Shabaka & The Ancestors: Wisdom Of Elders

Mandla Mlangeni | Siyabonga Mthembu | Gontse Makhene | Mthunzi | Nduduzo Makhathini | Shabaka Hutchings | Ariel Zomonsky

Given the substantial amount of time he spends in South Africa it was inevitable that British saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings would...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

David Dower & Matt Fisher: The Frog, the Fish & the Whale

A young London-based duo of pianist David Dower and multi-percussionist Matt Fisher resembles a softer, more laid-back, chamber version of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Grégory Privat Trio: Family Tree

Linley Marthe | Grégory Privat | Tilo Bertholo

Privat says something on this, his ACT debut, and by the end, you're left wanting more. Potentially, he appears as...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Eri Yamamoto Trio: Life

This New York-based pastoral jazz pianist-composer's 10th release as leader again showcases her longstanding trio of bassist David Ambrosio and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Sean Noonan: Memorable Sticks

The young Irish American ‘griot’ drummer's band covers a mega broad range of maverick musical ground from Zappa to African...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis Featuring Kenny Burrell: Mess Of Blues

Grant Green | Milt Hinton | Billy Butler | Osie Johnson | Grady Tate | Les Spann | Kenny Burrell | Wild Bill Davis | Mundell Lowe | Johnny Hodges

Subtitled ‘The Johnny Hodges/Wild Bill Davis Project’, these four individual CDs (one is a double) corral eight original albums –...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Andre Canniere: The Darkening Blue

Michael Janisch | Ted Poor | Brigitte Beraha | Tori Freestone | Andre Canniere | Ivo Neame

The Darkening Blue is Pennsylvania-born trumpeter Andre Canniere's third release since his move to the UK in 2008 and his...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Padang Food Tigers and Sigbjørn Apeland: Bumblin' Creed

Sigbjørn Apeland | Spencer Grady | Stephen Lewis

The picture on the front cover, bottom right on an otherwise blank yellow canvas, is of a crocodile clamping its...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

David S. Ware & Matthew Shipp: Live in Sant'Anna Arresi, 2004

Matthew Shipp | David S. Ware

Outside of the David S. Ware Quartet, Ware and his trusty pianist Matthew Shipp played in duo formation on only...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Offlines Project

Bringing together the young Israeli New York-based pianist-composer Guy Mintus and the percussionist, oudist and vocalist Yinon Muallem, this new...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017