Freda Payne: Come Back to Me Love

Best known for her uplifting Northern Soul hit ‘Band of Gold’, Freda has always been a R&B-influenced jazz singer too...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2014

Andy Haas: Taballah

Andy Haas

New York-based saxophonist, Haas, has had an unconventional artistic trajectory, playing with Canadian new wave group Martha and the Muffins,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2014

Sun Ra Arkestra: Live In ULM 1992

Michael Ray | Sun Ra | Bruce Edwards | Jothan Callins | Elson Nascimento Dos Santos | Ahmed Abdullah | Marshall Allen | Buster Smith | James Jacson | Tyrone Hill

This late Sun Ra recording was made just one year prior to him taking off and leaving Planet Earth for...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: September/2014

Polly Gibbons: My Own Company

Sam Burgess | Arnie Somogyi | Chris Higginbottom | Sam ‘Jeeps’ Roan | Polly Gibbons | James Pearson

Good things come to those who wait, and you sense from the very opening bars of the self-penned title track...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2014

Q3: Spider Dance

Led by piano/keys man Martin Hallmark, Q3 is a breezy UK-based fusion trio taking their cue from Chick Corea, Bob...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2014

Charlotte Glasson: Festivus

Against a background of eclectic big rock/pop sessions, Brighton-based Glasson's sixth CD (featuring guitarist Chris Spedding) brings a similarly wide...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2014

Brötzmann/Adasiewicz/Edwards/Noble: Mental Shake

Steve Noble | Peter Brötzmann | Jason Adasiewicz | John Edwards

This single, 39-minute improvisation, recorded live at London's Café OTO, melds two of Brötzmann's (spelt Broetzmann on the sleeve) more...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2014

Arve Henriksen: The Nature of Connections

Audun Kleive | Gjermund Larsen | Nils Økland | Arve Henriksen | Mats Eilertsen | Svante Henryson

Arve Henriksen is a highly versatile musician, as likely to be found contributing an array of sounds to high-volume improv...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: September/2014

Andy LaVerne: At the Kitano Vol. 2

A longtime recording artist out of this Danish straightahead label stable, the ultra cool bop pianist Andy LaVerne joins up...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2014

The John Aram Quintet with Kenny Wheeler: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Suite

Andy Scherrer | John Aram | Colin Vallon | Norbert Pfammatter | Dave Whitford | Kenny Wheeler

This stunning production – in terms of packaging, production, an audiophile pressing on 180 gram vinyl and well conceived and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2015