Jerome Richardson: Complete 1958-62 Recordings

The prolific freelancer leads four sessions from 1958-62 that show exactly why he was the reed-player of choice for so...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2016

Hristo Vitchev Quartet: In Search of Wonders

This Bulgarian-born Bay Area resident guitarist releases a 2CD set of dreamily lyrical originals in a contemporary Metheny-influenced fusion setting....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2016

John Warren The Brass Project: The Traveller's Tale

Chris Laurence | Guy Barker | John Marshall | John Surman | John Warren | Kenny Hamilton | Malcolm Griffths | Pete Beachill | Richard Edwards | Steve Sidwell

Today, anything by the late lamented Brass Project of John Warren and John Surman is worth grabbing without a second's...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2017

Bill Watrous: La Zorra

Speed, luscious tone, multiphonics, articulation, slurs, slips and slides – they're all here in a 1980 session that shows off...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2015

Ralph Bowen

Cliff Almond | Jim Ridl | Kenny Davis | Ralph Bowen

Ralph Bowen was first heard with OTB (Out of the Blue) on Blue Note back in the 1970s. He's now...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2017

Gene Krupa: Five Classic Albums Plus

The epitome of genuine excitement, drummer Gene Krupa was a true jazz giant and an inspirational figure who was at...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2014

Album Interview: Arun Ghosh: A South Asian Suite

Aref Durvesh | Arun Ghosh | Chris Williams | Idris Rahman | Liran Donin | Nilesh Gulhane | Pat Illingworth | Rastko Rasic | Zoe Rahman

A South Asian Suite is only the third release under Arun Ghosh’s name since Northern Namaste (2008). Originally commissioned by...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: November/2013

Booker Ervin: The Good Book: The Early Years 1960-62

Addison Farmer | Al Harewood | Andrew Cyrille | Bill Barron | Booker Ervin | Booker Little | Charli Persip | Dannie Richmond | Ed Shaughnessy | Eric Dolphy

Ervin is scarcely remembered these days except by fans of Mingus, and possibly of mid-1960s Randy Weston, but those who...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2018

Ahmad Jamal: The Quintessence

The packaging of this distillation of Jamal's first (and now out-of-copyright) decade of recordings mentions an alleged influence on Bill...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2015

Pat Metheny: Watercolors

Dan Gottlieb | Eberhard Weber | Lyle Mays | Pat Metheny

He looks from the cover, bucktoothed and smiley, hair awry and flares unfeasibly fanned. It’s hard to imagine this is...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2019