Soft Machine – ‘Drop’ (1971, 2025 remaster)
The brief, vibrant and tumultuous Phil Howard Era of Soft Machine is documented on the well-curated and remastered live souvenir ‘Drop.’
The brief, vibrant and tumultuous Phil Howard Era of Soft Machine is documented on the well-curated and remastered live souvenir ‘Drop.’
On an album full of outlier music stars, no star shone brighter on ‘Live In Philadelphia’ than the one who has been around the longest. Marshall Allen is the living embodiment of the miracle of jazz.
Satoko Fujii returns with ‘Message’ to lead her This Is It! trio that’s been as exciting to hear than anything she’s led in recent years.
Young Gun Silver Fox’s “Burning Daylight” is a standout track from their 2025 release ‘Pleasure’ as it grafts togther of best elements of EWF, Ambrosia and 70s Chicago.
The one-of-a-kind father-daughter duo the Dietrichs make experimental noisy music on ‘No Bahdu’ that contains absolutely no compromises nor concessions.
A rare Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Gerald Cleaver trio produced a special occasion with ‘The Foreign Legion’, now released in digital format thanks for Leo Records and Burning Ambulance.
The happy-go-lucky Wood Brothers will soon be touring around the USA – but this time they’ll be doing so with a fresh set of songs they recently recorded.
Tobias Meinhart makes a fully-formed statement about making music that goes further than just putting together harmony and rhythm and carrying it out with capable hands. It’s got to flow & ‘Sonic River’ does just that.
On ‘Sad Life,’ it’s evident this early on in his career that Ivo Perelman doesn’t suppress his own personal musical makeup in the presence of more established masters like William Parker and Rashied Ali.
‘Consentrik Quartet’ proves that even within a conventional jazz quartet format, Nels Cline retains that hunger to thrive on the edge.