Dan Nicholls: Ruins

Dan Nicholls | Dave Smith | James Allsopp | Kit Downes | Shabaka Hutchings | Tom Challenger

Until fairly recently the Staffordshire-born Dan Nicholls was one of the least visible members of North London’s LOOP Collective. But...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Sarah Vaughan: No Count Sarah/After Hours at the London House

The first LP reissued here is Vaughan with the Basie band, sans Basie, and is terrific, but not a patch...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2013

Orelli/Keller/Suter: Blow, Strike & Touch

An experimental Swiss trio, with trumpeter Marco von Orelli, pianist Max E Keller and drummer Sheldon Suter engaging in abstract...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Various Artists: Indaba Is…

Bokani Dyer | iPhupho L'ka Biko | Lwanda Gogwana | Sibusile Xaba | Thandi Ntuli | The Brother Moves On | The Wretched

The Zulu and Xhosa peoples of South Africa define an indaba as an important conference or consultation. An apt title,...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2021

Dafnis Prieto ft Luciana Souza: Cantar

Dafnis Prieto | Luciana Souza | Martin Bejerano | Matt Brewer | Peter Apfelbaum

The ninth album for Grammy-winning Cuban-born drummer, composer and bandleader Dafnis Prieto is a well-crafted global winner. Larry Klein produces...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: September/2022

King Crimson: Live in Vienna

Gavin Harrison | Jakko Jakszyk | Jeremy Stacey | Mel Collins | Pat Mastelotto | Robert Fripp | Tony Levin

Of course, nothing is simple for the Crims. So this live in Vienna package is actually released out of sync,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2018

Paul Bley: Four Classic Albums

This covers the first major steps of Bley's multi-faceted career and, despite deriving from four different labels, the sound is...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020

Marilyn Mazur's Shamania: Rerooting

Anna Lund | Hildegunn Øiseth | Ida Gormsen | Josefine Cronholm | Lis Wessberg | Lisbeth Diers | Lotte Anker | Makiko Hirabayashi | Marilyn Mazur | Sissel Vera Petterson

Leave it to Marilyn Mazur to take us back to our roots: to Gaia. Mother Earth. Our Selves. Brimming with...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

Clifford Thornton & The Jazz Composer's Orchestra: The Gardens Of Harlem

A. Kobena Adzenyah | Andy Gonzalez | Art Lewis | Asante Darkwa | Bob Stewart | Carla Bley | Carlos Ward | Charles Stephens | Clifford Thornton | Dewey Redman

Founded in 1965 by Carla Bley and Michael Mantler, the Jazz Composer’s Orchestra created several star-studded extravaganzas during its 10-year...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Various Artists: Now That's What I Call Jazz

A hotch-potch album that dips randomly into the jazz catalogue and puts classics by Ella and Louis, Coltrane and Chet...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2018