Phineas Newborn Jr: Here Is Phineas

Terrifi c release of Newborn’s 1956 ‘Piano Artistry’ album with solo pyrotechnics mixed with the trio of Pettiford and Clarke....

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2014

Wynton Kelly Trio: Complete Vee Jay Studio Recordings

Jimmy Cobb | Paul Chambers | Philly Joe Jones | Sam Jones | Wynton Kelly

References are often made to the characteristics of locations such as LA, Texas, Chicago or New Orleans when discussing the...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2013

Ivo Neame: Moksha

George Crowley | Ivo Neame | James Maddren | Tom Farmer

Known on the international circuit for being one third of Jasper Høiby's Phronesis, the pianist Ivo Neame has also shown...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2018

Vijay Iyer/Craig Taborn: The Transitory Poems

Craig Taborn | Vijay Iyer

Taborn's recent astounding solo piano gig at the Vortex confirmed what many of us have argued for some time: he...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2019

Mike Reed's People, Places & Things: Clean On The Corner

Craig Taborn | Greg Ward | Jason Roebke | Josh Berman | Mike Reed | Tim Haldeman

This is the other band led by Chicagobased drummer Reed and although notably different to Loose Assembly it has comparable...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2012

University of Toronto Jazz Orchestra: Sweet Ruby Suite

Alec Trent | Andrew Miller | Austin Jones | Brad Eaton | Christopher Platt | Collins Saunders | Connor Newton | Conrad Gluch | Dave Liebman | Gordon Foote

The University of Toronto orchestra pays tribute here to one of Canada's most distinctive jazz exports, trumpeter-composer Kenny Wheeler, with...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2017

William Parker: Lake Of Light: Compositions For AquaSonics

Anne Humanfeld | Jeff Schlanger | Leonid Galagnov | William Parker

Bass player and composer William Parker is a legendary free jazz player, whose explorations with different techniques and sounds over...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: September/2018

Mulgrew Miller and Klüver's Big Band: Grew's Tune

Claus Waidtløw | Dennis Mackrel | Jakob Buchanan | Jens Klüver | Jesper Riis | Matt Harris | Michael Bladt | Morten Lund | Morten Ramsbøl | Mulgrew Miller

The back story to this band is that non-playing conductor Klüver was a classical clarinettist who, because of his...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2013

Leo Genovese: Ritual

Demian Cabaud | Jeff Williams | Leo Genovese | Nadia Larcher

Leo Genovese’s second album on the Brooklyn-based independent label 577 Records, which celebrates its twenty-first anniversary this year, displays a...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2022

Clare Fischer: Out of the Blue

Gene Tyranny | Jane Sharp | Kathy Morton | Lynne Morrow | Maggie Payne | Patrice Manget | Peter Gordon | Steve Bartek

Before his death in 2012, Clare Fischer managed to pack plenty of musical adventure and achievement into his 83-year, many-storied...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2019