Go: Organic Orchestra: Sonic Mandala

This is the Yusef Lateef collaborating percussionist Adam Rudolph's compositions for 33 musicians, where fragmented horn ensemble charts and improv...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Vive: Album Deluxe

James Rose | Sam Robson | Ben Cox | Martynas Vilpisauskas | Lewis Daniel | Emily Dankworth

Featuring brilliantly inventive arrangements and harmonies so tight you couldn't blow smoke between them, this debut album from a cappella...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Whit Dickey/Gerald Cleaver: Enigma

Matthew Shipp | Ivo Perelman | Whit Dickey | Gerald Cleaver

Within a relatively small circle of players, Perelman seems intent on trying out all manner of configurations and his decision...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Brass Mask: Spy Boy

John Blease | Tom Challenger | Alex Bonney | Rory Simmons | Nathaniel Cross | Theon Cross | Dan Nicholls | George Crowley

Brass is obviously the – or at least an – ‘in’ thing at the moment; certainly groups with the word...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Sachal Studios Orchestra: Jazz and All That In Memory of Dave Brubeck

John Parracelli | Najaf Ali | Ballu Khan | Derek Watkins | Nafees Ahmed Khan | Rafiq Ahmed

The Sachal Studios Orchestra comprises musicians from Pakistan playing traditional instruments plus three cellos and three desks of violins. It...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Marco Blanco: No Time Like the Present

A New York quintet led by the bassist-composer Michael Blanco, and featuring Jonathan Kreisberg and saxophonist John Ellis, looks to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett

Sam Browne | Gary Burton | Keith Jarrett | Bill Goodwin | Steve Swallow

When this album was released on 22 February 1971 it had ‘instant classic’ written all over it. Widely influential at...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Ramberto Ciammarughi: New Music for Trio

Miroslav Vitous | Gerald Cleaver | Ramberto Ciammarughi

Some might be tempted to quibble that the disc's title is a bit of a misnomer: after all, the recording...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Gary Burton: Good Vibes

Gary Burton | Bernard Purdie | Jerry Hahn | Sam Brown | Eric Gale | Bill Lavorgna | Steve Swallow | Chuck Rainey | Richard Tee

Burton began recording as an artist in his own right, after stints with George Shearing and Stan Getz, on the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Various Artists: Fetén: Rare Jazz Recordings from Spain 1961-74

A good cross section of music and musicians from Spain with a strong Catalonian bias, but some Madrid players nonetheless,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014