Henry Threadgill 14 Or 15 Kestra: AGG: Dirt… And More Dirt

David Virelles | Stephanie Richards | Liberty Ellman | David Bryant | Jonathan Finlayson | Jacob Garchik | Christopher Hoffman | Curtis Robert Macdonald | Jose Davila | Christopher Craig Weinrib

Two offerings from the masterful composer in a rich vein of form that demonstrate his ability to still draw newness...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2018

William Parker: Lake Of Light: Compositions For AquaSonics

Anne Humanfeld | Leonid Galagnov | William Parker | Jeff Schlanger

Bass player and composer William Parker is a legendary free jazz player, whose explorations with different techniques and sounds over...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: September/2018

Beats & Pieces Big Band: Ten

Rich McVeigh | Stewart Wilson | Richard Foote | Anthony Brown | Oliver Dover | Nick Walters | Anton Hunter | Richard Jones | Simon Lodge | Owen Bryce

Beats & Pieces' director Ben Cottrell is a Manc indie-band singer trapped in a big-band jazz leader's body. Or is...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018

William Parker: Voices Fall From The Sky

William Parker

For lovers of song, William Parker's 3CD box set Voices Fall From The Sky represents an inexhaustible, eloquent and impressively...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2018

Szun Waves: New Hymn To Freedom

Luke Abbott | Laurence Pike | Jack Wyllie

Szun Waves brings together Norfolk-based electronica artist Luke Abbott; drummer Laurence Pike, of Australian electronic jazz trio Triosk; and saxophonist...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: September/2018

Karen Sharp: The Sun, The Moon And You

Nikki Iles | Karen Sharp | Dave Green | Steve Brown

This quartet has been together for a while now and it shows. Each player is given space to air their...

Reviewed by Peter Vache in issue: September/2018

Jeffrey Osborne: Worth It All

Jeffrey Osborne | Kevin Chokan | Ming Freeman | Bill Sharpe | Khari Parker

The veteran musician and singersongwriter Jeffrey Osborne has been a little quieter in the studio since the turn of the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2018

Extra Large Unit: More Fun, Please

Magnus Breivik Løvseth | Mats Äleklint | Klaus Holm | Rebekka Eikefet | Torgrim Halse | Julie Helgeland Davidsen | Mats Hägerlind | Maria Quevedo Meloni | Paal Nilssen-Love | Edo Hayek

Just when you thought Paal Nilssen-Love's Large Unit couldn't get any larger, here it's swollen from its usual formation to...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2018

Ryo Fukui: Scenery

A 1976 album by the self-taught Japanese pianist Fukui and his trio, which mainly tackles standards that swing appealingly in...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2018

Soothsayers: Tradition

Now onto their seventh album, Soothsayers, a Sarf London-based ensemble, display their usual unpretentiously invigorating mix of Afrobeat, psych-reggae and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018