Ubuntu

Just how much prog rock, super-snappy unison hooks and drum-rudiments tightness you can handle as a jazz or improv fan might affect your disposition toward this fast moving, highly virtuosic... — Jazzwise, September 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

...this album is best treated as a concert to be enjoyed in its entirety at home, since it follows its own internal logic and creative arc. There seems no doubt the Polish audience came away... — Jazzwise, December 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Given the provenance, it’s no surprise that most of the cuts have a boppish tension, swinging hard thanks to [Josh] Morrison’s propulsive drums. However, this is not a tough tenor outing as... — Jazzwise, November 2020, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Her alto playing is so sunnily optimistic that the shackles fall from her subjects...It’s the soft power of an open heart and mind which keeps her music present-tense...... this is the sound... — Jazzwise, November 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Although trumpeter Sean Gibbs’ debut album draws heavily on the modern mainstream, it avoids the generic. The result is a warmhearted, nicely crafted set of originals ranging from the lyrical... — Jazzwise, October 2021, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The love letters to hard-bop keep coming. Ugandanraised Kavuma’s UK CV ranges from Brixton pub nights to the National Theatre, a carnival band to Dexys and, perhaps most tellingly, a solo spot... — Jazzwise, August 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…