Reviews
S.O.S.: Looking For The Next One
Tony Levin | Mike Osborne | Alan Skidmore | John Surman
Formed in 1973, S.O.S. brought together three British sax giants, Surman, Osborne and Skidmore, for a project that turned out...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2014
Mark Edwards: In Deep
Fans of Liane Carroll's superb Ballads album will recall that pianist Mark Edwards was a key presence. Liane returns the...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2014
Jazz ExTempore Orchestra: East & West
Medina Mektiva | Hristo Yotsov | Andrea Vicari | Rico De Jeer | Elvis Stanic
The international make up and musical direction of this band, initiated by the Croatian Liburnia Jazz Association in 2008, is...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014
Jackie McLean Quartet: Swing, Swang, Swingin'/Let Freedom Ring
Recording dates are always essential and all producers should realise that. The time-gap between these two classic Blue Note albums...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: February/2014
Steve Plews/Ed Jones: Derelict
Saxophonist Ed Jones' tough tenor sound has been a solid presence on the UK gig circuit since the acid jazz...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2014
Jeanette Köhn and Swedish Radio Choir: New Eyes on Baroque
Purists, look away now. Purcell, Handel and Bach weren't jazzers and didn't compose with off-the-cuff excursions on the modern trombone...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2014
The Necks: Open
Lloyd Swanton | Chris Abrahams | Tony Buck
A single track, over an hour long: this is precisely the sort of long-form improvisation for which Australian trio The...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: February/2014
Ornette Coleman: Ornette On Tenor
Ed Blackwell | Jimmy Garrison | Don Cherry | Ornette Coleman
Ornette's alto being an event in itself, it's understandable that his debut on tenor should be something worth highlighting. There...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2014
Randy Brecker: The Brecker Brothers Band Reunion
“Never look back” seemed one of Miles' more useful aphorisms. So you may question why Brecker would want to revive...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2014
The Claudia Quintet: September
John Hollenbeck | Chris Tordini | Red Wierenga | Chris Speed | Matt Moran | Drew Gress
Formed in the late-1990s by the drummer John Hollenbeck, The Claudia Quintet releases its seventh album, September, a month in...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2014
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