Reviews

Review of bill bissett & Th Mandan Massacre: Awake In Th Red Desert

bill bissett & Th Mandan Massacre: Awake In Th Red Desert

Wayne Carr | Ross Barrett | Ken Paterson | Gregg Simpson | bill bissett | Harley McConnell | Terry Beauchamp | Martina Clinton | Roger Tentrey

Feeding Tube

Rating: ★★★

In the mid-to-late 1960s, the Kitsilano district of Vancouver was home to a thriving community of musicians, artists and freaks...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2019

Review of Sonny Rollins: A Night At The Village Vanguard

Sonny Rollins: A Night At The Village Vanguard

Percy Heath | Wilbur Ware | Sonny Rollins | Connie Kay | John Lewis | Milt Jackson | Donald Bailey | Elvin Jones | Pete La Roca

Jazz Images

Rating: ★★★★

At the risk of repeating myself (see the last edition of Jazzwise), here's another slice of vinyl opportunism from Jazz...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: May/2019

Review of Adam Bałdych Quartet: Sacrum Profanum

Adam Bałdych Quartet: Sacrum Profanum

Dawid Fortuna | Michael Barański | Adam Bałdych | Krzysztof Dys

Editor's Choice

ACT

Rating: ★★★★

This is Bałdychs sixth album for ACT, and his first for the label with his fellow Polish musicians. Reflecting his...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2019

Review of Gwen & Tiana: African Time

Gwen & Tiana: African Time

Sona Jobarteh | Junior Ali-Balogun | Keyon Harrold | Gregoire Maret | Michael Olatuja | Tiana Ewane | Oli Rockberger | Femi Temowo | Gwen Thomas | Soweto Kinch

Ubuntu Music (CD)

Rating: ★★★

“Alone, I go faster; together, we go further,” runs the proverb emblazoned on the sleeve of African Time, a work...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: May/2019

Review of Madwort's Menagerie

Madwort's Menagerie

Cath Roberts | Adam Spiers | Tim Fairhall | Alex Bonney | Julie Kjær | Tom Ward

Madwort

Rating: ★★★

Overhearing a big band's odd fragmentation in rehearsal suggested the potential of an unconventional ensemble to Tom Ward. Splicing elements...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2019

Review of Kaja Draksler/Petter Eldh/Christian Lillinger: Punkt.Vrt.Plastik

Kaja Draksler/Petter Eldh/Christian Lillinger: Punkt.Vrt.Plastik

Christian Lillinger | Kaja Draksler | Petter Eldh

Intact CD

Rating: ★★★★

The first time Slovenian pianist Kaja Draksler, Swedish bassist Petter Eldh and German drummer Christian Lillinger met was on the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2019

Review of Benjamin Croft: 10 Reasons To…

Benjamin Croft: 10 Reasons To…

Saleem Raman | Henry Thomas | Benjamin Croft | Peter Miles | Andy Davies | Mario Castronari | Benet McLean | Tristan Maillot

33 Jazz

Rating: ★★★

Croft sounds like an original, adept at working with artists as diverse as Lesley Garrett and The Platters. This is...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2019

Review of Arild Andersen/Clive Bell/Mark Wastell: Tales of Hackney

Arild Andersen/Clive Bell/Mark Wastell: Tales of Hackney

Clive Bell | Mark Wastell | Arild Andersen

Confront Core Series

Rating: ★★★

I didn't know what a khene was, nor for that matter a pi saw, before Tales of Hackney dropped through...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2019

Review of Dave Torn/Tim Berne/Ches Smith: Sun of Goldfinger

Dave Torn/Tim Berne/Ches Smith: Sun of Goldfinger

Mike Baggetta | Tim Berne | Ches Smith | David Torn | Ryan Ferreira | Craig Taborn

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

Put the cat out, loosen the trousers, pour a long one, shut your eyes and when you come round in...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2019

Review of Fat John Sextet: Honesty: The Unreleased 1963 Studio Session

Fat John Sextet: Honesty: The Unreleased 1963 Studio Session

Chris Pyne | Danny Thompson | Tony Roberts | Bix Duff | Pete Lemer | Fat John Cox | Dave Castle | John Mumford | Ray Warleigh | Vernon Brown

Turtle TURMD

Rating: ★★★

Who? Well, Jazzwise readers of a certain age may remember drummer Fat John Cox as a stalwart of the early...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: May/2019

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