Durham University Big Band: Overdubb

Kicking off with the theme from the film Whiplash, the impressive Durham University Big Band beat out a youthfully energetic...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Jonne Taavitsainen Threedom: Leap of Faith

Doug Weiss | Eric Alexander | Johnathan Blake

A pretty persuasive set by this low-key, drummer-led pastoral jazz trio from Finland, highlighted by guitarist Joel Parvamo's tenderly imaginative...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2019

James Francies: Flight

Burniss Traviss | James Francies | Jeremy Dutton | Joel Ross | Mike Mitchell | Mike Moreno

Heard to good effect on Stefon Harris' latest album, Sonic Creed, young pianist Francies makes a solid debut here. It...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2018

Miles Davis & Quincy Jones: Live at Montreux

Buck Clark | Donald Dean | Jimmy Rowser | Les McCann

These reissues, including yet another reappearance of Tutu – even after the super-duper ultimate Tutu double CD reissue that included...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2015

John Fedchock New York Big Band: Like It Is

Allen Farnham | Bobby Sanabria | Dave Ratacjzak | Dick Sarpola | John Fedchock | Keith O'Quinn 3 | Mark Vinci 5 | Tony Kadleck 4

It only took a couple of bars of the opener, ‘You and the Night and the Music’ to conjure the...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2015

3'Ain

This Belgium-based trio's fivetrack EP is boosted by the moodily animated presence of the scintillating Syrian trumpeter Yamen Martini; otherwise...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Tom Rainey: Obbligato

Drew Gress | Ingrid Laubrock | Kris Davis | Ralph Alessi | Tom Rainey

You wouldn't normally associate the drummer Tom Rainey – and the kind of left-field New York-based improvisers with whom he...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014

Meilana Gillard: Dream Within A Dream

David Lyttle | Meilana Gillard | Neil O'Loghlen

I've yet to find out why a London-born, Ohio-raised, NYC-educated saxophonist now makes her home in Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim. But...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2017

Alan Broadbent Trio: Trio In Motion

Alan Broadbent | Billy Mintz | Harvie S

This is a follow-up to New York Notes by the same trio and, like that album, it was recorded by...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2021

Gaz Hughes: The Gaz Hughes Sextet Plays Art Blakey

Alan Barnes | Andrzej Baranek | Bruce Adams | Dean Masser | Ed Harrison | Gaz Hughes

Drummer Hughes first gained attention with the Matthew Halsall band and is presently best known as a busy sideman and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2020