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John first fell under the spell of free jazz in the 1970s when he wistfully regarded the loft jazz scene from across the Atlantic

Bright Light A Joyous Celebration

Paul Dunmall
2024-04-23
5

Waive

Omawi: Marta Warelis / Onno Govaert / Wilbert De Joode
2024-04-20
5

Caught In My Own Trap

Kirke Karja / Étienne Renard / Ludwig Wandinger
2024-04-19
5

Fathom

John Butcher / Pat Thomas / Dominic Lash / Steve Noble
2024-04-18
6

Storm Dance

Joëlle Léandre / Vinicius Cajado
2024-04-10
3

Triangle - Live At OHM 1987

Peter Brötzmann / Sabu Toyozumi
2024-04-07
5

Un Ruido De Agua

Nataniel Edelman Trio
2024-04-06
2

Chimaera

Sylvie Courvoisier
2024-04-03
10

Immense Blue

Olie Brice / Rachel Musson / Mark Sanders
2024-03-29
3

Maua

Ism
2024-03-20
4

Hear The Light Singing

Myra Melford's Fire And Water Quintet
2024-03-06
5

Shimmer Wince

Anna Webber
2024-02-29
7

Live At Sowieso, Berlin

Stephen Gauci
2024-02-21
2

Verbs

Simon Nabatov 3 + 2
2024-02-20
5

Live In Oslo

Trespass Trio featuring Susana Santos Silva
2024-02-18
5

So It Goes

Evan Parker - Barry Guy
2024-02-17
7

Visitation Of Spirits

Roy Campbell
2024-02-14
6

Volume 2

John Dikeman, Pat Thomas, John Edwards, Steve Noble
2024-01-16
5

Alive! In The Studio

Charlotte Keeffe Right Here Right Now Quartet
2024-01-15
4

We Speak

Frode Gjerstad with Matthew Shipp
2024-01-14
8

Dances With Questions

Steve Swell
2024-01-11
5

Stop Time: Live At Prince Street, 1978

Barry Altschul, David Izenson, Perry Robinson
2024-01-08
9

Divisions

Johnny Hunter / Mark Hanslip / Olie Brice
2024-01-05
8

Pith

Tomas Fujiwara 7 Poets Trio
2024-01-03
13

Beyond The Margins

Rodrigo Amado The Bridge
2024-01-01
8

O Kosmos Meta

Denman Maroney - Scott Walton - Denis Fournier
2023-12-31
2

Know: Delirium Atom Paths

Pat Thomas / Chris Sharkey / Luke Reddin-Williams
2023-12-29
5

For Mahalia With Love

James Brandon Lewis Red Lily Quintet
2023-11-29
20

Animal Quotes

bBb
2023-10-31
5

Live At Scholes Street Studio

Stephen Gauci / Michael Bisio / Whit Dickey
2023-10-29
4

all this this here

Barry Guy Blue Shroud Band
2023-10-17
7

The New Syntax

Matthew Shipp & Mark Helias
2023-10-14
14

The Laughing Stone

Paul Dunmall / Olie Brice
2023-10-12
5

The Quietly Clouds And A Wild Crane

Yuji Takahashi / Sabu Toyozumi
2023-10-01
3

Oblong Aplomb

Matt Mitchell
2023-09-27
10

Ice In A Hot World

Thermal
2023-09-16
4

Tender Mercies

Frank Gratkowski, Simon Nabatov
2023-09-13
3

Blue and Sun​-​lights

Glass Triangle
2023-09-08
2

Unclosing

Illegal Crowns
2023-08-25
2

House In The Valley

Luis Vicente 4tet
2023-08-12
6

Micromotives

Moss Freed / Union Division
2023-08-11
2

Live at Scholes Street Studio

Stephen Gauci / Francisco Mela / William Parker / Matthew Shipp
2023-08-04
7

Tilting Curvaceous

Patrick Brennan
2023-07-26
4

The Sixth Decade: From Paris to Paris

Art Ensemble Of Chicago
2023-07-23
6

Spires

Sbatax
2023-07-10
3

Scatter: On A Clear Day Like This

Phil Minton / Pat Thomas / Dave Tucker / Roger Turner
2023-05-28
3

Live in Baden

Day and Taxi
2023-05-26
4

That's My Life

Paul Dunmall / Paul Rogers / Tony Orrell
2023-05-10
3

Seishin - Seido

Mototeru Takagi / Kim Dae Hwan / Choi Sun Bae
2023-05-08
2

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Evan Parker 80th Birthday Celebration

