Kaz Simmons: Signs

Gerald Cleaver

It seems that, at some point in between recording her third album Dandelions and this latest album, Signs, Kaz Simmons...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2020

Juxtavoice: Juxtanother antichoir from Sheffield

Directed by Martin Archer and Alan Halsey, this Sheffield-based experimental choir merges readings of texts by Samuel Beckett and Gertrude...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013

Ray Barretto: Charanga Moderna/La Moderna de Siempre

1960s New York Latin jazz was hugely popular at the time, but this has dated somewhat and is for enthusiasts...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2013

Alexis Cuadrado: A Lorca Soundscape

Mark Ferber | Miguel Zenón | Claudia Acuña | Dan Tepfer | Alexis Cuadrado | Gilmar Gomes

This recording is a prime example of why we reviewers have such problems coming up with a final ‘Year’s Ten...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2013

Mark Dresser Quintet: Nourishments

Tom Rainey | Rudresh Mahanthappa | Mark Dresser | Michael Sarin | Michael Dessen | Denman Maroney

Mark Dresser is a leading double bassist in avant garde circles, notably as a member of Anthony Braxton’s classic quartet...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013

Herb Ellis & The All-Stars: The Midnight Roll

Roy Eldridge | Victor Feldman | Leroy Vinnegar | Jimmy Rowser | Israel Crosby | Herb Ellis | Buddy Tate | Gus Johnson | Frank Assunto | Ronnie Zito

The name Herb Ellis doesn’t automatically spring to mind when the topic is iconic Texan guitarists. However, he’s definitely a...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2013

Album Interview: Arun Ghosh: A South Asian Suite

Nilesh Gulhane | Zoe Rahman | Idris Rahman | Liran Donin | Pat Illingworth | Chris Williams | Aref Durvesh | Rastko Rasic | Arun Ghosh

A South Asian Suite is only the third release under Arun Ghosh’s name since Northern Namaste (2008). Originally commissioned by...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: November/2013

The Fringe: 40 Years on the Fringe

George Garzone | John Lockwood | Bob Gullotti

No saxophonist unpicks the standard repertoire quite so incisively as George Garzone, author of The Triadic Chromatic Approach. But for...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2013

Michael Garrick Sextet: Prelude to The Heart is a Lotus

Coleridge Goode | Michael Garrick | Don Rendell | Trevor Tomkins | Jim Philip | Ian Carr

This vinyl reissue makes a good epitaph to pianist-composer Michael Garrick, who died just two years ago at 78. Originally...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: November/2013

Oddarrang: In Cinema

Lasse Lindgren | Osmo Ikonen | Ilmari Pohjola | Lasse Sakara | Olavi Louhivuori

This CD was originally written in the context of a musical score for a series of four abstract experimental films...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013