Charles Mingus: Tijuana Moods

Bill Triglia | Lonnie Elder | Shafi Hadi | Jimmy Knepper | Charles Mingus | Frankie Dunlop | Ysabel Morel | Dannie Richmond | Clarence Shaw

How to cover such classic stuff in a typical review space? While Pithecanthropus Erectus (1956) was startling enough, Tijuana Moods...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2016

Jim Chapin: Sextet and Octet Featuring Phil Woods

Chapin was a fine drummer, featured here in two exemplary swing bands from 1954-55, the second with nifty arrangements by...

Reviewed by Ayn Shipton in issue: June/2016

Dave Liebman & Richie Beirach: Balladscapes

Richie Beirach | Dave Liebman

Quest, a collaboration between saxophonist Dave Liebman and pianist Richie Beirach with, variously, Ron McLure or George Mraz on bass...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2016

Frank Strazzeri: Strazzatonic

A perfect adjunct to the Menza album reviewed above, this catches Strazzeri on three LP sessions, now presented on two...

Reviewed by Ayn Shipton in issue: June/2016

Beledo: Dreamland Mechanism

Endang Ramdan | Lincoln Goines | Cucu Kurnia | Doron Lev | Beledo | Gary Husband | Tony Steele

Beledo has the kind of virtuosic multi-instrumental skills that leave lesser mortals aghast: so lucky he has in Goines and...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2016

Melt Yourself Down: Last Evenings On Earth

Kushal Gaya | Satin Singh | Leafcutter John | Ruth Goller | Shabaka Hutchings | Tom Skinner | Pete Wareham

Melt Yourself Down’s second shares a saxophonist, Shabaka Hutchings, and end-days theme with The Comet Is Coming’s current cosmic rave-fusion....

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: June/2016

ICP Orchestra: Restless In Pieces

Tobias Delius | Ab Baars | Ernst Glerum | Tristan Honsinger | Han Bennink | Guus Janssen | Wolter Weirbos | Mary Oliver | Mattijs vanish de Woerd | Michael Moore

Ever since drummer Han Bennink and pianist Misha Mengelberg first founded the Instant Composers Pool in 1967, the Dutch free-...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2016

Fahir Atakoglu with Alain Caron and Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez: Live at Umbria Jazz

Horacio ‘El Negro’ Hernandez | Fahir Atakoglu | Alain Caron

Though Chick Corea may have been among the first to splice Spanish spice with fast moving modal jazz with early...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: June/2016

Louis Armstrong: Complete Satchmo Plays King Oliver

Louis’ 1959 Audio-Fidelity album presented here with all the alternate takes and a selection of other Oliver- inspired material makes...

Reviewed by Ayn Shipton in issue: June/2016

Wolfert Brederode Trio: Black Ice

Jasper van Hulten | Wolfert Brederode | Gulli Gudmundsson

Mark my words, these tunes won’t sound right sung by Axl Rose rather than Brian Johnson Actually, this isn’t Black...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2016