MJ12

Chris Bacas | David Phelps | Percy Jones | Stephen Jones

Hurrah! Heads up for some heads down, unabashed jazz rock and the devil take the hindmost… Fronted by Percy Jones,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2016

Initiative H: Dark Wave

Founded in 2012 by David Haudrechy, this genre-bending orchestra (featuring guest saxophonist Emile Parisien) combines epic rock riffs, garlic gangster...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Harry Miller: Different Times, Different Places

Chris McGregor | Harry Miller | Keith Tippett | Louis Moholo-Moholo | Malcolm Griffiths | Mark Charig | Mike Osborne | Ray Evans

The contribution of South African exiles to UK jazz in the 1960s and 1970s was monumental, and Harry Miller was...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: March/2014

Bobby Broom & The Organi-Sation: Soul Fingers

Andrew Toombs | Ben Paterson | Bobby Broom | Filipe Fraga | Justin ‘Justefan’ Thomas | Kobie Watkins | Luciano Antonio | Matt Jones | Sammy Figueroa | Sergio Pires

When a 20-year-old Bobby Broom debuted on the GRP label as a leader in 1981, it signalled a star was...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Duke Ellington: Berlin 1959

Booty Wood | Britt Woodman | Cat Anderson | Clark Terry | Duke Ellington | Fats Ford | Harry Carney | Jimmy Hamilton | Jimmy Johnson | Jimmy Woode

In one sense, this is merely a typical Ellington concert, therefore with some moments of interest and others you’ve heard...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2021

Lettuce: Resonate

Adam Deitch | Adam Smirnoff | Eric Bloom | Erick Coomes | Indrajit Bannerjee | Nigel Hall | Ryan Zoidis | Tony Fisher | Tyrone Williams

Busmen's holidays for session men sometimes pay off (see Toto), and this band of R&B and hip-hop backroom boys and...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2020

Linda May Han Oh: Aventurine

Andrew Murray | Benni von Gutzeit | Ches Smith | Fung Chern Hwei | Gian Slater | Greg Ward | Jeremy Harman | Jonathan Skovron | Josh Kyle | Linda May Han Oh

This fifth release from acclaimed bassist-composer Linda May Han Oh draws its title from a type of translucent, usually green...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2019

Nathaniel Cross: The Description is Not the Described

Andre Jack | Dylan Jones | Emmanuel Oladokun | Errol Cross | Michael ‘Ayan Mich'l’ Adesina | Nathaniel Cross | Phillip Harper | Richie Garrison | Saleem Raman | Sheldon Agwu

The debut EP from trombonist, arranger, and composer Nathaniel Cross transcends any singular place or time with gorgeously arranged horns,...

Reviewed by Christine Hannigan in issue: August/2021

Stan Sulzmann/Nikki Iles: Lush Life

Dave Holland | Nikki Iles | Stan Sulzmann

Stan Sulzmann and Nikki Iles showed just how much lyrical imagination, restrained virtuosity and empathy they possess as a sax/...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2020

Album Interview: Matthew Halsall & the Gondwana Orchestra: When the World Was One

Gavin Barras | Keiko Kitamura | Lisa Mallett | Luke Flowers | Matthew Halsall | Nat Birchall | Rachael Gladwin | Taz Modi

When the World Was One is an album title that reflects Mancunian trumpeter Matthew Halsall's deep interest in the ‘spiritual...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014