Martial Solal: Martial Solal at Newport ‘63

Martial Solal | Paul Motian | Teddy Kotick

Pianist Martial Solal was born in Algeria and moved to Paris in February 1950 to further his career in jazz....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2022

Matt Mitchell/Kate Gentile: Snark Horse

Ava Mendoza | Ben Gerstein | Brandon Seabrook | Davy Lazar | Jon Irabagon | Kate Gentile | Kim Cass | Mat Maneri | Matt Mitchell | Matt Nelson

Following his discovery by Tim Berne in 2009, Pennsylvania-born pianist Matt Mitchell has been confirming that he's a unique contemporary-music...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2021

GF Fitz-Gerald And Lol Coxhill: The Poppy Seed Affair

GF Fitz-Gerald | Lol Coxhill

Where Coxhill’s credentials need little explication, a hero of free improvisation that he made (and makes) joyously accessible to the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2011

Jutta Hipp: Lost Tapes/The German Recordings 1952-1955

Albert Mangelsdorff | Attila Zoller | Franz ‘Shorty’ Roeder | Hans Koller | Harry Schell | Joki Freund | Jutta Hipp | Karl Sanner | Rudi Sehring

Is this yet another take on the now hackneyed Svengali legend or just a B-movie scenario? On a visit to...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2013

Jihye Lee Orchestra: Infinite Connections

Adam Birnbaum | Alan Ferber | Alex Goodman | Ambrose Akinmusere | Ben Kono | Brian Pareschi | Carl Maraghi | David Pietro | David Smith | Jared Schonig

The South Korean former pop singer and Berklee-graduated big-band composer Jihye Lee confirmed how eloquently she could balance fast-moving postbop...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2024

Red Kite: Apophenian Bliss

Bernt André Moen | Even Helte Hermansen | Torstein Lofthus | Trond Frones

Elephant9’s recent epic releases have made them the breakthrough band in Norway’s hard jazz-rock scene, which uses electric Miles and...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: March/2022

Frank Sinatra and Count Basie: The Complete Reprise Studio Recordings

Count Basie | Frank Sinatra

You won't find Sinatra mentioned in many books on jazz. Indeed, for over the past 50 years, whether or not...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: June/2012

Wes Montgomery: In The Beginning

For the most part these two CDs document Montgomery's pre-fame years when he split his waking hours between being a...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2016

The Count Basie Orchestra Directed by Scotty Barnhart: All About That Basie

Alvin Walker | Bobby Floyd | Carmen Bradford | Clarence Banks | David Keim | Doug Lawrence | Doug Miller | Endre Rice | Eric Reed | Freddie Green

The Basie band has gone through a number of incarnations in the years since his death in 1984, of which...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2018

The John Aram Quintet with Kenny Wheeler: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Suite

Andy Scherrer | Colin Vallon | Dave Whitford | John Aram | Kenny Wheeler | Norbert Pfammatter

This stunning production – in terms of packaging, production, an audiophile pressing on 180 gram vinyl and well conceived and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2015