Various Artists: On the Corner Live: The Music of Miles Davis

Chester Thompson | Chris Walters | Dave Liebman | James Dasilva | Jeff Coffin | Victor Wooton

Recorded live in the Nashville venue 3rd & Lindsley the legacy of Miles Davis still provides musicians old enough to...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2019

The Puppeteers

The Jazz Passengers vibraphonist Bill Ware and the bassist Alex Black are the major driving force behind this quartet's snappy...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2014

The DePaul University Jazz Ensemble with Jeff Hamilton: Salutes Woody Herman

Alex Wasily | Andew Janak | Bob Lark | Bobby Lark | Brandon Hunt | Brett Balika | Bryan Tipps | Corbin Andrick | David Kaiser | Jeff Hamilton

DePaul University is located in Chicago, which may explain the readiness of top players like drummer Jeff Hamilton and Phil...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2013

Charles Rumback: In the New Year

Kansas-born, Chicago-based drummer’s band features the Tortoise guitarist Jeff Parker and a spontaneous, freely interweaving frontline of saxophonist Caroline Davis...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2016

Anthony Braxton: Quartet (Willisau) 1991 Studio

Anthony Braxton | Gerry Hemingway | Marilyn Crispell | Mark Dresser

Originally issued in 1993 in a 4CD version boasting multiple weaves through Braxton's compositions, recorded both live and in the...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: July/2018

Kabir Dalawali: Awareness

This Chicago-based drummer-composer’s Kickstarter-funded quartet debut doesn’t make for easy listening but tends to grow on you a bit with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2022

Lucy Reed: Complete Recordings 1950-1957

Another of the singers that Fresh Sound make a habit of rediscovering, Reed is a more than passable vocalist, but...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2017

The Claudia Quintet + 1: What is the Beautiful?

Chris Speed | Drew Gress | John Hollenbeck | Kurt Elling | Matt Mitchell | Matt Moran | Ted Reichman | Theo Bleckmann

Percussionist John Hollenbeck's band Claudia Quintet is a contemporary improvising group with a strong identity, that lies somewhere between a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Alban Darche: Le Gros Cube #2

Alban Darche | Christophe Lavergne | Geoffroy Tamisier | Gilles Coronado | Jean-Louis Pommier | Jean-Paul Estiévenart | Joël Chausse | John Fedchock | Jon Irabagon | Loren Stillman

The veteran French saxophonist-composer Alban Darche's work in the field of performance art as well as music, is nothing if...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021

The Chonto/Tamura: Sonic Insurgency

Accurately described as “totally improvised free jazz with a dollop or two of Krautrock”, drummer Joe Chonto's spoken-word also does...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012