The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown: The Crazy World Of Arthur Brown 50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition

One of the defining statements of the late 1960s UK counter-cultural era, this fiery prog-jazz organ trio fronted by Arthur...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Eli Degibri: Soul Station - A Tribute To Hank Mobley

Eli Degibri | Eviatar Slivnik | Tom Oren | Tamir Shmerling

Israeli saxophonist Eli Degibri, a sometime sideman for Herbie Hancock, Al Foster, and the Mingus Big Band, has made a...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Universal Eyes: Four Versions On ‘Artificial Society’

Nate Young | Aaron Dilloway | John Olson | Gretchen Gonzales-Davidson

Universal Eyes is a project that fuses together members from legendary Detroit noise music pioneers Universal Indians and Wolf Eyes,...

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

Lionel Loueke: The Journey

Pino Palladino | John Ellis | Christi Joza Orisha | Etienne Charles | Vincent Segal | Massimo Biolcati | Ferenc Nemeth | Robert Sadin | Lionel Loueke | Patrick Messina

Jazz has always been the music of the movement of peoples, the soundtrack to the journeys, some chosen, more often...

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

Various Artists: Cosmic Forest: The Spiritual Sound Of MPS

Hannibal & The Sunrise Orchestra | Michael Naura | George Gruntz | The Third Wave | Tony Scott | Nathan Davis | Albert Mangelsdorff | Dave Pike

A label with real kudos among collectors, Germany’s MPS peaked between the early and mid-1970s. The catalogue bulged with recordings...

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

Curtis Amy: Four Classic Albums

One of the best things about Avid’s Four Classic Albums series is the chance to re-evaluate artists who might have...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Ingrid Laubrock: Contemporary Chaos Practices

Kamala Sankaram | Mazz Swift | Michel Gentile | Nate Wooley | Elizabeth Fleming | Tim Feeney | Dominic DeStefano | Mary Halvorson | Maya Bennardo | Walker J Jackson

Ingrid Laubrock, as both an improvising tenor-soprano saxophonist and composer, has gone from strength to strength since moving to New...

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

Stanley Turrentine: Four Classic Albums

Hard on the heels of last month’s BGO release of Turrentine’s first post-Blue Note albums, here’s a fine collection from...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Raul Midón with the Metropole Orkest conducted by Vince Mendoza: If You Really Want

Vince Mendoza | Metropole Orkest | Raul Midón

Vocalist/guitarist Midón has mined a rich seam as a solo artist, building a large international fanbase by way of excellent...

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

Butcher Brown: Camden Session

Marcus Tenney | Devonne Harris | Morgan Burrs | Corey Fonville | Andrew Randazzo

This Richmond, Virginia band play a kind of hushed fusion. Though the inspiration of the likes of Weather Report and...

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