Things to Sound: 3

If you woz there, then this 42-minute free improv piece by a Swiss trio featuring saxophonist Tobias Meier ‘live’ at...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2018

Christophe Monniot: Jericho Sinfonia

Adrien Chennebault | Alan Regardin | Alexis Persigan | Christophe Monniot | Florian Satche | Gabriel Lemaire | Guillaume Aknine | Jean-Baptiste Lacou | Quentin Biardeau | Roberto Negro

Jericho Sinfonia is an ambitiously diverse, high-concept work by the French saxophonist Christophe Monniot. With the title referencing the biblical...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Ann-Margret: Songs from ‘The Swinger’

Despite compositions by Previn, charts by Marty Paich and Quincy Jones, the Swedish actress was not a singer by trade,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2017

Atlantic Jazz Ensemble: Oceanic Suite

Founded in 2013 by members of the Souljazz Orchestra, this is Canada's version of British trumpeter Matthew Halsall's retro spiritual...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016

Stan Getz: The Steamer

One of the finest mid-1950s Getz quartets, this Verve album is rightly celebrated as the ideal match between Stan and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2015

Dick Morrissey: Live At The Bell

Alan Berry | Bill Larue | Dick Morrissey | Lennie Best | Ron Hetherington

Acrobat must be among the market leaders in jazz salvage. Hard on the heels of their recent Tubby Hayes and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Branford Marsalis: The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul

Branford Marsalis | Eric Revis | Joey Calderazzo | Justin Faulkner

If this isn’t a candidate for record of the year from many reviewers, I’ll be very surprised. It’s an object...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2019

The Skinny: Dig On It

More raw sonic transmissions from Chicago, but this time a mod jazz Hammond trio (members have worked with the likes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013

Shatner's Bassoon: Disco Erosion

Craig Scott | Johnny Richards | Joost Hendrickx | Michael Bardon | Oliver Dover

With a name pilfered from one of the more absurd episodes of Chris Morris's Brass Eye, Shatner's Bassoon have always...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2018

Aaron Novik: Secrets Of Secrets

Aaron Kierbel | Aaron Novik | Adam Theis | Alisa Rose | Ben Goldberg | Carla Kihlstedt | Cornelius Boots | Dina Maccabee | Doug Morton | Fred Frith

It's not hard to see why this project got the thumbs up from Tzadik boss and Secrets Of Secrets executive...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: June/2012