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

Sonny Criss | Monette Moore | Hampton Hawes | Vernon Biddle | Dan Grisson | Roy Porter | LaGrand Mason | Addison Farmer | Bob Kesterson | Ulysses Livingston

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

Martin Speake | Douglas Finch

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

Fred Thelonious Baker

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