Reviews
Jeremy Pelt: Woven
Jeremy Pelt’s latest album continues the American trumpeter’s ongoing blend of acoustic modernist practices and amplified sounds. As on recent...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: April/2025
John Patitucci: Spirit Fall
Chris Potter | Brian Blade | John Patitucci
Being his first album as leader since 2019’s mainly solo Soul of the Bass, the esteemed heavyweight veteran bassist John...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2025
George Cables: I Hear Echoes
George Cables | Jerome Jennings | Essiet Essiet
Now 80, and best known these days as a member of The Cookers, the travelling hard-bop all-stars, Cables has enjoyed...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2025
Nels Cline: Consentrik Quartet
Tom Rainey | Ingrid Laubrock | Chris Lightcap | Nels Cline
Cline is the most chameleon-like of guitarists: he can rock it with Wilco or The Flaming Lips; or as be...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2025
Art Pepper: Intensity
Frank Butler | Jimmy Bond | Art Pepper | Dolo Coke
Intensity was the final album of Art Pepper’s golden late 1950s first period. However, he wasn’t around to see this...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: April/2025
John Surman: Flashpoints and Undercurrents
First, some important discographical information that is not mentioned in either the album liner or the publicity notes. In 1969,...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2025
Helen Humes: Songs I Like To Sing!
A singer who made her recording debut at just 14, Helen Humes had a rather sporadic recording career (after her...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: April/2025
Nexus: Plays Dolphy
Having played the music of Ayler, Coltrane, Ornette, Rahsaan, John Gilmore and Mingus, among others, Italian ensemble Nexus turns its...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2025
Ken Vandermark & Terrie Ex: This is Not a Holiday!
Pre-eminent Chicago reedsman Ken Vandermark and guitarist Terrie Ex of veteran Dutch anarcho-punks The Ex have a long collaborative relationship.Vandermark...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2025
Nishla Smith/Tom Harris: Live in Manchester
Australian-born, Manchester-based vocalist and songwriter Nishla Smith previously showcased her storytelling talents on her fine 2021 debut album, Friends with...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2025
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