Reviews

Review of Chet Doxas: Rich In Symbols

Chet Doxas: Rich In Symbols

Chet Doxas | Zack Lober | Eric Doob | John Escreet | Dave Nugent | Dave Douglas | Matthew Stevens | Liam O'Neil

Ropeadope

Rating: ★★

Chet Doxas, a young Brooklyn-based saxophonist, is of Canadian extraction, as are his quartet’s versatile bassist Zack Lober and guitarist...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Review of Gene Krupa: Blue Rhythm Fantasy

Gene Krupa: Blue Rhythm Fantasy

Gene Krupa

Sounds of Yester Year

Rating: ★

This is the kind of cheap CD you’ll find on street market stalls or in cut price book shops. It...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2018

Review of Rudy Linka: American Trailer

Rudy Linka: American Trailer

Rudy Linka | Rudy Royston | Larry Grenadier

self-released

Rating: ★★★

This is a very charming set from the Prague-born guitarist Rudy Linka, who was voted one of the 10 best...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2018

Review of Dick Oatts: Use Your Imagination

Dick Oatts: Use Your Imagination

Chris Smith | Ugonna Okegwo | Dick Oatts | Anthony Wonsey | Joe Magnarelli

SteepleChase

Rating: ★★★

I really wanted to like this more. I had seen Magnarelli a few years ago at Southport and been underwhelmed,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2018

Review of The Church of St. John Coltrane: Recorded Live, San Francisco

The Church of St. John Coltrane: Recorded Live, San Francisco

Wanika K. Stephens | Bob Marshall | Frederick Harris | Archbishop King | Karl Nueckel | Makeda Nueckel | Gloria Fisher | Toes Tiranoff | Auther Trotter | Cartier King

ExploreSound

Rating: ★★★★

The address may have changed a few times, chased around town by relentless gentrification, but for 50 years, since John...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2018

Review of Stan Kenton and His Orchestra: Concerts In Miniature Volume 20

Stan Kenton and His Orchestra: Concerts In Miniature Volume 20

Tony Ferina | Stan Kenton | Don Bagley | Don Smith | Tom Shepherd | Lee Konitz | Sal Salvador | Keith Moon | Frank Rosolino | Don Dennis

Sounds of Yester Year

Rating: ★★★

Here are three of Kenton’s Concerts in Miniature by probably his orchestra’s best-ever line-up, star-studded throughout, and part of what...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2018

Review of Joe McPhee: The Wilisau Concert

Joe McPhee: The Wilisau Concert

Joe McPhee | John Snyder | Makaya Ntshoko

Corbett vs Dempsey

Rating: ★★★★

A masterwork given a deserved reissue to remind us of McPhee’s illustrious past and show certain lines of continuity with...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2018

Review of Kjetil Møster/Jeff Parker/Joshua Abrams/John Herndon: Ran Do

Kjetil Møster/Jeff Parker/Joshua Abrams/John Herndon: Ran Do

John Herndon | Kjetil Møster | Jeff Parker | Joshua Abrams

Clean Feed

Rating: ★★★

Norwegian saxophonist Kjetil Møster has, over the last few years, lurked most conspicuously in heavily prog-infested waters, whether with Hungarian...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2018

Review of Sun Ra: Discipline 27-II

Sun Ra: Discipline 27-II

Danny Davis | Lamont Kwamie McClamb | Danny Thompson | Sun Ra | June Tyson | Judith Holton | Harry Richards | Akh Tal Ebah | Russell Branch | Robert Underwood

Corbett vs Dempsey

Rating: ★★★★

Reissued in the UK last year as a limited vinyl release by Strut/Art Yard, this CD version of one of...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: March/2018

Review of Keiji Haino/John Butcher: Light Never Bright Enough

Keiji Haino/John Butcher: Light Never Bright Enough

John Butcher | Keiji Haino

OTOROKU

Rating: ★★★

Recorded at London’s Cafe OTO, this concert featuring Japanese guitarist/ experimental musician Keiji Haino and UK saxophonist John Butcher was...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: March/2018

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