Reviews
Wes Montgomery: Back on Indiana Avenue: The Carroll DeCamp Recordings
A sequel to Echoes of Indiana Avenue, Resonance's 2012 release taken from the same tape sources, this new volume of...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: July/2019
Fred Frith: Live At The Stone: All Is Always Now
Not that we need reminding, but this collection shows again what a versatile musician Frith remains. Here he is in...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2019
Dexter Gordon: Go! + A Swingin‘ Affair
Oh dear. This is the sort of set that presents a reviewer with a moral dilemma. Should he or she...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: August/2019
Milt Jackson: Four Classic Albums – Second Set
Here's another of Avid's compilations of classic vinyl albums, the second such Jackson collection, taking in his Ballads and Blues,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2019
Gary Carpenter: SET
The principal attraction of this collection of works by composer Gary Carpenter for devotees of jazz and orchestral music alike...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2019
Evan Parker & Kinetics: Chiasm
Anders Vestergaard | Adam Pultz Melbye | Evan Parker | Jacob Anderskov
Recorded at two locations, London and Copenhagen, this collaboration between veteran UK improviser Evan Parker and Scandinavian free music trio...
Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: August/2019
Johnathan Blake: Trion
Linda May Han Oh | Chris Potter | Johnathan Blake
Drummer Johnathan Blake mostly delivers his polyrhythmic thrust in other people's bands – his current schedule includes Kenny Barron, Ravi...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2019
Anthony Strong: Me And My Radio
Andy Ball | Spencer Brown | Anthony Strong | Nicholas Costley-White
With irresistibly catchy hooks and plenty of textural ear candy, Me And My Radio will satisfy even the most sweet-toothed...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2019
Miroslav Vitous: Journey's End
Jon Christensen | Miroslav Vitous | John Taylor | John Surman
Some may lament Kenny Kirkland's replacement by John Taylor in this band, something like Vitous' third quartet recording on ECM....
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2019
Abdullah Ibrahim: The Balance
If your back catalogue with Ekaya includes such essential albums as The Mountain and Water From An Ancient Well, then...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2019
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