Reviews
Booker Ervin & Horace Parlan: Complete 4tet/5tet/6tet Recordings
Anyone familiar with Mingus Ah Um, Blues And Roots, Jazz Portraits/Alice In Wonderland and Oh Yeah! can't fail to have...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2016
Fred Frith Trio: Another Day in Fucking Paradise
Jordan Glenn | Jason Hoopes | Fred Frith
Frith remains the most splendidly bloody-minded of innovators. Another Day…, perhaps thankfully, has little to do with Phil Collins, but...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2016
Defunkt: Live At Channel Zero
Ronny Drayton | Bill Bickford | Kenny Martin | John Mulkerin | Joe Bowie
Any recording by the legendary New York ensemble is a cause for celebration but this one, nine years old, even...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2016
Chet Baker Sextet: Chet Is Back!
At this point in Baker's career, he was truly “the tarnished golden boy of jazz”, in his biographer James Gavin's...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2016
John Coltrane & Don Cherry: The Avant-Garde
Percy Heath | Ed Blackwell | Don Cherry | John Coltrane | Charlie Haden
Coltrane was pretty unequivocal in his love for Ornette Coleman and his music. He led a pick-up group as part...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2016
Stein Urheim: Strandebarm
A talented multi-instrumentalist, Urheim has had time to pause and reflect on life in his second home in Strandebarm, a...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2016
Leverton Fox: Velcro Bird
Tim Giles | Isambard Khroustaliov | Alex Bonney
Formed originally in 2008 by the LOOP Collective trumpeter/electronic artist/producer Alex Bonney and the versatile drummer Tim Giles, Leverton Fox...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2016
Duck Baker Trio: Deja Vouty
Duck Baker | John Edwards | Alex Ward
As if a raft of Baker reissues wasn't enough, here's a new recording of his swinging trio work. The core...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2016
Bob Mintzer: All L.A. Band
Mintzer may be Mr Yellowjacket these days, but big bands are in his DNA, as they are in that of...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2016
Bobby Bradford and Hafez Modirzadeh: Live At The Open Gate
Alex Cline | Mark Dresser | Bobby Bradford | Hafez Modirzadeh
Bradford, now an octogenarian, is a trumpet and cornet player known for his work in the avant-garde, most notably with...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: September/2016
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