Review of Joe Sample: Ashes To Ashes

Joe Sample: Ashes To Ashes

Joe Sample

Warner Bros

Rating: ★★

Sample's passing last year was another sad loss, making it all the harder to listen again to his music without...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2015

Review of Tuule Kann – Jaak Sooäär: Teisele Kaldale/To the Other Side

Tuule Kann – Jaak Sooäär: Teisele Kaldale/To the Other Side

Jaak Soäär | Tuule Kann

Tutl

Rating: ★★★

Probably best known outside his native Estonia as a member of the Dynamite Vikings, Sooäär has appeared on some 20...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Review of Maulawi: Orotunds

Maulawi: Orotunds

Maulawi Nururdin | Michael Fuller

BBE Music

Rating: ★★★

A welcome reissue of an item in the catalogue of the iconic Strata label that's rarer than hen's fillings, let...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2023

Review of Dudley Phillips: Bassheartmantra

Dudley Phillips: Bassheartmantra

Dudley Phillips | Ian Thomas

www.dudleyphillips.com

Rating: ★★★

This record will come as a surprise to those who’ve tracked the impressive career of Brit bassist Dudley Phillips, whose...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: February/2018

Review of Wolfgang Muthspiel: Where The River Goes

Wolfgang Muthspiel: Where The River Goes

Ambrose Akinmusire | Brad Mehldau | Eric Harland | Larry Grenadier | Wolfgang Muthspiel

ECM

Rating: ★★★★

With Rising Grace in 2016, the Austrian guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel confirmed his stature on the world stage all the more...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2018

Review of Ridina Ahmedová and Petr Tichý: HLASkontraBAS

Ridina Ahmedová and Petr Tichý: HLASkontraBAS

Petr Tichý | Ridina Ahmedová

Poli5

Rating: ★★★★

The cover of Ridina Ahmedová and Petr Tichý's impeccable, crowd-funded duo debut HLASkontraBAS has an eye peering through a double-bass's...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: May/2017

Review of Matt Ridley: The Antidote: Live At The London Jazz Festival

Matt Ridley: The Antidote: Live At The London Jazz Festival

Alex Hitchcock | Ant Law | Marc Michel | Matt Ridley | Tom Hewson

Ubuntu

Rating: ★★★

Matt Ridley is a classicist and romantic, steeped in jazz tradition with a taste for beauty. It’s led to regular...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: November/2023

Review of Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath: Procession Live At Toulouse

Chris McGregor's Brotherhood Of Breath: Procession Live At Toulouse

Bruce Grant | Chris McGregor | Dudu Pukwana | Evan Parker | Harry Beckett | Harry Miller | Johny Dyani | Louis Moholo-Moholo | Mark Charig | Mike Osborne

Rating: ★★★★

It seems appropriate that this legendary ensemble was recorded at its creative peak in France, as this was, after all,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2013

Review of Gilberto Gil: Bandadois

Gilberto Gil: Bandadois

Bem Gil | Gilberto Gil | Jose Gil | Maria Rita

Warner

Rating: ★★★

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

Review of Andy Bey: Pages From An Imaginary Life

Andy Bey: Pages From An Imaginary Life

Andy Bey

High Note

Rating: ★★★

Although the veteran has made a string of excellent group albums in the course of his six-decade career he remains...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

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