Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus

Doug Watkins | Max Roach | Paul Chambers | Percy Heath | Philly Joe Jones | Ray Brown | Roy Haynes | Shelly Manne | Sonny Clark | Sonny Rollins

Well, now you’re talking. All criticism of reissue illustration (e.g. the “images”, in this case by Francis Wolff) or presentation...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020

Joshua Redman: where are we

Aaron Parks | Brian Blade | Gabrielle Cavassa | Joe Sanders | Joel Ross | Joshua Joshua Redman | Kurt Rosenwinkel | Nicholas Payton | Peter Bernstein

The world-class jazz saxophonist-composer Joshua Redman’s debut for the Blue Note label also turns out to be his first ever...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2023

George Schuller's Circle Wide: Listen Both Ways

New Yorker drummer Schuller's longstanding quintet (featuring guitarist Brad Shepik) plays mostly his originals with a mix of groove-jazz and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

Baptiste Trotignon: Hit

In trio with Mehldau drummer Jeff Ballard and fellow French bassist Thomas Bramerie, the pianist Baptiste Trotignon demonstrates his natural...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2014

Jochen Rueckert: Somewhere Meeting Nobody

An elegant quartet led by young Germanborn drummer featuring saxophonist Mark Turner, guitarist Brad Shepik and bassist Matt Penman....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2012

Gregg August: Four By Six

EJ Strickland | Gregg August | JD Allen | John Bailey | Luis Perdomo | Rudy Royston | Sam Newsome | Yosvany Terry

Gregg August is a very interesting musician indeed. Classically trained, first principally on percussion, he went to Barcelona, then Paris,...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2013

Sam Braysher with Michael Kanan: Golden Earrings

Michael Kanan | Sam Braysher

You're far likelier these days to find the ex-Guildhall young pianist Sam Braysher's version of jazz played in a hotel...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2017

Walter Smith III: Three Of Us Are From Houston And Reuben Is Not

Eric Harland | Jason Moran | Reuben Rogers | Walter Smith III

Walter Smith III’s second Blue Note release celebrates the saxophonist’s hometown and cultural hub Houston Texas with a clutch of...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2024

Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet: Goldbrun

Gulli Gudmunsson | Joost Lijbaart | Wolfert Brederode | Yuri Honing

In 2018, there’s nothing new in jazz musicians presenting versions of post-Beatles pop tunes. You might even say it’s the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2018

Nick McLean: Can You Hear Me?

The young Toronto-based pianist Maclean’s Covid-period solo recording is purposeful and full of succinctly good ideas helped along by his...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2022