Ray Gelato And The Giants: Original Flavours

Alex Garnett | Anders Janes | Andy Rogers | Danny Marsden | Gunther Kurmayr | Oli Hayhurst | Ollie Wilby | Ray Gelato | Sebastiaan de Krom | Sebastiaan De Krom

Bandleader Ray Gelato has been earning his daily crust for many years with his Giants, touring widely, their music and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2015

Evan Parker/Daunik Lazro/Joe McPhee: Seven Pieces: Live at Willisau 1995

Daunik Lazro | Evan Parker | Joe McPhee

In 1995, three of our finest saxophonists – one British, one French and one American – toured Germany, France and...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: March/2017

The Awakening: Hear, Sense And Feel

Ari Brown | Arlington Davis Jnr | Frank Gordon | Ken Chaney | Reggie Willis | Richard Evans | Steve Galloway

Although the legacy of John Coltrane, Phaorah Sanders and Yusef Lateef has been well documented in the past few decades,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2020

Redman/Mehldau/McBride/Blade: RoundAgain

Brad Mehldau | Brian Blade | Christian McBride | Joshua Redman

What could be the first supergroup of the post-pandemic era is actually the reincarnation of Joshua Redman's original mid-1990s quartet....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2020

The Jack Davies Big Band: The Jack Davis Big Band

Alex Munk | Andy Greenwood | Ed Hilton | Jack Davies | James Opstad | Joe Wright | Jon Ormston | Josh Arcoleo | Kieran McLeod | Martin Speake

This trio of releases from 26-year-old trumpeter-and-more Jack Davies constitute an impressive calling card. Davies won the Deutsche Bank award...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2012

Ken Peplowski: Enrapture

Ehud Asherie | Ken Peplowski | Martin Wind | Matt Wilson

Peplowski is the premier mainstream/modern clarinetist de nos jours, a peerless improviser and technician, good at fronting a big band...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2016

Jimmy Dorsey: The Hits Collection 1935-57

Arguably Jimmy Dorsey's fi nest achievements as a player were as a freelance in the 1930s, and in the band...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2018

Raphaël Imbert: N_Y Project

Gerald Cleaver | Joe Martin | Raphaël Imbert

This recording had its genesis in 2003 as an award-winning academic research project focused on spirituality in jazz. It took...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2010

Rich Halley: Terra Incognita

Matthew Shipp | Michael Bisio | Newman Taylor Baker | Rich Halley

Saxophonist Halley is a noteworthy example of an independent musician who produces consistently high quality work away from the spotlight....

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2019

Larry Elgart: Easy Goin' Swing

With his cropped hair and hipster beard, altoist Elgart was ahead of his time in looks, but he was definitely...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2017