Freddie Redd/Cecil Payne & Kenny Drew: Music From The Connection

Benny Green | Cecil Payne | Charlie Persip | Clark Terry | Duke Jordon | Freddie Redd | Gus Johnson | Howard McGhee | Milt Hinton | Ron Carter

A group of actual top draw jazz musicians were an integral part of the cast of Jack Gelber's controversial ‘drugs’...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2012

Warne Marsh/Kenny Drew: In Copenhagen

In this 1980 broadcast Marsh leaves his cool comfort zone to produce some sparkling boppish tenor, and creates a magical...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2013

Kenny Wheeler Big Band: The Long Waiting

Barnaby Dickinson | Chris Laurence | Dave Horler | Dave Stewart | Derek Watkins | Duncan Lamont | Henry Lowther | John Parricelli | John Taylor | Julian Argüelles

It doesn't seem that long a wait, but this collection of original material is a most welcome companion to the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2012

Kenny G: Rahul Sharma Namaste

Has the Grammy award-winning pop saxist really gone all Indo-jazz on us? Not while he's still playing the same signature...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012

George Cables: In Good Company

Essiet Essiet | George Cables | Victor Lewis

Comparing with the recent HighNote release A Million Colors In Your Mind by the younger Cyrus Chestnut, Cables's album shows...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2015

Rantala/Danielsson/Erskine: How Long Is Now?

Iiro Rantala | Lars Danielsson | Peter Erskine

Iiro Rantala is a piano virtuoso whose prowess at the keyboard can overwhelm audiences with joyful excess – as he...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2016

Noah Haidu: Infinite Distances

Ariel de la Portilla | Jeremy Pelt | John Davis | Jon Irabagon | Mark Ferber | Noah Haidu | Peter Brendler | Sharel Cassity

The Posi-Tone label's Marc Free is probably the most prolific producer in jazz today and he kindly keeps this writer...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: April/2017

Sonny Stitt: Boppin’ In Baltimore – Live at the Left Bank

Kenny Barron | Louis Hayes | Sam Jones | Sonny Stitt

Eavesdropping on an informal session is a mixed blessing. Getting on for half of the first CD in this two-CD...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2023

Metamorphic: Coalescence

Andre Canniere | Hannes Riepler | Ivo Neame | Jon Scott | Ryan Trebilcock

This follow-up to their 2011 F-ire debut, The Rock Between, sees the London-based jazz/folk sextet serving up another compelling and...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2014

Werner/Loueke/Zenón/Koppel/Nemeth: Coalition

Benjamin Koppel | Ferenc Nemeth | Kenny Werner | Lionel Loueke | Miguel Zenón

This is an interesting record. But then Kenny Werner always makes interesting records. This is his eighth for the Half...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2015