John Butcher + 13: Fluid Fixations
It’s a measure of UK saxophonist John Butcher’s standing in the global improv community that he’s able to command such...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2024
Jake Leckie: Planter of Seeds
Beth Goodfellow | Cathlene Pineda | Darius Christian | Jake Leckie | Nadav Peled | Randal Fisher
"Jake Leckie creates rootsy acoustic organic funky folk-jazz for the people!" So says Leckie’s own website, and who can disagree?...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2024
Bugge Wesseltoft: Am Are
A very well-conceived and curated album project that brings together Wesseltoft’s collaborations with a variety of experimental trio combinations, plus...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2025
Ingrid Laubrock: Purposing The Air
New York-based German saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock has been a strong improviser and composer for over 25 years, expressing herself in...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2025
The Simon Spillett Quartet: Up In Town
Alec Dankworth | Pete Cater | Rob Barron | Simon Spillett
Mister PC is Cater’s own label; its debut release featured Spillett’s big band with Cater at the batterie. Now comes...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2025
Buddy Collette and Teddy Edwards Quartets: The Crown Sessions
Tenor star Collette opens here with fellow Central Avenue regular Bill Douglass on drums, his ‘What’s Up’, an uppish riff...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2025
Freddie Hubbard: On Fire: Live at the Blue Morocco
Bennie Maupin | Freddie Hubbard | Freddie Waits | Herbie Lewis | Kenny Barron
Sometimes the hyperbole that surrounds a Resonance release can run away with itself. In one or two instances, the rarity...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2025
Various Artists: Classic Vanguard Small Group Swing Sessions
Mosaic’s carefully curated new set comes with the usual learned commentary (this time by Thomas Cunliffe) and is a wonderful...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2025
Peter Somuah: Highlife
Peter Somuah is a Ghanaian trumpeter and bandleader based in the Netherlands, who grew up in Accra playing in highlife...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: February/2025
Unionen
Gard Nilssen | Per ‘Texas’ Johansson | Petter Eldh | Ståle Størlokken
The band’s name refers to Norway’s 91 years of unwilling royal union with Sweden before its 1905 independence, signifying the...
Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: February/2025
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