Ivo Perelman/Nate Wooley/Brandon Lopez/Gerald Cleaver: Octagon

Matthew Shipp | Nate Wooley | Brandon Lopez | Ivo Perelman | Jeff Cosgrove | William Parker | Joe Hertenstein | Bobby Kapp | Gerald Cleaver

Most jazz musicians worry about where their next album is coming from, but Ivo Perelman isn’t most jazz musicians and,...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Erlend Apneseth Trio: Åra

Erlend Apneseth might be one of Norway’s leading Hardanger fiddle players but he has a broad, organic palette of influences...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Gregory Porter: Nat ‘King’ Cole & Me

Gregory Porter

It’s turning out to be quite a month for Nat King Cole fans. In addition to the reissue of the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Paint

Moppa Elliott | Ron Stabinsky | Kevin Shea

Not taking yourself too seriously is something the band abbreviated as MOPDtK take rather seriously. MOPDtK is made up of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Mark Dresser: Modicana

New York resident Dresser has been a solo bass maestro since 1984, and his versatile, expressively panoramic performance, recorded at...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Dee Dee Bridgewater: Memphis…Yes I'm Ready

Jackie Clark | Dee Dee Bridgewater | John Stoddart | Kirk Whalum | James ‘Bishop’ Sexton | Charles Hodges

Following her magnificent love letter to New Orleans (2015’s Dee Dee’s Feather’s), the inimitable NEA Jazz Master, vocalist, producer and...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

David Lopato: Gendhing for a Spirit Rising

The New York-based pianist/percussionist has a long-term fascination with Javanese Gamelan and other south Asian musics, and on this 2CD...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Shepherds of Cats & David McLean: untitled

A 2CD set of over 2 hours of entirely improvised music recorded live in Wrocław, this experimental young Polish sextet...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Dee Byrne's Entropi: Moment Frozen

Rebecca Nash | Dee Byrne | Matt Fisher | Andre Canniere | Olie Brice

London-based altoist and LUME collective co-founder Dee Byrne cites astronomy, time, the intensity of John Coltrane, late period Miles Davis...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Buddy Terry: Awareness

This 1971 collection of crossover jazz, groove and soul hasn’t worn too well, not least because of the dreadful piano...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018