In Pictures | 2024-04-11
2

John Sharpe's Best Jazz Albums Of 2023

Year in Review | 2023-12-27
7

Vilnius Mama Jazz Festival 2023

Live Review | 2023-06-08
5

John Sharpe's Best Jazz Albums Of 2022

Year in Review | 2022-12-31
13

The John Butcher Vinyl Series

Multiple Reviews | 2022-08-10
4

Vilnius Mama Jazz Festival 2022

Live Review | 2022-06-06
5

John Sharpe's Best Releases of 2021

Year in Review | 2021-12-30
11

Stephen Gauci Pandemic Duets

Multiple Reviews | 2021-01-04
4

John Sharpe's Best Releases of 2020

Year in Review | 2020-12-23
6

John Sharpe's Best Releases Of 2019

Year in Review | 2019-12-19
19

John Sharpe's Best Releases Of 2018

Year in Review | 2018-12-18
4

Brighton Alternative Jazz Festival 2018

In Pictures | 2018-10-20
2

Not Two...But Twenty! Festival

Live Review | 2018-10-13
3

Oslo Jazz Festival 2018

Live Review | 2018-08-29
3

Vision Festival 2018

Live Review | 2018-06-05
11

John Sharpe's Best Releases Of 2017

Year in Review | 2017-12-28
5

Vilnius Mama Jazz Festival 2017

Live Review | 2017-11-28
6

John Sharpe's Best Releases Of 2016

Year in Review | 2016-12-25
14

John Sharpe's Best Releases of 2015

Year in Review | 2015-12-24
12

John Sharpe's Best Releases of 2014

Year in Review | 2014-12-25
11

Barry Guy Blue Shroud Band in Krakow, Poland

Live Review | 2014-12-16
10

Craig Taborn Trio at Gent Jazz Club

Live Review | 2014-10-28
13

Rodrigo Amado's Motion Trio and Peter Evans

Multiple Reviews | 2014-07-17
34

Wadada Leo Smith: I'm A Dreamer

Interview | 2014-01-29
12

John Sharpe's Best Releases of 2013

Year in Review | 2013-12-16
9

Aurora Trio at Dachau Kultur-Schranne, Germany

Live Review | 2013-11-15
4

John Sharpe’s Best Releases of 2012

Year in Review | 2012-12-26
5

Mats Gustafsson: Share The Moment

Interview | 2012-10-29
13

Vision Festival, Days 1-2: June 11-12, 2012

Live Review | 2012-07-27
3



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Stephen Gauci / Joe Hertenstein / Alexander von Schlippenbach / Jan Roder: Soundlift Berlin-New York

Album Review | Publish Date: 18

Gush: Afro Blue

Album Review | Publish Date: 21

Marco Colonna / Edoardo Marraffa / Fabrizio Spera / Marco Zanotti: Red Planet

Album Review | Publish Date: 22

Rob Brown: Oceanic

Album Review | Publish Date: 23

Friends & Neighbors: Circles

Album Review | Publish Date: 26

Not Two...But Twenty! Festival

Live Review | 2018-10-13
3

Vilnius Mama Jazz Festival 2017

Live Review | 2017-11-28
6

Oslo Jazz Festival 2018

Live Review | 2018-08-29
3

Tom Abbs: Combining Music and Film

Interview | 2008-06-23
1,072

Evan Parker/ Matthew Shipp: Rex, Wrecks & XXX

Album Review | 2013-12-18
9

Vision Festival 2018

Live Review | 2018-06-05
11

Barry Guy Blue Shroud Band in Krakow, Poland

Live Review | 2014-12-16
10

Mats Gustafsson: Share The Moment

Interview | 2012-10-29
13

Rob Brown: No More "Mr. Avant Garde"

Interview | 2008-08-25
1,094

Arthur Doyle

Profile | 2009-02-20
588

Wadada Leo Smith: Ten Freedom Summers

Extended Analysis | 2012-07-08
3

Vision Festival 2009: Day 5

Live Review | 2009-07-17
879

Taylor Ho Bynum: Spontaneous Yet Focused

Interview | 2007-04-30
487

Jemeel Moondoc: Jemeel Moondoc: Muntu Recordings

Extended Analysis | 2010-03-18
881

Wadada Leo Smith: I'm A Dreamer

Interview | 2014-01-29
12

Sabir Mateen: URDLA XXX

Album Review | 2010-03-25
513

The Sun Ra Arkestra at Cafe Oto, London

Live Review | 2010-05-28
574

William Parker: William Parker: Centering - Unreleased Early Recordings 1976-1987

Extended Analysis | 2012-09-27
8

Eric Revis: Sing Me Some Cry

Album Review | 2017-12-06
11

Samuel Blaser / Gerry Hemingway: Oostum

Album Review | 2018-04-11
6

Vision Festival 2010: Day 5, June 27, 2010

Live Review | 2010-08-17
583

Hamid Drake & Bindu: Reggaeology

Album Review | 2010-03-02
508

Mat Maneri: Sounding Tears

Album Review | 2017-12-16
7

Mary Halvorson Quintet: Bending Bridges

Album Review | 2012-05-02
46

John Sharpe's Best Releases Of 2018

Year in Review | 2018-12-18
4

Mark Dresser: Modicana

Album Review | 2018-01-30
8

Barry Guy: Five Fizzles for Samuel Beckett

Album Review | 2015-04-14
5

Ingrid Laubrock Anti-House: Roulette of the Cradle

Album Review | 2015-07-31
16

Nasheet Waits Equality: Between Nothingness And Infinity

Album Review | 2018-11-03
5

Evan Parker Trio at the Vortex in London

Live Review | 2009-07-30
688

Vision Festival 2010: Day 4, June 26, 2010

Live Review | 2010-08-17
726

Barry Guy: The Blue Shroud

Album Review | 2016-09-17
4

Peter Kuhn Trio: Intention

Album Review | 2018-04-18
6

Frode Gjerstad Trio + Steve Swell: Bop Stop

Album Review | 2018-08-24
7

Wadada Leo Smith: Solo: Reflections and Meditations on Monk

Album Review | 2017-11-04
10

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