Bobby Previte and the Visitors: Gone

Bobby Previte | Kurt Kotheimer | Michael Kammers | Michael Gamble

A mainstay of the 1980s downtown scene, Bobby Previte introduces a new quartet, his first touring band in a decade...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2016

KGQ: Under The Influence

Kieron Garrett | Peter Cumber | Dave O’Higgins | Mike Pratt

This is the second quartet album from Garrett and crew. It sounds like a band that has honed its craft...

Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: November/2016

Sun Ra And His Interplanetary Vocal Arkestra: The Space Age is Here To Stay

Hattie Randolph | Michael Ray | Sun Ra | June Tyson | Eddie Thomas | Ensemble | James Jacson | Tyrone Hill | John Gilmore

This compilation of tracks from Sun Ra's vast discography focuses on the vocal aspect of his work rather than the...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: November/2016

King Crimson: Three of A Perfect Pair

Adrian Belew | Tony Levin | Robert Fripp | Bill Bruford

With King Crimson dead and buried in 1974, the union of Belew and Fripp as Discipline in 1981 seemed to...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2016

Flying Machines

Dave Hamblett | Alex Munk | Matt Robinson | Conor Chaplin

You might have noticed the name of Alex Munk cropping up on recent CDs by quite a few of the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2016

Tom Harrison: Unfolding in Tempo

David Lyttle | Daniel Casimir | Tom Harrison | Robert Mitchell | Cleveland Watkiss

Cardiff-born saxophonist Tom Harrison has assembled a very accomplished quintet for his Duke Ellington (and Billy Strayhorn) tribute project: Cleveland...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: November/2016

Michael Wollny & Vincent Peirani: Tandem

Vincent Peirani | Michael Wollny

Vincent Peirani is one of several younger musicians who have brought a new vibrancy to the current Parisian jazz scene.Astonishingly...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2016

Jimmy Lyons: Push Pull

Munner Bernard Fennell | Roger Blank | Karen Borcs | Jimmy Lions | Hayes Burnett

This pulsating live free jazz 2CD captures the alto saxophonist in uplifting form playing at New York's Collective for the...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2016

Billy Taylor: Four Classic Albums

Taylor was never sufficiently appreciated here, doubtless because he didn't tour despite his tune being used for decades by the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020

Mark Springer: Menu 2 plus The Potentino Wine Piano Quintet

Nerissa Dando | Jane Jewel | Alison Francis Black | Mark Springer | Catherine Black

Springer was Rip Rig + Panic's teenage pianist as they bridged free improv and avant-punk in the early 1980s, with...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: November/2016