WorldService Project: Live from London

Conor Chaplin | Dave Morecroft | Ellen Andrea Wang | Erik Nerheim | Kristian Harnes | Kurt Andre Aase | Neil Blandford | Ole Adland | Ralph Clarkson | Tim Ower

Led by keyboardist Dave Morecroft, London-based quintet WorldService Project are engaged in an ambitious quest to connect with like-minded fellow...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2012

Ignacio Berroa Trio: Straight Ahead from Havana

Have you ever wondered what Afro-Cuban classics might sound like as straightahead swing tunes? No neither have I, but drummer...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017

Bob James: Once Upon A Time: The Lost 1965 New York Studio Sessions

Bob James

This reviewer has been fairly well insulated from Bob James, apart from the inevitable ‘Angela/Theme From Taxi’ and his very...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2020

Roscoe Mitchell: Splatter

Roscoe Mitchell

Art Ensemble of Chicago leader Roscoe Mitchell has a tremendous body of work comprising projects outside of that legendary group,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2020

According To The Sound: In-Tension

Adam King | Adam Parry-Davies | Alex Fryer | Alex Hutchings | Ambrose Akinmusire | Gary Alesbrook | Jake Goldbas | James Carter | James Morton | Jim Barr

This is the second release from British ‘concept studio band’ According To The Sound, aka core duo, pianist Adam Parry-Davies...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: October/2022

Ed Jones: For Your Ears Only

Brigitte Beraha | Ed Jones | Riaan Vosloo | Ross Stanley | Tim Giles

The meaty tone, rhythmic focus and gutsy articulation that are hallmarks of Ed Jones’ approach to sax reflect dues paid...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2018

Paul Desmond: First Place Again

Connie Kay | Jim Hall | Paul Desmond | Percy Heath

Paul Desmond and Jim Hall collaborated on a whole series of ‘mood jazz’ albums on the RCA label in the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2019

Sheila Jordan Quartet: Lucky To Be Me

The zestful vocal queen (pictured right) of bebop needs no introduction and, at 87-years-ofage, she’s still full of charisma, heavily...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2019

Don Joseph: A Tribute to the Jazz Poetry of Don Joseph

This is not, as the name suggests, a words and music album, but a collection of playing by a lyrical...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2017

Walter Smith III/Matthew Stevens: In Common III

Dave Holland | Kris Davis | Matthew Stevens | Terri Lyne Carrington | Walter Smith III

This is the third instalment in the In Common project, in which Smith and Stevens assemble a new lineup for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2022