Reviews
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
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
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 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

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