Anna von Hausswolff – ‘Live at Montreux Jazz Festival’ – “an emotional turmoil of ecstasy and grief” January 11, 2022 Ross McGibbon SOUTHERN LORD / POMPERIPOSSA RECORDS 14th January 2022 Sometimes live is the only way...
Jah WobbleMetal Box – Rebuilt in Dub November 13, 2021 Ross McGibbon John Wardle – aka Jah Wobble – has a different sense of what dub...
Fela KutiLondon Scene & ‘Live! With Ginger Baker’ November 13, 2021 Ross McGibbon PARTISAN RECORDS 5th Nov 2021 (London Scene) & 19th Nov (Live!) It is fifty...
John Coltrane A Love Supreme: Live in Seattle October 15, 2021 Ross McGibbon Historic recording unearthed of Coltrane in full interstellar mode… IMPULSE! RECORDS / UME 8th...
Album: Jack Herer, I Came Here For the Rain October 7, 2021 Vanguard Online I’m a sucker for a good piano album. Jack Herer’s new album I Came...
Yawn, stretch, take the bandages off and get up to the sound of free jazz September 22, 2021 Vanguard Online The band: I Hold the Lion’s Paw. The album: Lost in Place. From: Australia....
Jason Sharp – ‘The Turning Centre Of A Still World’ – “deeply atmospheric jazz meditation” August 30, 2021 Ross McGibbon CONSTELLATION RECORDS 27th August 2021 A solo album from an electro-acoustic composer and saxophonist...
Xhosa Cole – ‘K(no)w Them, K(no)w Us’ – “exciting debut of a talented sax player with a band to match” July 25, 2021 Ross McGibbon STONEY LANE RECORDS 30th July 2021 Xhosa Cole’s debut is superb – contemporary but...
MILT JACKSON & RAY CHARLES – ‘SOUL BROTHERS’ – “Two masters play musical chairs and don’t miss a beat” July 7, 2021 Ross McGibbon RHINO RECORDS / ATLANTIC 18th June 2021 An album that is simultaneously just a...
Miles Davis – ‘Merci Miles! Live At Vienne’ – “First release of one of Miles’ swansongs” June 29, 2021 Ross McGibbon RHINO RECORDS 25th June 2021 on Vinyl and CD Miles Davis was a compulsive re-inventor,...