Hard Rubber Orchestra: Kenny Wheeler: Suite for Hard Rubber Orchestra

Andrew Poirier | Dave Robbins | Kent Wallace | Bill Runge | John Korsrud | David Branter | Chris Davis | Campbell Ryga | Eli Bennett | Norma Winstone

Kenny Wheeler’s final frailty and beloved stature were both shown by his 2013 London Jazz Festival swansong, when, months before...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Ed Motta: Criterion of the Senses

A Gilles Peterson favourite, this Brazilian vocalist and analogue keyboard specialist has under his belt a few hip recordings on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Rudy Royston: Flatbed Buggy

The Bill Frisell drummer steps up for his third recording as leader, stirring up memories of his rural background with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Imperial Triumphant: Vile Luxury

Yoshiko Oharaz | Kenny Grohowski | Zachary Ilya Ezrin | Sarai Chrzanowski | Andromeda Anarchia | Steve Blanco | Will Smith

Does black metal have a place in the progression of jazz music? In the case of New York experimental metal...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Ant Law: Life I Know

Tom Farmer | Asaf Sirkis | James Maddren | Ivo Neame | Tim Garland | Mike Chillingworth | Ant Law

It’s curious to reflect that there’s been a four-year gap since Law’s last album when he’s so ubiquitous, notably in...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Camille Thurman: Waiting For the Sunrise

Cecil McBee | Camille Thurman | Steve Williams | Jeremy Pelt | Jack Wilkins

It’s always been difficult for females in jazz to obtain the recognition their talent deserves. Easier perhaps in the UK...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Tyshawn Sorey: Pillars

Joe Morris | Mark Helias | Zack Rowden | Tyshawn Sorey | Todd Neufeld | Ben Gerstein | Carl Tesla

A highly respected sideman to the likes of Vijay Iyer and Steve Lehman, Sorey has been steadily building a body...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Yellowjackets: Raising Our Voice

Will Kennedy | Luciana Souza | Russell Ferrante | Dane Alderson | Bob Mintzer

I’ve said it before, and I’ll labour it again, but things may come and things may go, but like the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Eddie Prévost/John Edwards/N.O. Moore: Darkened, Yet Shone

John Edwards | Eddie Prévost | N.O. Moore

Eddie Prévost was, of course, a key figure in the birth of European improv: a young drummer working the London...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

The Art Ensemble Of Chicago And Associated Ensembles: Anthology

Lester Bowie | Roscoe Mitchell | Malachi Favors Maghostut | Joseph Jarman | Evan Parker | Jack DeJohnette | Famoudou Don Moye | Henry Threadgill | Muhal Richard Abrams

Roscoe Mitchell, doyen of the Art Ensemble Of Chicago, once said that the group carried the banner of the Association...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019