Throttle Elevator Music Featuring Kamasi Washington: Retrospective

Erik Jekabson | Thomas McRee | Matt Montgomery | Gregory Howe | Ava Mendoza | Kamasi Washington

While the name Throttle Elevator Music suggests a group, the marketing doesn't leave the star status of one of its...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2017

Dayna Stephens: Gratitude

“Hey, here's an idea: let's play that great number of yours on an old, out-of-tune tack piano!” If you were...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2019

Andrew McCormack: Graviton

Andrew McCormack | Eska | Ralph Wyld | Anton Eger | Shabaka Hutchings | Rob Mullarkey

The words classy and eloquent immediately spring to mind when you listen to the 39-year-old pianist Andrew McCormack. Having graduated...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

Med Flory: …And His Orchestras 1954-59

This is a fine album drawing together the big band work of altoist and arranger Flory, in which his Hollywood...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2017

Dominic Lash Quartet: Extremophile

The Bristol-based avant-improv double-bassist's quartet now includes guitarist/clarinettist Alex Ward and it is his fretwork which warrants particular praise on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

Jihye Lee Orchestra: April

Greg Hopkins | Alan Chase | Rick Stepton | Mark Walker | Jihye Lee

With April and The Manhattan EP we have snapshot of the current Boston/New York contemporary big band scene. April, funded...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2017

Somi: Petite Afrique

Backing a hip jazz group that features Liberty Ellman and Nate Smith, the East African singer-songwriter Somi – a sort...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

Alessandra Novaga: Fassbinder Wunderkammer

Alessandra Novaga

Along with Werner Herzog and Wim Wenders, Rainer Werner Fassbinder spearheaded the wave of ‘New German Cinema’ which emerged during...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: June/2017

Stan Getz: Four Classic Albums - Third Set

Al Cohn | Allen Eager | Bill Crow | Percy Heath | Charlie Perry | Billy Higgins | Max Roach | Charlie Persip | Stan Getz | Gene Ramey

A bit of a patchwork, pulling together a couple of early Norgran dates, a latin episode with Cal Tjader and...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2017

Hubert Dupont: Golan Al Joulan Vol 2

This leading Paris-based double bassist is a passionate explorer of improv music on many levels, and this ‘live’ recording with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017