Reviews
Arild Andersen/Daniel Sommer/ Rob Luft: As Time Passes
Rob Luft | Arild Andersen | Daniel Sommer
Arild Andersen has long worn the mantle ‘Bass Legend’ with distinction, his playing here as effortless as it is faultless....
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2024
Raymond MacDonald: Desire Lines
MacDonald knows about improvisation. He’s been making it since the 1990s as a saxophonist, including as a founder member of...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: June/2024
Spanish steps: Various Artists: Echoes Of Spain
The subtitle – From Segovia and Sabicas to Miles Davis and John Coltrane – explains the thinking behind this good-value...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: June/2024
Charlie Lavere & his Chicago Loopers: His 25 finest 1933-1951
Lavere (1910-1983) was a busy man-about-music, an able Waller-influenced stride and boogie pianist, bandleader, composer and singer whose well-regarded small...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024
Dizzy Gillespie: Soul & Salvation
In August 1969 Dizzy Gillespie recorded Cornucopia, an album of the popular tunes of the day including ‘Windmills of Your...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2024
Various Artists: Black Jazz Records: The Complete Singles
Along with Tribe and Strata East, Black Jazz is part of the holy trinity of independent labels that documented the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2024
A requiem for Ron: Ron Miles: Old Main Chapel
Bill Frisell | Brian Blade | Ron Miles
It’s hard to process that Ron Miles is no longer with us. In our present world of disharmony, his generous...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2024
Monsieur MÂLÂ
In the style of American band Snarky Puppy, Monsieur MÂLÂ combines virtuosic musicianship with an almost unlimited array of influences....
Reviewed by Gail Tasker in issue: June/2024
One For All: Big George (featuring George Coleman)
The One for All collective dates back to 1997, but its music is as fresh today as it was then,...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2024
Vasilis Xenopoulos/Paul Edis Quartet: Feels Like Home
Vasilis Xenopoulos | Joel Barford | Paul Edis | Adam King
Xenopoulos places himself firmly in the ‘straight-ahead’ stylistic category and has never concealed his admiration for Dexter Gordon and Hank...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024
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