Katie Patterson | Liam Dunachie
Singing female double bass players? Hmmm… well, there’s Esperanza, and, er… oh yes! - Charlie Pyne from North London. Forgive...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: May/2024
Sun Ra: Inside The Light World: Sun Ra Meets the OVC
The quality of this previously unheard session from 1986 – in terms of repertoire, performance and production – is so...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2024
Black Lives: People Of Earth
People Of Earth, the second instalment of the Black Lives project, is a worthwhile sequel to the 2022 debut From...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2024
Garry Dial and Rich DeRosa: Keep Swingin'
Specialist jazz educators, even great ones, rarely get a mention outside interviews and biographies. Keep Swingin' brings the name of...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: May/2024
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