Marco Marconi Trio: Nordik

An assured UK debut for an Italian pianist with a trio of Italian expats based on the London jazz scene...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2015

Eric Legnini and the Afro Jazz Beat: Sing Twice!

Boris Pokora | Da Romeo | David Donatien | Emi Meyer | Eric Legnini | Franck Agulhon | Hugh Coltman | Jerry Edwards | Julien Alour | Mamani Keïta

‘File Under: Jazz’, says the press release. But this new disc from Belgian keysman Eric Legnini, who first emerged...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2013

Stanley Cowell: It's Time

This acoustic piano trio recording is evidence this cosmic-jazz veteran, with his intoxicating modal-infused sound and notable writing skills, is...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013

Steve Coleman And Five Elements: The Mancy Of Sound

Jen Shyu | Jonathan Finlayson | Marcus Gilmore | Ramon Gracia Perez | Steve Coleman | Thomas Morgan | Tim Albright | Tyshawn Sorey

Although jazz guide books invariably flag up Steve Coleman’s unorthodox approaches to meter and rhythm, it is worth noting that...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2011

Coleman Hawkins/Zoot Sims/Phil Woods: Saxes Inc

A seven-sax front line jams its lively way through Bob Prince's head arrangements, more successfully than the four-bone “Trombone Scene”...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Bobby Previte: Mass

Bobby Previte | Don McGreevy | Jamie Saft | Marco Benevento | Mike Gamble | Reed Mathis | Stephen O'Malley | The Rose ensemble

As a daring musical iconoclast, the drummer Bobby Previte could probably give John Zorn a run for his money. An...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

Chico Hamilton & Eric Dolphy: Complete Studio Recordings

Truthfully, I have encountered all this material on one too many occasions and with few exceptions this 3CD sandwich hasn't...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Menagerie: Many Worlds

Ben Hanlon | Christin Deralas | Daniel Ferrugia | Fallon Williams | Lance Ferguson | Mark Fitzgibbon | Phil Binotto | Phil Noy | Ross Irwin

This Melbourne-based ensemble, whose last album, 2017's Arrow of Time, picked up plenty of plaudits over here (Gilles Peterson, Jamie...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: April/2021

Bill Evans: Complete February 1972 Paris ORTF Performance

Bill Evans | Eddie Gomez | Marty Morell | Tony Oxley

In terms of current releases, this would be preferable to the single-CD Köln Concert 1976 (see Jazzwise 198), if only...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2015

First Meeting: Cut the Rope

Led by trumpeter-leader Natsuki Tamura, Japanese band First Meeting feature prolific recording artist/pianist Satoko Fujii, and turn the traditional jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2010