Pharoah Sanders: Shukuru

Idris Muhammad | Leon Thomas | Pharoah Sanders | Ray Drummond | William Henderson

The recent passing of Pharoah Sanders may make the sound of his music poignant right now but this somewhat overlooked...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Konono No.1: Assume Crash Position

Antoine Ndombele | Augustin Makuntima Mawangu | Duki Makumbu | Menga Waku | Mingiedi Mawangu | Ndofusu Mbiyavanga | Pauline Mbuka Nsiala | Vincent Visi

Konono No.1 are one of the more unlikely success stories of recent years, and their star continues to blaze. The...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2010

Stacey Kent: Songs From Other Places

Art Hirahara | Stacey Kent

Some day in the future, a keen scholar of the music will write a fabulous PhD about all of the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2021

Simon Nabatov/Barry Guy/Gerry Hemingway: Luminous

Keenly atmospheric collective free-improv from a virtuosic line-up that gets the balance just right between pianist Nabatov’s unpredictable melody-driven twists...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2019

ENEMY: Enemy

James Maddren | Kit Downes | Petter Eldh

ENEMY's music fills me with a mix of wonder and fear. The compositions on this, their debut release as a...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: May/2018

Chantler/Noble/Wright: Atlantis

Stockholm-based synth player John Chantler and his free improv trio of British drummer Steve Noble/ saxophonist Seymour Wright offer very...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2020

Pat Martino Quartet: Undeniable — Live at Blues Alley

Eric Alexander | Jeff “Tain” Watts | Pat Martino | Tony Monaco

Fifty years ago, when he was a skinny, hollow-cheeked 17-year-old newcomer in Willis “Gator Tail” Jackson's Harlem-based combo, Pat Martino...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Gilfema: Three

Ferenc Nemeth | Lionel Loueke | Massimo Biolcati

All good things come round again. Three is the trio’s first album in a dozen years but there’s a nary...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2020

Matthew Halsall & The Gondwana Orchestra: Into Forever

Chris Cruiks | Gavin Barras | Keiko Kitamura | Lisa Mallett | Luke Fowers | Matthew Halsall | Rachel Gladwin | Sam Bell | Taz Modi

Gavin Barras’ double bass is the engine that drives this latest from Manchester-based trumpeter, Matthew Halsall. Each tune is built...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: October/2015

Notilus

This French five-piece offer a peculiar sounding mixture of Mike Oldfield-esque arpeggiated synth and more cutting electronica with Milesian ideas...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017