The New Woody Shaw Quintet: Vol. 1 At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall - Hamburg 1982

Tony Reedus | Mulgrew Miller | Steve Turre | Woody Shaw | Stafford James

Two events recorded five years apart by two entirely different line-ups. To set the record straight, the 1976-77 dates were...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2018

Darwish: Reclamation

Hamish Balfour | Ben Somers | Darwish | Wes Gibbens | Yazz Ahmed

There might well be lively debate on where this album belongs on the genre exchequer. To all intents and purposes...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2018

Maciej Obara Quartet: Unloved

Ole Morten Vågan | Maciej Obara | Gard Nilssen | Dominik Wania

This is Polish saxophonist and composer Maciej Obara’s ECM debut – though his ninth album as leader in total –...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2018

Glenn Miller: Moonlight, Starlight and Romance

As its title suggests this focuses on the romantic side of Miller’s pre-AAF band, with a predominance of Ray Eberle...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2018

Chuck Garafoulakis and Nevermore Evermore: Vasty Fields of Trance

Tamiko Tamagochi | Nathan Haverkampenstan | Reggie Podmore | Chuck Garafoulakis

Julliard trained keyboardist Chuck Garafoulakis put together Nevermore Evermore – a crossover unit that outmuscled most of the opposition in...

Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: February/2018

George Khan: Ah!

Charlie Hart | Albert Kovitz | Peter Lemer | Frank Flowers | Terry Day | George Khan

Ah, look at the sweet puddy cat snuggling against Khan’s shiny pate on the cover. But don’t be fooled: Khan’s...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2018

Jerry Bergonzi: Dog Star

Phil Grenadier | Carl Winther | Johnny Aman | Jerry Bergonzi | Anders Mogensen

This is basically the same long-running band that played on Carl Winther & Jerry Bergonzi’s Steeplechase album, Inner Journey, which...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2018

Amina Bakara & The Red Microphone

Spoken-word artist Amina Bakara (wife of the late Amira) fires off a stark, stinging polemic against African-American injustices and a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018

Various Artists: Colin Curtis Presents Jazz Dance Fusion

The jazz DJ can be the enemy of live music, keeping real musicians out of clubs, so it’s hard to...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2018

Diego Imbert: Tribute to Charlie Haden

An elegantly performed homage to a giant of double-bass as you’d expect from a top class trio of French bassist...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018