Charles Sepúlveda & The Turnaround: Songs For Nat

Gabriel Rodriguez | Norberto Ortiz | Godwin Vargas | Charles Sepúlveda | Bienvenido Dinzey | Francisco Alcala

Charles Sepúlveda is multi-talented. He’s a striking trumpeter with a thick vibrato, a composer, a bandleader (The Turnaround is now...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2019

Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: Peter and the Wolf

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra | Tommy Smith | Makoto Ozone | Tam Dean Burn

Aesthetically and artistically, a jazz version of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf is a risky venture. But hats-off to Tommy...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2019

David Birchall: Dusk

Tom Cawley | James Copus | Jason Brown | Conor Chaplin

These solo improvisations on nylon-string guitar find David Birchall in a decidedly mellow aspect. Nowhere to be found the cacophonous...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: August/2020

London Improvisers Orchestra: 20 Years On

Philipp Wachsmann | Julián Elvira | David Leahy | David Aird | Edward Lucas | Ulf Mengerson | Barbara Meyer | Dave Jago | Davide Piersanti | Dave Fowler

In the tradition of such former free music ensembles as John Stevens’s The Spontaneous Music Orchestra, Cornelius Cardew’s Scratch Orchestra...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: March/2019

Cæcilie Norby: Sisters In Jazz

Hildegunn Øiseth | Nicole Johänntgen | Dorota Piotrowska | Cæcilie Norby | Marilyn Mazur | Lisa Wulff | Rita Marcotulli

Prompted by an idea from ACT label owner Siggi Loch, this outstanding new recording from Danish vocalist Cæcilie Norby celebrates...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2019

Cannonball Adderley: Swingin’ In Seattle: Live at The Penthouse 1966-1967

Roy McCurdy | Nat Adderley | Cannonball Adderley | Victor Gaskin | Joe Zawinul

In the current climate of rediscovered tapes, ‘lost’ recordings and archive trawling, fans of Cannonball Adderley might think themselves a...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: March/2019

Pat Bianchi: In The Moment

Joe Locke | Kevin Mahogany | Carmen Intorre Jr. | Pat Martino | Byron Landham | Peter Bernstein | Paul Bollenback | Pat Bianchi

New Yorker Pat Bianchi originally trained as a classical pianist. Then he heard jazz, especially from contemporary organist, Joey DeFrancesco,...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2019

Émile Parisien Quartet: Double Screening

Julien Touéry | Ivan Gélugne | Émile Parisien | Julien Lotterier

In jazz, everything seems to go in cycles, and during the last couple of years, the Paris jazz scene has...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2019

Nori: Bruise Blood

Nina Simone-influenced vocalist Akina Adderley fronts a rather dreary, monochrome-sounding young Texas band with a lightweight blend of folk, pop...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2019

Carlos Henriquez: Dizzy Con Clave

Terell Stafford | Carlos Henriquez | Manuel Valera | Anthony Almonte | Michael Rodriguez | Obed Calvaire | Melissa Aldana | Marshall Gilkes

You can imagine the buzz: a live recording at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, deep inside the Lincoln Center, of which...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2019