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Review of John Coltrane/Eric Dolphy: Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy

John Coltrane/Eric Dolphy: Evenings at the Village Gate: John Coltrane with Eric Dolphy

John Coltrane | Reggie Workman | Eric Dolphy | McCoy Tyner | Elvin Jones

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Rating: ★★★★

There have been some fascinating, and absorbing, discoveries of previously unissued Coltrane material culled from a variety of sources, but...

Reviewed in issue August/2023

Review of John Coltrane: A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle

John Coltrane: A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle

Pharoah Sanders | Donald ‘Rafael’ Garrett | John Coltrane | Jimmy Garrison | Carlos Ward | McCoy Tyner | Elvin Jones

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Rating: ★★★★★

Three years ago the release of Both Directions At Once offered up something genuinely new; unearthed tapes of Coltrane playing...

Reviewed in issue November/2021

Review of Brandee Younger: Somewhere Different

Brandee Younger: Somewhere Different

Allan Mednard | Marcus Gilmore | Dezron Douglas | Rashaan Carter | Ron Carter | Brandee Younger | Chelsea Baratz | Maurice Brown | Anne Drummond

Editor's Choice

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Rating: ★★★★

From the inventive comping in the striking album opener ‘Reclamation’ to the heavy ostinato of the final track, ‘Tickled Pink’,...

Reviewed in issue October/2021

Review of Alice Coltrane: Kirtan: Turiya Sings

Alice Coltrane: Kirtan: Turiya Sings

Alice Coltrane

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Rating: ★★★★

In the past few years, the full extent of Alice Coltrane's talents has been coming into sharper focus, and this...

Reviewed in issue August/2021

Review of Sons of Kemet: Black to the Future

Sons of Kemet: Black to the Future

Shabaka Hutchings

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Rating: ★★★★

The fourth LP by the Shabaka Hutchings-led ‘super-quartet’ Sons of Kemet comes with a mission statement reinforcing the politics at...

Reviewed in issue June/2021

Review of Michael Brecker

Michael Brecker

Michael Brecker | Jack DeJohnette | Charlie Haden | Kenny Kirkland | Pat Metheny

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Although widely recognised as the most influential saxophonist since John Coltrane, and having already appeared on some 700 albums by...

Reviewed in issue February/2021

Review of Thelonious Monk: Palo Alto

Thelonious Monk: Palo Alto

Larry Gales | Thelonious Monk | Charlie Rouse | Ben Riley

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Rating: ★★★★

Yet another surprise in the now-annual parade of previously unreleased gems from the big names of the past, this is...

Reviewed in issue August/2020

Review of Shabaka & The Ancestors: We Are Sent Here By History

Shabaka & The Ancestors: We Are Sent Here By History

Mthunzi Mvubu | Mandla Mlangeni | Siyabonga Mthembu | Gontse Makhene | Thandi Ntuli | Nduduza Makhathini | Shabaka Hutchings | Ariel Zamonsky | Tumi Mogorosi

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Rating: ★★★

The British-South African ensemble picks up smartly from where it left off with 2016’s Wisdom Of Elders. In places there...

Reviewed in issue May/2020

Review of The Comet Is Coming: The Afterlife

The Comet Is Coming: The Afterlife

Dan Leavers | Max Hallett | Shabaka Hutchings | Joshua Idehen

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Rating: ★★★

This EP companion to Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery comes from the same sessions, and expands on...

Reviewed in issue February/2020

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