Van Morrison: Astral Weeks

Van Morrison | Richard Davis | Jay Berliner | Warren Smith Jr. | Connie Kay | John Payne

Following the deluxe edition of Moondance from Warner in 2013, both Astral Weeks and His Band And The Street Choir...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

David Gordon Tiio: Alexander Scriabin's Ragtime Band

What if Spotify existed a century ago and Russian composer Scriabin was listening to Jelly Roll Morton, Debussy and Irving...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Orrin Evans: The Evolution of Oneself

Christian McBride | Orrin Evans | Karriem Riggins | Marvin Sewell

It's been quite a year for Orrin Evans, who appears to have left Posi-Tone to join Smoke Sessions and both...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Ornette Coleman Quartet: The Love Revolution

Ed Blackwell | David Izenzon | Charlie Haden | Ornette Coleman

Innovative thinking aside, Ornette made game-changing music because of the brilliance of the pool of collaborators into which he dipped...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Brooklyn Funk Essentials: Funk Ain't Ova

Led by Swedish bandleader Lati Kronlund, the Brooklyn Funk Essentials’ fifth album celebrates their 20th year of recording with their...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Scott DuBols: Winter Light

The American guitarist's debut for ACT is a programmatic suite evoking the winter as it turns from dawn to dusk,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Joyce Moreno/Kenny Werner: Poesia

Kenny Werner | Joyce Moreno

The musical relationship between Rio singer-songwriter Joyce Moreno and New York pianist Kenny Werner runs deep. Werner played on both...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Dave Brubeck: At Wilshire-Ebell

The original Fantasy album of Brubeck playing to enthusiastic college crowds was reissued a year or two back on Fresh...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Nat Birchall: Invocations

Tim Fairhall | John Ellis | Adam Fairhall | Christian Weaver | Johnny Hunter | Nat Birchall

A tweak of the personnel in Nat Birchall's latest ensemble brings a subtle but resonant shift in his fertile seam...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Ivo Perelman: Villa Lobos Suite

Matthew Shipp | Ivo Perelman | Mat Maneri | Whit Dickey | Tanya Kalmanovitch

True to form the Brazilian tenor saxophonist goes far and wide with his studio albums, releasing a customary bunch of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016