Bill Mobley: Live at Smoke

The Monday night regular slot for the fine Booker Little-infl uenced trumpeter's Thad Jones/Gil Evans-ish big band is recorded live...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2012

Gebhard Ullmann & Alexey Kruglov: Moscow-Berlin

An organic crossover of scored composition and free improvisation of this kind has its challenges, but the duo of experienced...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2018

The Cool Runnings Orchestra: Tribute To Marley

Unique musicians such as French guitarist Manu Codjia, drummer Hamid Drake and vocalist Michael Schiefel merge both their reggae and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Caleb Wheeler Curtis: Heatmap

Caleb Wheeler Curtis | Eric Revis | Gerald Cleaver | Orrin Evans

The 36 year-old American saxophonist and composer Caleb Wheeler Curtis has been treading an unshowily determined path since his move...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: September/2022

Marcin Wasilewski Trio with Joakim Milder: Spark of Life

Joakim Milder | Marcin Wasilewski | Michal Miskiewicz | Slawomir Kurkiewicz

This is the Marcin Wasilewski Trio's second outing on an ECM disc in just a matter of months, having provided...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Ilmiliekki Quartet: Land Of Real Men

Antti Lötjönen | Olavi Louhivuori | Tuomo Prättälä | Verneri Pohjola

They're back! Older and wiser that's for sure, the Ilmiliekki Quartet was one of the great success stories of the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2019

Grant Green: The 1961 Summer Sessions

Al Harewood | Ben Dixon | Ben Tucker | Grant Green | Jack McDuff | Kenny Drew | Wilbur Ware | Yusef Lateef

It was Elvis Presley’s corrupt dollar-grabbing manager Colonel Tom Parker who reasoned that why sell something once when it was...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2016

Bill Evans: Behind The Dikes: The 1969 Netherlands Recordings

Bill Evans | Claus Ogerman | Eddie Gomez | Marty Morell | Metropole Orkest

This, the latest release in a seemingly unstoppable stream of unreleased Evans recordings stems from two European tours, falling chronologically...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2021

Mike Richmond: The Pendulum

On his first cello recording as leader, the veteran Mike Richmond salutes Oscar Pettiford, the doyen of jazz cello, with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

Simon Phillips: Protocol II

Andy Timmons | Ernest Tibbs | Simon Phillips | Steve Weingart

‘Drums’ is just inadequate. The French, of course, have a word for what Phillips excels in: batterie. In terms of...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2014