Harold Land: Choma (Burn)
By the time this came to be made, Harold Land’s rapid rise to national attention with Clifford Brown and Max...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2024
Monkin’ Around: 4 In 1
Billy Pod | Dave O’Higgins | Luke Fowler | Martin Shaw | Sean Fyfe
O’Higgins’ love for Monk knows no bounds. As if touring with Rob Luft in 2019 when they played the whole...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2024
SKRIM: The Crooked Path
Gard Nilssen | Morten Qvenild | Ståle Storl⊘kken | Stian Westerhus
Featuring a veritable ‘who’s who’ of Scandi-jazz legends (Storl⊘kken and Westerhus you’ll know of course, Qvenild and Nilssen have plied...
Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: December/January/2021/2022
Tom Harrell: Number Five
Danny Grissett | Jonathan Blake | Tom Harrell | Ugonna Okegwo | Wayne Escoffery
Trumpeter Tom Harrell's long and highly respected career is marked by sound musical craftsmanship often enlivened by lyrical grace, all...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2012
Echo Engine: Windjammer
Adrian Newton | Daniel Biro | Rob Palmer | Theo Travis
Of the core trio, Palmer is best known to jazz audiences for his work with Jon Lloyd and John Law....
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2014
John Abercrombie/Marc Johnson/Peter Erskine: Live At The Nightstage, Boston
John Abercrombie | Marc Johnson | Peter Erskine
Abercrombie was too modest a musician to have a ‘pomp’, but hellfire, on this live recording he was in, let...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2019
Jim Black Trio: Somatic
Elias Stemeseder | Jim Black | Thomas Morgan
One of the most imaginative drummers in New York, Seattle’s Jim Black has worked with Tim Berne and Dave Douglas...
Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: March/2012
Sadao Watanabe: Open Road
Around ten or 12 years ago, at the dawn of the 21st century, a whole rash of previously obscure, out-of-print...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2012
The Spanish Donkey: Raoul
Jamie Saft | Joe Morris | Mike Pride
Keyboardist Jamie Saft describes this project as aiming for “a monolithic, microtonal blues vibe” – which tells you pretty much...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2015
Peter Jones: One Way Ticket To Palookaville
Davide Giovannini | Geoff Gascoyne | Neil Angilley | Peter Jones | Vasilis Xenopoulos
Great arrangements, a nicely varied track list, a killer band. This debut album from London-based vocalist Peter Jones has lots...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2013
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