When The World Was One 5509089 Probably the absolute peak of

Probably the absolute peak of an astonishing five decade career in jazz

Smith's work moves swiftly through genres

Although this was a Cannonball album

It is a mystery why some sessions are capable of generating such magic while others are not

notably on the 13-minute opener Mzwandile

When The World Was One 5509089 Probably the absolute peak ofThe Manchester trumpeter, composer and all round northern new music enabler Matthew Halsall might be a man with the open ears and eclectic energy to run a broad based contemporary record label but he's also a disciple of the meditative 1960s music of John and Alice Coltrane, which significantly steers his own ventures. Halsall's personal projects often come close to the Coltranes' most reflective later works, but his Gondwana Orchestra (including