Reviews
Atlantic Road Trip: ONE
Chad McCullough | Paul Towndrow | Miro Herak | Conor Murray | Alyn Cosker
The link between US trumpeter McCullough and Scottish saxophonist Towndrow is Slovakian vibraphonist Herak, who had met and played with...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2024
Karim Saber: Transmission
Alex Wilson | Karim Saber | Jack Thomas | John Jones | Matt Cook
It was Phronesis founder Jasper Høiby who first brought rising guitarist and composer Karim Saber to the attention of Ubuntu...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2024
Kenny Dorham: Jazz Contrasts
Hank Jones | Sonny Rollins | Oscar Pettiford | Max Roach | Kenny Dorham | Betty Glamann
Two more beautifully-presented and splendid-sounding reissues from UK indie New Land, who, after the recent Mingus box set (see review...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2024
Adam Bałdych and Leszek Możdżer: Passacaglia
Two of Poland’s most accomplished musicians at one with the art of spontaneous improvisation here create their own musical genre...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2024
The Cliffs featuring Winston Mankunku Ngozi: Alex Express
These three recordings come from the mid-1970s, a bleak time in the evolution of South African jazz. Black cultural life...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2024
Empirical: Wonder is the Beginning
Tom Farmer | Jason Rebello | Alex Hitchcock | Lewis Wright | Shaney Forbes | Nathaniel Facey
Last year’s EP release Like Lambs was a nice reminder that the quartet Empirical are still going strong with their...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2024
Earl Coleman: Early Years: The Collection 1946-56
To get an idea of the esteem in which the baritone vocalist Earl Coleman was once held, you only need...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2024
Elan Mehler: Trouble in Mind
This solo piano recording was made by Elan Mehler in New Orleans on the eve of the 2020 pandemic.The Boston-born,...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2024
Fergus McCreadie: Sketches
Everybody seems to love Fergus McCreadie, so this EP release of five new solo piano recordings will doubtless find a...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: March/2024
John Etheridge: Blue Spirits: Live
George Double | Pete Whittaker | John Etheridge
Etheridge is the golden thread running through so many projects of the last 50 years that it’s all too easy...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2024
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