Carlos Garnett: Black Love/Journey To Enlightenment

Billy Hart | Norman Connors | Mtume | Carlos Garnett | Buster Williams | Dee Dee Bridgewater | Alex Blake | Guillherme Franco | Howard King | Mauricio Smith

While the Miles-Jimi union is one of the great ‘what ifs?’ in contemporary black music, a Trane-James Brown collaboration might...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2014

Ray Charles: King Of Cool – The Genius Of Ray Charles

Ray Charles

There's an argument that insists that as far back as the early 1950s, Ray Charles virtually invented soul music by...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2014

Rebirth Brass Band: Move Your Body

Vincent Broussard | Glen David Andrews | Q Spears | Travis Hill | Solomon Doyle III | Gregory Veals | Derrick Shezbie | Erica Falls | Dwayne Williams | Reed Watson

Funky good time music New Orleans-style is now synonymous with the Rebirth Brass Band. This CD is a sizeable dollop...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2014

Frank Rosolino: I Play Trombone

The second outing as leader for the troubled genius of the trombone finds him backed by the Sonny Clark Trio...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2014

Gene Ludwig/Pat Martino Trio: Young Guns

Gene Ludwig | Pat Martino | Randy Gelispie

This newly excavated live club performance finds fleet-fingered PatMartino earning his keep as one-third of a typical lounge bar organ...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2014

Primitive Arkestra: Dolphy's Hat (Live)

Pianist David Hanley leads a large, dynamic free-jazz ensemble in a live set informed by Sun Ra and Mingus, and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

Adam Schroeder: Let's

Anthony Wilson | Jeff Hamilton | John Clayton | Adam Schroeder

In days gone by, swing bands had breakout small groups. Think the Benny Goodman Quartet, for instance. Well, this foursome...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2014

Charlie Haden/Jim Hall:

Jim Hall | Charlie Haden

There'll no doubt be a plethora of posthumous Haden releases in the months to come, and this reissue of a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2014

Jan Lundgren Trio: Flowers of Sendai

This Swedish pianist has worked at the top level of European jazz and here is in trio with an elegant,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

Flat Earth Society: Boot & Berg/X-Legged Sally/Call Sheets, Riders and Chicken Mushroom

Peter Vermeersch | Stefaan Blancke | Bruno Vansina | Nicolas Lefevre | Berlinde Deman | Teun Verbruggen | Sally C.S | Pierre Vervloesem | Danny Van Hoeck | Christia Martin

Billing themselves as the creators of ‘the most unreliable music since 1999’, Flat Earth Society (FES) are a multi-media arts...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014