Maciej Obara Quartet: Unloved

Dominik Wania | Gard Nilssen | Maciej Obara | Ole Morten Vågan

This is Polish saxophonist and composer Maciej Obara’s ECM debut – though his ninth album as leader in total –...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2018

Various Artists: Jazz – 10 Classic Albums

Billie Holiday | Charlie Mingus | Chet Baker | Count Basie | Dave Brubeck | Duke Ellington | Herbie Hancock | Miles Davis | Stan Getz | Thelonious Monk

Long long ago Tony Blackburn proudly revealed that he didn’t like jazz before adding that he was a huge fan...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2016

Omar Sosa Quarteto Afro Cubano: Ilé

Carlos ‘El Vikingo’ Ronda | Childo Thomas | Eladio ‘Don Pancho’ Terry | Ernesto Simpson | Jose ‘El Salao’ Martin | Kokayi | Lazaro Ross | Leandro Saint-Hill | Marvin Sewell | Omar Sosa

As inventive as he is prolific, Sosa continues to probe the outer reaches of Afro-Cuban traditions and belief systems all...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2015

Steve Coleman & Five Elements: Live At The Village Vanguard

Anthony Tidd | Jonathan Finlayson | Miles Okazaki | Sean Rickman | Steve Coleman

It's just over two decades since Coleman's Hot Brass sessions in Paris, a set of three live albums that established...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2018

Three Fall: Realise!

Lutz Streun | Sebastian Winne | Til Schneider

Three Fall, formed in 2008, release their second CD on ACT’s Young German Jazz series that was started by the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Milt Jackson: Plenty Plenty Soul

The 1957 album in which Milt meets Quincy (recently reissued by Essential Jazz Classics) is augmented here by six bonus...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2012

Judith Owen: Come On and Get It

David Torkanowsky | Jason Marsalis | Judith Owen | Nicholas Payton

Recorded at Esplanade Studios in New Orleans with a stellar cast of musicians, Judith Owen’s Come On and Get It...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2022

e.s.t: e.s.t. Live in Gothenburg

Dan Berglund | Esbjörn Svensson | Magnus Öström

Considered by the pianist himself as one of the best concerts he ever played (with good reason), Live in Gothenburg...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Alice Coltrane: Kirtan: Turiya Sings

Alice Coltrane

In the past few years, the full extent of Alice Coltrane's talents has been coming into sharper focus, and this...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2021

Yoko Miwa Trio: Songs of Joy

Brad Barrett | Scott Goulding | Will Slater | Yoko Miwa

The new release from Japanese pianist Yoko Miwa has an appealing lockdown title. Who couldn't do with a little joy...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2021