Various Artists: This Is Flying Dutchman 1969-1975
BGP, one of the foremost curators of classic independent black music, has issued many titles on the pioneering Flying Dutchman...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2023
Immanuel Wilkins: The 7th Hand
Following the buzz around his debut Omega released in 2020 on Blue Note, the 24-year-old Philadelphia born-and-raised alto saxophonist-composer Immanuel...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2022
Jason Palmer: Rhyme And Reason
Jason Palmer | Kendrick Scott | Mark Turner | Matt Brewer
Improvising musicians have long adapted each other’s songs to create new work, and this album is an invigorating example of...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2019
Various Artists: Liberation Music
The latest installment in BGP’s Flying Dutchman reissue programme is a compilation that shines a spotlight on the politically charged...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2013
Kristian Borring: Nausicaa
Arthur Lea | Jon Scott | Kristian Borring | Spencer Brown | Will Vinson
This young London-based, Danish guitarist-composer attended the Amsterdam Consevatorium, then studied at the Guildhall and has been a sideman for...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2012
Diego Pinera: Odd Wisdom
Ben Monder | Diego Pinera | Donny McCaslin | Scott Colley
Berlin-based drummer Diego Pinera, who hails from Montevideo, Uruguay, says he studied music in places where it came from –...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2021
Dominick Farinacci: Short Stories
Alison Rayner | Buster Birch | Deirdre Cartwright | Diane McLoughlin | Steve Lodder
Initially mentored by Wynton Marsalis, this Ohio-raised trumpeter offers a package of updated ‘classic’ jazz with guests that include Christian...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
Edward Simon with Afi nidad & Imani Winds: Sorrows & Triumphs
Venezuela-born, US-based pianist-composer Edward Simon is, according to JazzTimes, “less talked about than many other important jazz pianists from the...
Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2018
Francesco Cataldo: Spaces
Francesco Cataldo was born in Sicily. He is a musician of great sensitivity and, as a prolific composer his work...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2013
Maynard Ferguson: The Lost Tapes Bonus
Maynard Ferguson | Ronnie Ross | Ronnie Scott
What are we supposed to make of this? As with Sleepy Night’s previous volume of archive Ferguson material, this is...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: February/2022
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