Carlos Garnett: Black Love/Journey To Enlightenment
While the Miles-Jimi union is one of the great ‘what ifs?’ in contemporary black music, a Trane-James Brown collaboration might...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2014
Sloth Racket: Dismantle Yourself
Anton Hunter | Cath Roberts | Johnny Hunter | Sam Andreae | Seth Bennett
Over the past half-decade saxophonists Cath Roberts and Dee Byrne have built one of the most exciting experimental and free-improv...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: October/2019
Joan Mar Sauqué: Gone With The Wind
The trumpet-guitar-bass line-up inevitably recalls the Chet Baker trios of his later years, and the 25-year-old Sauqué looks recognisably soulful...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2021
Maynard Ferguson: MF Horn/MF Horn2/MFHorn3
The letters MF were of course Maynard Ferguson’s initials, but their secondary adjectival meaning also fitted the extrovert Canadian’s prowess...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: October/2013
MoonMot: Going Down the Well
Cath Roberts | Dee Byrne | Johnny Hunter | Oli Fuster | Seth Bennett | Simon Petermann
Moonmot are a mischievous yet accomplished agglomeration of Swiss and Brit elements who play largely improvised music against strongly written...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2020
Max Roach: Complete Remastered Recordings on Black Saint & Soul Note Vol. 2
The majority of the material here is by Max's long-standing quartet with Bridgewater, Pope and Hill (which also made one...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2017
John Dokes: Forever Reasons
Alex Claffy | David Gibson | John Dokes | Lawrence Leathers | Steve Einerson
Given that they're rather thin on the ground, it's always a delight to discover a new male jazz vocalist. Mentored...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: October/2017
Babatunde & Phenomena: Levels of Consciousness
Yet another unearthed treasure from the Twickenham-based Pure Pleasure people, 1979's Levels of Consciousness features San Francisco percussionist and Oneness...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: November/2020
Nikos Chatzitsakos: Tiny Big Band 2
Chatzitsakos is a Greek bassist with a deep and abiding love of American jazz. He left Berklee as a summa...
Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: March/2024
Lakecia Benjamin: Pursuance: The Coltranes
New York City altoist Lakecia Benjamin has assembled an intergenerational all-star cast for this tribute to Alice and John Coltrane,...
Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: April/2020
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