Dewa Budjana: Zentuary

Danny Markovich | Saat Syah | Tony Levin | Michaela Ruzickova | Risa Saraswati | Deva Budjana | Ubiet | Guthrie Govan | Jack DeJohnette | Gary Husband

A monumental double-album of epic ambition, Badjuna's Indonesian heritage invests several cuts, notably the vox on ‘Lake Takengon’ or the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2017

Joe McPhee & André Jaume: Nuclear Family

Joe McPhee | André Jaume

Recorded six years apart, here's Joe McPhee in two radically different performance situations. With French saxophonist André Jaume he reinvents...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: March/2017

Irabagon, Hegre & Drønen: Axis

Jon Irabagon is a technically ferocious NYC-based sax master of jazz vernaculars, asserting himself coherently in trio with a Norwegian...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Loafer's Hollow

Brandon Seabrook | Moppa Elliott | Ron Stabinsky | Dave Taylor | Kevin Shea | Jon Irabagon | Steven Bernstein

Like the musical lovechild of Billy Jenkins, John Zorn and Frank Zappa, MOPDTK are spunky satirists looking to provide an...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

David Murray: Remastered Recordings On Black Saint & Soul Note Vol. 3

Billy Higgins | Bob Stewart | Fred Hopkins | Don Pullen | Rod Williams | Lonnie Plaxico | David Murray | Johnny Dyani | Craig Harris | John Carter

A glance at the large amount of players used on these six recordings says much about Murray's role as a...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2017

Jimmy Scott: I Go Back Home

HBR Studio Symphony Orchestra | Joey DeFrancesco | Jimmy Scott | Joey Defrancesco | Peter Erskine | Michael Valerio | Kenny Barron

Recorded in 2009 just five years before his death, its creation the subject of a documentary of the same name,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2017

Omar: Love in Beats

The influential British neo-soul singer is now on his eighth album and adds electronics to his funk-fuelled mix of jazzy...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Michael Dease: All These Hands

Trombonist Michael Dease's octet (with alto-saxophonist Steve Wilson and pianist Renee Rosnes) takes us on an interesting historical travelogue through...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Sirene 1009

Han-earl Park | Mark Sanders | Caroline Pugh | Dominic Lash

Cork guitarist Han-earl Park is the instigator of this debut, and several related free improv outfits, but Belfast-based Scot and...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2017

Eddie Jefferson: The Jazz Singer

Eddie Jefferson

For fans of vocal jazz, Eddie Jefferson's The Jazz Singer, subtitled Vocal Improvisations on Famous Jazz Solos, is one of...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2017