Reviews
Siema Ziemia: Second
Kacper Krupa | Fryderyk Szulgit | Pawel Stachowiak | Adrzej Konieczny
The latest release on Cheltenham’s burgeoning (and eclectic) Byrd Out label comes from Gdansk-based electro-acoustic quartet Siema Ziemia. The name...
Reviewed by Tony Benjamin in issue: October/2023
Leroy Vinnegar Sextet: Leroy Walks!
Victor Feldman | Gerald Wilson | Carl Perkins | Leroy Vinnegar | Tony Bazley | Teddy Edwards
A versatile sideman whose rock-solid playing graced countless jazz (and even rock) sessions, Leroy Vinnegar was most famous for his...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2023
Matana Roberts: Coin Coin Chapter Five: In The Garden
In the past decade, the Coin Coin series has become a fascinating commentary on far-reaching African-American socio-cultural and political history....
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2023
Ornette Coleman: Something Else!!!! The Music Of Ornette Coleman
Billy Higgins | Don Payne | Don Cherry | Walter Norris | Ornette Coleman
A versatile sideman whose rock-solid playing graced countless jazz (and even rock) sessions, Leroy Vinnegar was most famous for his...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2023
Nathan Davis Quintet: The Hip Walk
Kenny Clarke | Jimmy Woode | Carmell Jones | Nathan Davis | Francy Boland
Jones and Davis knew each other as youngsters in Kansas City, their home town, and this German session marked their...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2023
Fela Ransome-Kuti: Gentleman 50th Anniversary Issue
Igo Chico | Fela Ransome-Kuti | Tude Williams
Recorded together with Kuti’s Africa ‘70 band amid a period of musical transition, Gentleman was one of the more highlife-focused...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: October/2023
Cedar Walton: The Trio 2
Billy Higgins | Cedar Walton | David Williams
Along with Barry Harris, Walton was a true keeper of the bebop flame. Unlike so many pianists in the 1970s,...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2023
Steve Lacy: The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy
John Ore | Roy Haynes | Steve Lacy | Charles Davis
From the second batch of the Candid label’s recent reissue programme, The Straight Horn of Steve Lacy, only his third...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2023
Blicher Hemmer Gadd: It will be alright
Steve Gadd | Dan Hemmer | Michael Blicher
This is the fourth release from a trio formed by chance a decade ago by global-folk-influenced Danish saxophonist Michael Blicher...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2023
Han Bennink & Terrie Ex: Instants
You can practically smell the mischief emanating from this third duo release by two of the Netherlands’ most puckish improvisers....
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2023
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