Luis Perdomo: Spirits and Warriors

Billy Hart | Alex Sipiagin | Ugonna Okegwo | Luis Perdomo | Mark Shim

It's a sad state of affairs that when Perdomo tours Europe with his own trio he is unable to get...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2016

Jason Palmer Cédric Hanriot: City of Poets

Donny McCaslin | Michael Janisch | Cédric Hanriot | Clarence Penn | Jason Palmer

City of Poets is a French-American exchange project inspired by themes from the American sci-fi author Dan Simmons' Hyperion Cantos....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016

Seamus Blake/Chris Cheek with Reeds Ramble: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off

Ethan Iverson | Matt Penman | Jochen Rueskert | Chris Cheek | Seamus Blake

There's a little bit of magic about most of the tracks on Reeds Ramble's second CD, which isn't a typical...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: August/2016

Miroslav Vitous: Music of Weather Report

Roberto Bonisolo | Nasheet Waits | Aydin Esen | Gary Campbell | Miroslav Vitous | Gerald Cleaver

Unlike Universal Syncopations II where there was pre-production work and dropping in of solos and parts, Music of Weather Report...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2016

Dave King Trucking Company: Surrounded by The Night

Drummer Dave King's love of singer-songwriter/rock music is well documented from his work in The Bad Plus and the same...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016

Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family: Beginning of a Memory

In memory of his late wife and violinist Felicia, drummer Matt Wilson arranges compositions for a large ensemble that blends...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016

Harry Miller: Different Times, Different Places: Volume 2

Trevor Watts | Bernie Holland | Louis Moholo-Moholo | Harry Miller | Dave Holdsworth | Keith Tippett | Alan Tomlinson | Alan Wakeman

This excellent second installment of Different Times, Different Places gives a further insight into the vast achievements of the late...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2016

The Cloggz: Sawdust & Spangles

Julian Nicholas | Eden Townend | Neil Corin | James McMillan | Gabi Froden | David Trigwell | Christopher Blakey | Terry Pack | Mark Edwards | Ben Sarfas

Cinema and the circus make unlikely jazz bedfellows in Mark Edwards' new band. The sound is woozily celebratory then wryly...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2016

Paolo Fresu & Omar Sosa: Eros

Natacha Atlas | Jaques Morelenbaum | Paolo Fresu | Quartetto Alborada | Omar Sosa

Four years after the release of Alma, a thoughtful, low-key album that enjoyed international critical acclaim, Sardinian trumpeter Paolo Fresu...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2016

Album Interview: Richard Bona & Mandekan Cubano: Heritage

Osmany Paredes | Rey Alejandre | Dennis Hernandez | Richard Bona | Roberto Quintero | Lusito Quintero

Most studio projects by the iconic Cameroonian-born, Brooklyn-based singer and bassist Richard Bona have a story to tell, a concept...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2016