Reviews
1032K: That Which Is Planted
Andrew Drury | Ku-umba Frank Lacy | Kevin Ray
As a member of the Mingus Dynasty band, veteran trombonist Ku-umba Frank Lacy will only be all too aware of...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2014
Howard McGhee: West Coast 1945-1947
Howard McGhee (1918-1987) tends to be overlooked these days when the top bop trumpeters are talked about and that's a...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2014
Dave Liebman – Steve Dalachinsky: The Fallout Of Dreams
Steve Dalachinsky | Richie Beirach | Dave Liebman
Growing up in 1960s New York, a teenage Steve Dalachinsky caught the beat bug and took up his pen in...
Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: October/2014
Frederik Köster: Die Verwandlung
A trumpeter-composer with a broad tone leads his Cologne-based quartet, drawing from influences that range from the electric Miles to...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014
Martin Speake and Douglas Finch: Sound Clouds
One's a jazzer born and bred, the other's a classical musician through and through, but that doesn't stop altoist Martin...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2014
João Donato: The Sound of Brazil
Stingy 30-minute playing time, no recording or personnel details, this has all the hallmarks of a lazy production, with Claus...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2014
Fred Thelonious Baker: Life Suite
Fresh, melodic, straight-ahead: what's not to like about Baker's solo acoustic debut? Baker has long been among the nation's respected...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2014
Chet Baker: Get Chet
Highlights of Chet's Parisian discs from 1955-56, including a couple of features with saxophonist Bobby Jaspar, show Chet back on...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2014
The Cellar and Point: Ambit
Joseph Branciforte and Christopher Botta have coined their music ‘Garage-Chamber’ and their influences ranging from alt. rock through to New...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014
Cloudmakers Trio: Abstract Forces
Michael Janisch | Dave Smith | Jim Hart
Jim Hart might best be known as one of the leading practitioners on the vibraphone in the UK, but with...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

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