Antonio Sánchez & Migration: Lines in the Sand

Matt Brewer | Elad Kabilio | Chase Baird | John Escreet | Nathan Shram | Antonio Sánchez | Thana Alexa

As with his ominous 2017 Grammy-nominated release, Bad Hombre, the New York based drummer-composer continues to fire political salvos at...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

The E.J. Strickland Quintet: Warriors For Peace

Taber Gable | Jure Pukl | Ulrich Edorh | Josh Ginsburg | Godwin Louis | E.J. Strickland

Not so long ago, the Strickland twins seemed to be on loads of recordings. They even had their own label....

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Feb/2019

Joe McPhee: Nation Time

Joe McPhee | Mike Kull | Otis Greene | Ernest Bostic | Bruce Thompson | Herbie Lehman | Tyrone Crabb | Dave Jones

“What time is it?” “Nation time!” From the incantatory call-and-response intro echoing poet Amiri Baraka’s impassioned, Afro-centric call to action,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Feb/2019

Jacob Sacks: Fishes

This new high performance quintet recording from Sacks, a pianist-composer from Michigan, includes saxophonists Tony Malaby and Ellery Eskelin, and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Fredrik Kronkvist: Kronicles

Martin Sjostedt | Fredrik Kronkvist | Orrin Evans | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts

If proof is required that there are still some musicians in Sweden who can swing hard and soulfully, check out...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Feb/2019

Christophe Monniot: Jericho Sinfonia

Alexis Persigan | Quentin Biardeau | Alan Regardin | Guillaume Aknine | Yoann Loustalot | Florian Satche | Roberto Negro | Adrien Chennebault | Gabriel Lemaire | Christophe Monniot

Jericho Sinfonia is an ambitiously diverse, high-concept work by the French saxophonist Christophe Monniot. With the title referencing the biblical...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Mike Westbrook Orchestra: Catania

Pete Saberton | Noel Langley | Anthony Kerr | Dave Plews | Adrian Lane | Dominique Pifarely | Pete Whyman | Chris Caldwell | James McMillan | Paul Nieman

A record of a remarkable free festival, not previously released but recently reprised in that the Westbrooks returned only last...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Feb/2019

Will Todd: Passion Music/Jazz Missa Brevis

Popular classical/choral composer Will Todd attempts to integrate Christian choral works with stylised elements from jazz and gospel-pop, the centrepiece...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Lou Busch/Joe ‘Fingers’ Carr: Joe Busch/Fingers Carr Collection 1940-62

Busch and Carr were the Jekyll and Hyde personalities of the same man, the former a big band arranger and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Feb/2019

Dhafer Youssef: Sounds of Mirrors

Dhafer Youssef | Eivind Aarset | Zakir Hussain | Husnu Senlendirici

Tunisian oud player and singer Dhafer Youssef is a gift to jazz, a musician and composer whose intense ambition and...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Feb/2019