Owen Broder: Hodges: Front and Center Vol. 1

Barry Stephenson | Bryan Carter | Carmen Staaf | Owen Broder | Riley Mulherkar

Broder is yet another of the many highly competent New York-based players who seem to have passed local audiences by. He...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2022

Vincent Herring: The Uptown Shuffle

As per the above collection of releases, the ex-Nat Adderley sideman plays a fiery Jackie Mclean-ish alto here in a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2015

Burnt Belief: Mutual Isolation

Aleksei Saks | Andi Pupato | Colin Edwin | Jon Durant | Vinny Sabatino

As with many current releases, Edwin and Durant weren’t able to come together to record, but instead shared files. To...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Kristian Borring: Nausicaa

Arthur Lea | Jon Scott | Kristian Borring | Spencer Brown | Will Vinson

This young London-based, Danish guitarist-composer attended the Amsterdam Consevatorium, then studied at the Guildhall and has been a sideman for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2012

Nils Økland Band: Lysning

Håkon Mørch Stene | Mats Eilertsen | Nils Økland | Rolf-Erik Nystrøm | Sigbjørn Apeland

In Norwegian folktales the Hardanger fiddle is the devil’s instrument. Its full-bodied sound, bulked out by the drone of four...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: February/2018

Kahil El'Zabar's Ritual Trio: Follow the Sun

The venerated percussionist's band features LA-based hep cat vocalist Dwight Trible, saxophonist Ari Brown and a cameo from bagpiper Duke...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014

Håkon Kornstad: Out of the Loop

Håkon Kornstad

Håkon Kornstad was once a member of Wibutee, one of the best bands to follow into the space opened up...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2021

The Four Brothers: …Together Again

I reviewed this for Jazzwise when the CD version first appeared from French RCA 17 years ago, and this is...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2017

Barney Wilen: Zodiac

Barney Wilen | Carl Heinz Berger | Jacques Thalot | Jean-Francois Jenny Clarke

French tenor saxophone player Barney Wilen is now probably best remembered for his work with Miles Davis on the soundtrack...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: July/2022

Frances Faye: Frenzy/Swinging All The Way

Now largely forgotten, this should restore Faye’s name, especially the second album, with Marty Paich’s excellent band backing her tough,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2013