Ben Webster: In Norway

A live session from Trondheim, for Webster completists, but not as good as the previous decade's Danish Steeplechase sessions, and...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2014

Peter Brendler/John Abercrombie: The Angle Below

On his debut recording the young ex-Berklee acoustic bassist duets with the unassuming, mellow-toned guitar legend on a resourcefully introspective...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2014

Charles Mingus/Eric Dolphy Sextet: The Complete Bremen Concert

Charles Mingus | Clifford Jordan | Dannie Richmond | Dolphy | Jaki Byard | Johnny Coles

We're used to things being billed as ‘for the first time ever on CD’, in this case all in bold...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2015

Kate Westbrook and Mike Westbrook: The Serpent Hit

Andy Tweed | Chris Biscoe | Chris Caldwell | Karen Street | Kate Westbrook | Simon Pearson

Nothing if not ambitious, The Serpent Hit finds the Westbrooks addressing the tiny matter of The Fall of Humankind. The...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2013

Chris Biscoe/Allison Neale: Then And Now

Allison Neale | Chris Biscoe | Colin Oxley | Jeremy Brown | Stu Butterfield

The co-leaders, both respected soloists and bandleaders in their own right, have come together to play music inspired by the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2017

Donald Byrd & Kenny Burrell: All Night Long

Art Taylor | Donald Byrd | Doug Watkins | Frank Foster | Hank Mobley | Jerome Richardson | Kenny Burrell | Mal Waldron | Tommy Flanagan

Though not yet an innovator, Donald Byrd accurately reflected the mood of the time during which these recordings took place....

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2013

Matthew Shipp: Symbol Systems

Matthew Shipp

As Shipp continues to build a superlative body of work, both as leader and duo partner of saxophonist Ivo Perelman,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2018

Chet Baker: Chet Baker and Crew

A hard swinging quintet from 1956, with Bobby Timmons bringing a different dynamic from the more usual Russ Freeman, creates...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2013

Ben Wolfe: Fatherhood

Bassist Wolfe pays tribute to his dad with an extended line-up including The Bad Plus' Orrin Evans, new vibes star...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019

Manfred Mann: Soul of Mann

Agreeable, swinging set of Hammondled jazz and R&B instrumentals from the 1966 Mann line-up, including trumpeter Henry Lowther, Lyn Dobson...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2018