Gerry Mulligan Quartet: In Concert

Aaron Bell | Al Williams | Harry Carney | Johnny Hodges | Lawrence Brown | Ray Nance | Sam Woodyard

It's very welcome to have further documentation of this particular Mulligan quartet, which existed for little more than a year,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2023

Paul Dunmall: Bright Light A Joyous Celebration

Corey Mwamba | Dave Kane | Hamid Drake | Paul Dunmall | Soweto Kinch | Xhosa Cole

Here’s a line-up to get excited about – and one which probably only Paul Dunmall could succeed in pulling together.One...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2024

Gil Evans: Four Classic Albums

Brilliant steps towards Gil's bandleading career, reprised through the albums New Bottle Old Wine, Great Jazz Standards and Out Of...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020

Mike Cooper/Mark Wastell: Sound Mirrors

Mark Wastell | Mike Cooper

As Geoff Dyer said of Don Cherry, Mike Cooper ‘has simply become the music’. And in Wastell he has a...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2020

Fatoumata Diawara & Roberto Fonseca: At Home Live in Marciac

Drissa Sibide | Fatoumata Diawara | Joel Hierrezuelo | Ramses Rodriguez | Roberto Fonseca | Sekou Bah | Yandy Martinez

Cuba and West Africa have long had musical links so it's no wonder, really, that renowned Havana-based pianist Roberto Fonseca...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2015

The John Aram Quintet with Kenny Wheeler: Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Suite

Andy Scherrer | Colin Vallon | Dave Whitford | John Aram | Kenny Wheeler | Norbert Pfammatter

This stunning production – in terms of packaging, production, an audiophile pressing on 180 gram vinyl and well conceived and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2015

Steve Kuhn Trio: At This Time…

Joey Baron | Steve Kuhn | Steve Swallow

Steve Kuhn was once a pupil of Madame Margaret Chaloff, a legend in Boston in the 1950s, 60s and early...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2016

Ewan Bleach Quartet: Ewan the Night ‘n’ the Music

Colin Good | Ewan Bleach | Jim Ydstie | John Kelly | Martin Wheatley

Multi-reedman Bleach is a regular with the new young Metropolitan revivalist bands like Tuba Skinny and has recorded quite widely.Here...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2022

Esperanza Spalding: 12 Little Spells

Aaron Burnett | Burniss Travis | Esperanza Spading | Justin Tyson | Matthew Stevens

Previously available solely to stream and now receiving a physical release on both CD and LP – and featuring an...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2019

Metheny/Garbarek/Burton/Colley/Gottlieb/McCandless/SWR Big Band: Hommage á Eberhard Weber

Danny Gottlieb | Eberhard Weber | Gary Burton | Helge Sunde | Jan Garbarek | Mike Gibbs | Pat Metheny | Paul McCandless | Scott Colley

This would be a significant release if only for the presence of a major new composition from Metheny. The fact...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2015