Reviews
Kahil El’Zabar Ethnic Heritage Ensemble: Open Me, A Higher Consciousness Of Sound And Spirit
Alex Harding | Corey Wilkes | Kahil El’ Zabar | Ishmael Ali | James Sanders
Over a career stretching back to the early 1970s Chicago legend Kahil El’ Zabar has defined his own personal musical...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2024
Florian Arbenz: Conversation #10 – Inland
Nils Wogram | Martial In-Albon | Christy Doran | Rafael Jerjen | Florian Arbenz | Matthias Würsch
In the tenth of 12 instalments of musical ‘Conversations’, the drummer/percussionist Florian Arbenz turns to the musicians of his Swiss...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2024
Chet Baker: Chet’s Choice
Chet Baker | Philip Catherine | Hein Van De Geijn | Jean-Louis Rassinfosse
This limited-edition special double-LP gatefold was released late last year, but at the time of writing, copies are still to...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2024
The John Wright Trio: Nice ‘n’ Tasty
Wendell Marshall | JC Heard | John Wright
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
Peter Hand: Blue Topaz
Berklee-trained, the New York guitarist Hand has ranged around the wider upstate New York scene, compiling a decent discography, his...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2024
Rudy Linka/George Mraz: Just Between Us
This alignment of two great Czech musicians produced an album in 1998 that seems remarkable it has taken 26 years...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2024
Benet McLean: Green Park
Zoé Pascal | Liam Dunachie | Rio Kai | Duncan Eagles | Benet Mclean | Benet McLean
As a young man, Benet McLean was tutored by none other than Yehudi Menuhin; perhaps he was the one who...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: March/2024
Mike Makhalemele and Winston Mankunku Ngozi: The Bull in the Lion
Winston Mankunku Ngozi | Trevor Rabin | Ronnie Robot | Neil Cloud | Tete Mbambisa | Mike Makhalemele
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
Art Farmer: The Art of Farmer – Classic Albums 1953-55
These are halcyon days for those keen to hoover up Art Farmer reissues at modest cost. Recently, there’s been Art...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2024
Peter Brötzmann & Paal Nilssen-Love: Chicken Shit Bingo
Peter Brötzmann | Paal Nilssen-Love
Reeds hero Peter Brötzmann and powerhouse drummer Paal Nilssen-Love enjoyed a long association – from Nilssen-Love’s tenure in Brötzmann’s Chicago...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2024
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