Danilo Pérez: Panama 500

Adam Cruz | Alex Hargreaves | Ben Street | Brian Blade | Danilo Pérez | Eulogio Olaideginia Benitez | John Patitucci | José Angel Colman | José Antonio Hayans | Milagros Blades

For the best part of his career the 49 year-old pianist has been something of a cultural evangelist for his...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2014

Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Whit Dickey/Gerald Cleaver: Enigma

Gerald Cleaver | Ivo Perelman | Matthew Shipp | Whit Dickey

Within a relatively small circle of players, Perelman seems intent on trying out all manner of configurations and his decision...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Rob Mazurek: Rome

Rob Mazurek

The four solo pieces that make up this album -ranging from six to 17 minutes long – were commissioned for...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2017

Bill Stewart: Space Squid

Ben Street | Bill Carrothers | Bill Stewart | Seamus Blake

Bill Stewart’s classy mix of supple brushwork, strong pulse and polyrhythmic rumble has made him drummer of choice for the...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2016

Grant Green: Remembering Grant Green

Al Harewood | Billy Higgins | Butch Warren | Grant Green | Sonny Clark | Wilbur Ware

The biggest obstacle confronting jazz guitarists has invariably been creating an instantly recognisable signature sound. In far too many instances...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2014

James Moody: Four Classic Albums

The surprise of these 1955-57 sessions is that they are essentially small band swing, plus a bit of bebop phrasing...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

JD Allen: Americana Vol 2

Charlie Hunter | Gregg August | J.D Allen | Rudy Royston

Since Detroit-born tenorist JD Allen's solo recording debut in 1999, this unobtrusively fine musician has figured in DownBeat Critics' Polls,...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

TONUS: Cagean Morphology

Benedict Taylor | Cath Roberts | Colin Webster | Dirk Serries | George Hadow | Jan Daelman | Martina Verhoeven | Nils Vermeulen | Otto Willberg | Tom Ward

As the name of his New Wave Of Jazz CD label suggests, Belgian guitarist Dirk Serries has, in recent years,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2018

Various: Jazz At The Philharmonic: Complete Live In Stockholm 1960

Art Davis | Benny Carter | Candido Camero | Cannonball Adderley | Chuck Lampkin | Coleman Hawkins | Dizzy Gillespie | Don Byas | Herb Ellis | J.J. Johnson

It's reboot time at Chez Solar who have decided to ditch the flimsy card sleeve and bundle the original three...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2016

Scott Neumann: Neu3 Trio Blessed

This Brooklyn-based drummer’s band consists of saxophonist Michael Blake and bassist Mark Helias, the lack of chordal instrument being hardly...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2013