Ezra Collective: Where I’m Meant To Be
Femi Koleoso | Ife Ogunjobi | James Mollison | Joe Armon-Jones | TJ Koleoso
The Londoners continue to shirk labels as they tunnel further into acoustic dance music on their second album. Having ridden...
Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023
The Jazz Five: The Hooter!
A clever and interesting pairing by Jordi Pujol. Two of the best British jazz groups at the end of the...
Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2014
Lil Armstrong & Her Swing Band 1936-1940: Hot Miss Lil – Born to Swing!
Pianist and vocalist Lil Armstrong [1898-1971] encouraged her husband Louis Armstrong to break away from his fellow New Orleanians in...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2021
Harold Mabern: Right On Time
Brian Charette | Ed Cherry | Joe Magnarelli | Ken Fowser | Steve Davis | Willie Jones III
Mabern, who turned 77 the week of this live recording, has matured into a convincing amalgam of Les McCann and...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2019
Dr Javier Nero Jazz Orchestra: Kemet: The Black Land
Trombonist Javier Nero scales up in more ways than one following his 2020 debut Freedom. Instead of a small group...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2023
Fofoulah: Bene Bop EP
The LOOP Collective founder member and drummer Dave Smith has been a dedicated enthusiast of the percussive tradition from Senegal...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2013
Michael Garrick: With The Rendell/Carr Quintet
Dave Green | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Michael Garrick | Trevor Tomkins
It's only after the event that the Rendell/Carr quintet rightly became recognised as one of the UK's most creative groups...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2012
The Spirit Farm
Adam Fairhall | Anton Hunter | Christophe de Bezenac | Corey Mwamba | Dave Kane | Johnny Hunter
Think of this as a north-of-Watford improv supergroup, bringing together musicians based in Derby, Leeds and Manchester, who have been...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2015
Paul Dunmall: Bright Light A Joyous Celebration
Corey Mwamba | Dave Kane | Hamid Drake | Paul Dunmall | Soweto Kinch | Xhosa Cole
Here’s a line-up to get excited about – and one which probably only Paul Dunmall could succeed in pulling together.One...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2024
Donald Byrd/Herbie Hancock: Royal Flush
First things first; these sessions were all made and released under Byrd's leadership. I suspect that the opportunistic folk at...
Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020
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