Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Spirits Up Above: The Atlantic Years 1965-76
Compiled by our esteemed editor Jon Newey and Warner Music's Florence Halfon (she of the Leopard Lounge series), this is...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2012
Tineke Postma/Greg Osby: Sonic Halo
Dan Weiss | Greg Osby | Linda Oh | Matt Mitchell | Tineke Postma
The internationally acclaimed Dutch saxophonist Tineke Postma offers her personal slant on the contemporary free bop lineage with unwavering dedication....
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015
Ezra Collective: Dance, No One’s Watching
The omens were good. ‘God Gave Me Feet For Dancing’, the lead single from Ezra Collective’s wildly anticipated third album...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2024
The Tommy Evans Orchestra: The Green Seagull
More big sounds and ambition from up north, this time by Leeds-based drummer-composer Tommy Evans' Contemporary Jazz Composition BASCA award-winning...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013
Various Artists: BBC Jazz Club Rare Transcription Recordings 1959 Volume One
Vocalion have exhumed a series of BBC Jazz Club broadcasts and very welcome they are. Each programme combined a pair...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2015
Eddie Gripper: Home
Eddie Gripper | Isaac Zuckerman | Ursula Harrison
The UK has produced some extraordinary jazz pianists of late: Deschanel Gordon (who has recorded with Tomorrow's New Quartet), Sultan...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: June/2023
Amy’s everything: Amy Gadiaga: All Black Everything
Amy Gadiaga | Christ-Stéphane Boizi | Joseph Oti | Luke Bacchus | Simon Lamb | Tom Waters
All Black Everything has been an awfully long time coming, but it’s been well worth the wait. Singer, bassist, composer,...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: June/2024
Flo and The Murmurs: The Waves
This bold and unusual debut recording features a string quartet and the pellucid voice of Marie-Florence Burki, who also wrote...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: April/2024
Fergus McCreadie: Sketches
Everybody seems to love Fergus McCreadie, so this EP release of five new solo piano recordings will doubtless find a...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: March/2024
John Williamson: The Northern Sea
Alex Hitchcock | Alex Wilson | Immy Churchill | Jay Davis | John Williamson | Jonny Mansfield
Hell, if you’re a bass player, why not start your solo album with a bass solo? After all, contrary to...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2024
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