Eddie ‘Biscuits’ Ponceford and his Crumbs of Comfort: Bugling at the Brizemont

Figs Ackermann | Nugent Stanhope | Eddie Ponceford | Whit Hayworth | Parlezvous Calhoun | Ziggy Goldman | Dab Frimley

“The Brizemont was a big ritzy joint up on Flanagan Avenue. Had all them fancy drapes, lotsa marble, big chandeliers,...

Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: June/2017

Alice Coltrane: The Ecstatic Music Of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda

| Alice Coltrane

Alice Coltrane took the sanskrit name Turiyasangitananda as much more than a perfunctory nod to eastern religion and philosophy. She...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2017

Tony Bennett: The Beat of My Heart

It was a slightly bonkers idea, in 1957, to team Tony Bennett with various drummers from Jo Jones to Art...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2017

Dwiki Dharmawan: Pasar Klewer

Dwiki Dharmawan | Aris Daryono | Boris Savoldelli | Gilad Atzmon | Peni Candarini Rini | Asaf Sirkis | Yaron Stavi | Nydman Windha | Nicolas Meier | Mark Wingfeld

This album is not to be missed. Already it tops my picks for 2017 and it will take something really...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2017

Various Artists: Twenty Five Magic Years: The ACT Jubilee Album

Esbjörn Svensson | Wolfgang Haffner | Nils Landgren | Emile Parisien | Vincent Peirani | Youn Sun Nah | Marius Neset | Lars Danielsson | Ulf Wakenius | Iiro Rantala

Twenty-five years and still going strong is a major achievement for any independent record label, never mind an independent jazz...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2017

Talinka

Gilad Atzmon | Tali Atzmon | Jenny Bliss Bennett | Yaron Stavi | Enzo Zirilli | Frank Harrison

A sensuous debut from not so much a band as a family. It would be easy to position Talinka as...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2017

Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society: Simultonality

Mikel Avery | Ben Boye | Frank Rosaly | Ari Brown | Emmett Kelly | Lisa Alvarado | Joshua Abrams

The trance grooves of North African music have long held a fascination for certain outliers of the jazz avant-garde. In...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2017

Bob Brookmeyer: And Friends

Gary Burton | Bob Brookmeyer | Herbie Hancock | Stan Getz | Tony Bennett | Ron Carter | Elvin Jones

An old favourite for some listeners, and an unlikely curiosity for others. The leader, or perhaps producer Teo Macero, took...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2017

Django Bates and the Frankfurt Radio Big Band: Saluting Sgt. Pepper

Stuart Hall | Django Bates | Axel Schlosser | Martin Scales | Rainer Heute | Peter Bruun | Heinz-Dieter Sauerbon | Jonas Westergaard | Jan Schreiner | Tony Lakatos

A heady brew of Beatles, Bates and beefy big band, Saluting Sgt. Pepper could easily have been one seriously over-egged...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2017

Brass Mask: Live

Gerald Watkins | Jason Marsalis | Jasen Weaver | Oscar Rossignoli

The resourceful LOOP Collective co-founder and saxophonist-composer Tom Challenger's nonet Brass Mask aims straight for the jugular on their brand...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020