The Ed Palermo Big Band: Oh No! Not Jazz!!

The New Jersey-born 18-piece bandleader takes on the might of Frank Zappa again with a fire in his belly but...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Silence Blossoms

Hanna Olivegren | Sam Andreae | Gus Loxbo

This eponymous Anglo-Scandinavian debut is essentially an exploration of simple song forms – albeit one that places those songs in...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2014

Toco: Memoria

Easy-going, yet sensuous sounds from the Brazilian North east and Rio from a band led by vocalist Toco, which combines...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Matt London: Speak Now Music for Tenor Saxophone

A contemporary classical repertoire, an occasionally jazzy one, for tenor saxophone performed by UK-based musician Matt London both solo and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Thomas Clausen: Morning…Dreaming…

A sweetly lyrical, chamber duo combines the experienced Danish pianist-composer with the five-string electric bassist Steve Swallow....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Dylan Howe: Subterranean: New Designs on David Bowie's Berlin

Dylan Howe | Steve Howe | Adrian Utley | Ross Stanley | Brandon Allen | Mark Hodgson | Julian Siegel | Nick Pini

As well as being ‘a funky little bastard’, according to his old mentor Ian Dury, Howe has proved a persistent...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2014

Rudy Linka: Acoustic and Electric Retrospective

Rudy Linka | Jay Anderson | John Scofield | Bruce Hall | Adam Nussbaum | Tina Prindle | Marvin ‘Smitty’ Smith | Paul Motian | Dan Fabricatore | Gil Goldstein

Lavishly packaged, with impressive portraits of a range of Linka's guitars, shots from studio recordings and ample coverage of his...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2014

Alice Coltrane: Eternity

Armando Pereza | A Friend | Alice Coltrane | Charlie Haden | Ben Riley

When Alice Coltrane recorded Eternity, she was at a point in her musical life halfway between the expansive free jazz...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2014

Donald Edwards: Evolution of an Influenced Mind

Dedicated to his mentor Alvin Batiste, the Louisiana-based drummer for the Mingus Big Band leads an African-centric post-bop band including...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Sax Appeal: Funkerdeen

Derek Nash | Gary Plumley | Scott Garland | Simon Allen | Phil Scragg | Mike Bradley | Bob McKay | Brandon Allen | Pete Adams

Derek Nash has fingers in many pies. The hardworking producer, composer/arranger and multi-reedman fronts various groups and works with others,...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: July/2014