Ku-umba Frank Lacy & Mingus Big Band: Mingus Sings

Abraham Burton | Alex Foster | Alex Norris | Boris Kozlov/Mike Richmond | Brandon Wright | Coleman Hughes | Conrad Herwig | Craig Handy | David Kikoski/Helen Sung | Donald Edwards

I have a vivid memory of being sat-in-with by Lacy circa 1991, and his occasional vocals have been an entertaining...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2015

Denny Zeitlin and George Marsh: Riding The Moment

Denny Zeitlin | George Marsh

A slippery one, this. The technical expertise of the two musicians is not in doubt. Zeitlin has worked with the...

Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: August/2015

Michaël Attias & Simon Nabatov: Brooklyn Mischiefs

The veteran NYC-based alto saxist and Russian-US pianist convene in Brooklyn for an energetic free-improv dialogue featuring episodes of swirling...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021

Susanna Aleksandra: The Siren

Abdissa ‘Mamba’ Assefa | Joonas Haavisto | Joonas Tuuri | Susanna Aleksandra | Ville Pynssi

Here's something to warm the heart in these dark, sad times. A new CD from an Estonian singer I'd never...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2021

Raul Midón: The Mirror

Midón seems to have unfortunately lost his mojo of late and this rather lightweight recording confirms as much following the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2020

Todd Cochran TC3: Then Again, Here and Now

Todd Cochran

San Franciscan Cochran, once known as Bayeté, and now in his 70th year, came to early prominence with the likes...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2021

Mark Lockheart: Dreamers

Dave Smith | Elliot Galvin | Mark Lockheart | Tom Herbert

If jazz is the music of sweet certain surprise, then Lockheart is the man for you. His last two Edition...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2022

Miles Davis Quintet: Four Classic Albums

This famous material was last reissued as recently as last year, and reviewed enthusiastically in Jazzwise 242. That release on...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020

Susanne Abbuehl: The Gift

Matthieu Michel | Olavi Louhivuori | Susanne Abbuehl | Wolfert Brederode

It begins quietly, oh-soatmospherically – this is an ECM album, after all – with Susanne Abbuehl’s voice on opener ‘The...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: July/2013

Stéphane Grappelli: Violinspiration

From 1975 this is one of the earliest recordings of the hot club style band with Diz Disley that Stéphane...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2015