Lou Rawls with Les McCann: Stormy Monday

Leroy Vinegar | Les McCann | Lou Rawls | Ron Jefferson

Growing up on the South Side of Chicago with Sam Cooke (who was three years his elder) and the Staple...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2017

Stuart Popejoy: Pleonoid

This bass guitarist's algorithmic-based composition lasts an entirely joyless 60 minutes, in spite of it featuring a few notable fellow...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017

Gradischnig/Raible/Home/Antoniou/Fishwick: Mo Is On: The Music of Elmo Hope Vol. 2

Claus Raible | Giorgos Antoniou | Herwig Gradischnig | Matt Home | Steve Fishwick

Fishwick’s note declares their collective hand in hoping that this album (and its Vol. 1 predecessor) will help increase awareness...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2020

Gerry Weil: The Message

Gerry Weil

Keyboardist-composer Gerry Weil's second album The Message, recorded in 1971, was a well-kept secret among Venezuelan avant-garde jazz and rock...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2021

Thelonious Monk Quartet: Monk's Dream

Charlie Rouse | Ernie Henry | Frankie Dunlop | Gary Mapp | John Ore | Max Roach | Oscar Pettiford | Sonny Rollins | Thelonious Monk

The original album of eight tracks was Monk's first for the Columbia label, after being signed to work with producer...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2018

Fred Frith: Storytelling: Live at Theater Gütersloh

Fred Frith | Lotte Anker | Sam D໨sler

This live recording is presented by the German Jazz Thing magazine as part of a series entitled ‘European Jazz Legends’...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018

Various Artists: Jazz Trumpet: Four Classic Albums

Art Taylor | Booker Little | Cannonball Adderley | Charli Persip | Dick Wittington | Doug Watkins | Duke Jordan | Jimmy Bond | Jimmy Woods | Joe Gordon

On the face of things this latest Avid collection might seem a bit of a grab bag, united only by...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: March/2019

Barry Altschul's The 3dom Factor: Long Tall Sunshine

Recorded on a 2019 tour, the Paul Bley-associated drummer Altshul heads a power trio featuring prolific saxophonist Jon Irabagon and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2021

Que Vola: Que Vola?

Adonis Panter Calderon | Aymeric Avice | Barbaro Crespo Richard | Benjamin Dousteyssier | Bruno Ruder | Elie Duris | Fidel Fourneyron | Hugues Mayot | Ramon Tamayo Martinez | Thibaud Soulas

Que Vola is a French-Cuban septet that evolved in Havana after French trombonist Fidel Fourneyman pitched up seeking inspiration and...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2019

MultiTraction Orchestra: Reactor One

Alex Roth | Arve Henriksen | James Allsopp | Jon Scott | Kate Ellis | Rhodri Davies | Ruth Goller

Alex Roth convened the MultiTraction Orchestra as an audacious Covid riposte, beating lockdown's loneliness by inviting 27 musicians from 15...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: April/2023