Flat Earth Society: Terms Of Em-barr-ass-ment

This cult big band, the Belgian equivalent of Loose Tubes, are recorded live in 2014 in various European locations and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2016

Shahkilid: Nedaye Asemani

barbar | Dadmehr | Davood Varzideh | Sébastien Walnier | Shahram Mirjalali

This Iranian group's name Shahkilid is the Farsi (Persian) for master key – by implication skeleton key – while the...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: June/2011

Claudio Filippini Trio: Squaring The Circle

Claudio Filipinni | Luca Bulgarelli | Marcello Di Leonardo

About 12 months ago, Filippini released Breathing In Unison, which revealed the enormous strides in his playing since 2003's Love...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2015

Gerry Mulligan: Night Lights

Art Farmer | Bill Crow | Bob Brookmeyer | Dave Bailey | Gerry Mulligan | Hal Blaine | Jim Hall | Jimmy Bond | Pete Jolly

Released at the peak of the bossa-nova boom of the early 1960s, on the face of it this album might...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Ben Webster: Live at Pio's

Ben Webster | Bob Cranshaw | Junior Mance | Mickey Roker

First issued back in the 1980s, now available again on vinyl (mastered by Cicely Baston at Air), this might be...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: September/2021

Paul Desmond Quintet/Quartet: Desmond

More welcome back catalogue from the altoist away from Brubeck — his first piano-less session (marred by Swingle-ish vocals) plus...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2012

Oscar Peterson Quartet: A Time For Love – Live In Helsinki, 1987

Dave Young | Joe Pass | Martin Drew | Oscar Peterson

It probably helps to think of Peterson as the Buddy Rich of the keyboard – with absolute technical mastery of...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: December/January/2021/2022

Najee: You, Me and Forever

Flautist and saxophonist Najee does a slick job on this smooth jazz recording, funking it up with a large ensemble....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2015

Kamasi Washington: The Epic

Brandon Coleman | Cameron Graves | Kamasi Washington | Miles Mosley | Patrice Quinn | Ronald Bruner Jr | Ryan Porter | Thundercat | Tony Austin

The title is not to be taken lightly. In numbers it translates as: 3CDs; 17 songs; 32-piece orchestra; 20-piece choir;...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2015

OXBOW & Peter Brötzmann: An Eternal Reminder Of Not Today: Live at Moers

Dan Adams | Eugene S. Robinson | Greg Davis | Niko Wenner | Peter Brötzmann

German free-jazz pioneer Peter Brötzmann has been a hero to followers of the more extreme regions of rock since his...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2022