Tom Ward/Adam Fairhall: Susurrus

Moving between London and Manchester’s new-generation experimental jazz scenes, the reedsman Tom Ward and the acoustic pianist/accordionist Adam Fairhall are...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

John Escreet: Exception to the Rule

David Binney | Eivind Opsvik | John Escreet | Nasheet Waits

In the sleeve notes the Doncasterborn, New York-resident pianist John Escreet describes how his most recent mentor and now closest...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2012

Juma Sultan's Aboriginal Music Society: Father Of Origin

Abdul Wadud | Ali Abuwi | Charles ‘Bobo’ Shaw | Earl Cross | Frank Lowe | Gene Dinwiddie | Julius Hemphill | Juma Sultan | Philip Wilson | Ralph Walsh

This astonishing audio/visual box set tells the hitherto undocumented story of bass player/percussionist Juma Sultan and his Aboriginal Music Society...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: May/2012

Chuck Owen and the Jazz Surge: Within Us

Chuck Owen | Warren Wolf

Originating in the University of South Florida (from where jazz educator Chuck Folds will retire later this year), the Jazz...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2021

Christian Muthspiel’s Yodel Group: Huljo

Bobby Previte | Christian Muthspiel | Franck Tortiller | Gerald Preinfalk | Jerome Harris | Matthieu Michel

Get that image of a traditional lederhosen-clad Alpine country dweller with a mountain scene stretched out behind him out of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Gilberto Gil: Bandadois

Bem Gil | Gilberto Gil | Jose Gil | Maria Rita

Gilberto Gil had to curtail his musical career when he was Brazil's official Minister of Culture. Now, after completing five...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2010

Rubén Blades: Tangos

Carlos Franzetti | Leopoldo Federico Orchestra | Rubén Blades

Panamanian multi-Grammy winner Rubén Blades is a restless polymath: an actor, singer, composer and poet who made his name on...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2014

Barry Romberg's Random Access: World Creativity/Unplugged Live

Two releases by drummer Barry Romberg of an angular fusion flavour with funk and Caribbean rhythmic asides, the second starring...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Pete Brown and Phil Ryan with Psoulchedelia: Perils Of Wisdom

Alan Weekes | Annie Whitehead | Helen Hardy | Jeff Allen | John Mackenzie | Lee Goodall | Nixon Rosembert | Pete Brown | Phil Ryan | Rietta Austin

Things may come and things may go, but Brown will remain a legend for his superb lyrics, and, if nowt...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2014

Henry Mancini: Playboy Themes

Only a handful of tracks from Peter Gunn (and those were better done elsewhere by Shelly Manne) make this any...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2015