Reviews

Afro Futuristic Dreams

Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids

Ever since the Strut label resurrected their career, Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids have produced some of the most compelling...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Bark Out Thunder Roar Out Lightning

Chief Adjuah

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah (formerly Christian Scott) has foregone his usual jazz trumpet, relying instead on his amazing voice and...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Chahâr

Meelodi

Meaning ‘four’ in Persian, Chahâr unsurprisingly follows Meelodi’s third album – The Great Blue Wheel – which drew in musicians...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Identity

Nitin Sawhney

Sawhney’s back catalogue is freighted with album titles such as Migration, ...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Nite Bjuti

Nite Bjuti

Brooklyn- based trio Val Jeanty, Candice Hoyes and Mimi Jones release a haunting tribute to sustained jazz improvisation across 11...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Nothing But Green Willow

Martin Simpson & Thomm Jutz

This album draws on songs collected by Cecil Sharp and Maud Karpeles for their English Folk Songs from the Southern...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Mamá África

Julio Montoro y Alma Latina

As one of Félix Baloy’s Cuban Son All Stars, Julio Montoro knows how to surround himself with class. On the...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Dengue Fever

Ting Mong

Dengue Fever’s sixth full-length album is their first for eight years and marks the 20th anniversary of the Cambodian-US band’s...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Paris Bamako Jazz

Baba Sissoko & Jean-Philippe Rykiel

Griot Jazz, the collaboration between ngoni and talking drum master Baba Sissoko, Lansiné Kouyaté on balafon, Madou Sidiki Diabaté and...

Reviewed in issue November/2023

Red Mist

Tian Qiyi feat Jah Wobble

John Wardle, aka Jah Wobble, has enjoyed a remarkable career. One of Britain’s most adventurous bass guitarists, he played in...

Reviewed in issue November/2023