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

Miroslav Vitous: Music of Weather Report

Aydin Esen | Gary Campbell | Gerald Cleaver | Miroslav Vitous | Nasheet Waits | Roberto Bonisolo

Unlike Universal Syncopations II where there was pre-production work and dropping in of solos and parts, Music of Weather Report...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2016

John Pizzarelli: Sinatra & Jobim @50

Guitarist John Pizzarelli can play as mellifuous as anyone, but this rendition of Antonio Carlos Jobim's bossa hits (sharing vocal...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2017

Nils Landgren Funk Unit: Teamwork

Andy Pfeiler | Joe Sample | Jonas Wall | Magnum Coltrane Price | Magnus Lindgren | Nils Landgren | Robert Ikiz | Sebastian Studnitzky | Till Brönner | Wilton Felder

After the melancholy delicacies of his excellent The Moon, The Stars and You project, Landgren returns to his beloved funk...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2013

Jim Hall: In Berlin – It's Nice to Be With You

A beautiful, relaxed trio session, where the often unassuming Hall puts himself centre stage with Jimmy Woode and Daniel Humair...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2015