Chico Hamilton & Eric Dolphy: Complete Studio Recordings

Truthfully, I have encountered all this material on one too many occasions and with few exceptions this 3CD sandwich hasn't...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Bushman's Revenge: Jazz, Fritt Etter Hukommelsen

Rune Nergaard | Gard Nilssen | Even Helte Hermansen

Over the last nine years, Norwegian three-piece Bushman's Revenge have blazed a trail into guitar power trio heaven, consolidating their...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2016

Albert Ayler: European Radio Studio Recordings 1964

Sunny Murray | Gary Peacock | Don Cherry | Albert Ayler

The saxophone messiah found a certain promised land in Europe, in terms of audience reception and recording opportunities, and these...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2016

Edwin Sanz: Overflow

Sylvia Parejo | Paul Booth | Wladimir Paez | Irving Manuel | Alex Wilson | Edwin Sanz | Oscar ‘Chucky’ Cordero | Robert Marcano | Mike Lindup | Rodrigo Rodriguez

A modern latin jazz album created in Europe by Geneva-based Sanz – a Venezuelan percussion maestro who has worked with...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2016

Josh Kemp: Rare Groove

Ross Stanley | Steve Fishwick | Chris Higginbotham | Jez Franks | Joe Auckland | Josh Kemp

Kemp is a busy presence on the local scene, keen to tour and a jazz club standby. This is his...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2016

Oddarrang: Agartha

Lasse Lindgren | Osmo Ikonen | Ilmari Pohjola | Lasse Sakara | Olavi Louhivuori

The quartet Oddarang's 2007 debut album won the Finnish equivalent of a Grammy for best jazz album, and were first...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016

Arthur Blythe: Lennox Avenue Breakdown/In The Tradition/Illusions/Blithe Spirit

Amina Claudine Myers | Bob Stewart | Kelvyn Bell | Cecil McBee | Steve McCall | Arthur Blythe | James ‘Blood’ Ulmer | John Hicks | Bobby Battle | Fred Hopkns

Absolutely essential quartet of albums from the alto great who has, sadly, not been heard for a decade now. One...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2016

Fini Bearman: Burn The Boat

Robin Mallarkey | Nick Costley-White | Dave Hamblett | Fini Bearman | Matt Robinson | Conor Chaplin

Having impressed with her 2011 debut Step Up and her 2014 reworkings of classic Gershwin material on Porgy & Bess,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2016

Thumbscrew: Convallaria

Mary Halvorson | Michael Formanek | Tomas Fujiwara

Formanek fans may well observe that this trio is a vital cog in the engine of the double bassist's sumptuous...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2016

Jim Black Trio: The Constant

Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Thomas Morgan

In the liner notes, the drummer Jim Black gives the simple yet indirect answer of ‘I like songs’ to the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016