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Various Artists: Celestial Blues Cosmic, Political And Spiritual Jazz 1970-74
The sub-genre of spiritual or cosmic jazz springs largely from the epochal well of John Coltrane's A Love Supreme, and...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2016
Dhafer Youssef: Diwan Of Beauty and Odd
Dhafer Youssef | Ben Williams | Aaron Parks | Mark Guiliana | Ambrose Akinmusire
Tunisian oud player-singer Youssef has proved two things over the best part of two decades: that, firstly, he, like the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2016
Charlie Parker: Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes
Charlie Parker didn't invent the idea of releasing the alternate takes that occur, for musical or technical reasons, during studio...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2016
Miles Davis Sextet: At Newport Rhode Island 1958
Jimmy Cobb | Miles Davis | Bill Evans | Paul Chambers | Cannonball Adderley | John Coltrane
Blimey! How many times has this session come out in recent times? Up to now they've all been on various...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2016
Joey Alexander: Countdown
Ulysses Owens Jr Owens Jr | Larry Grenadier | Chris Potter | Dan Chmielinski | Joey Alexander
The jazz piano wünderkind Joey Alexander is a protégé of Wynton Marsalis and has been feted by Herbie Hancock. On...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: September/2016
Borne: Exprime La Naranja
José Miguel Oca | Victor Molero | Sergio Oca | Ricardo Rauet
The irrepressible blast delivered at Love Supreme festival this summer by bass maestro Stanley Clarke, backed by a young and...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2016
Freddie Redd: With Due Respect
‘With Due Respect’ is the title track but respect is also what is shown by Chris Byars (44 when this...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: September/2016
Cecil Payne/Duke Jordan: Brooklyn Brothers
Cecil Payne | Sam Jones | Duke Jordan | Al Foster
A really strong session from the ex-Gillespie big band baritone player, with Jordan's trio jolted forcefully into life by drummer...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2017
Sinikka Langeland: The Magical Forest
Jazz goes all mythological on this album from Sinikka Langeland, a Norwegian musician deeply rooted in the folk traditions of...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2016
Mats Eilertsen: Rubicon
Recordings featuring the Norwegian bassist Mats Eilertsen are now numerous but generally worth checking out. Among those notable contributions that...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2016
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