George Freeman: The Good Life

Carl Allen | Christian McBride | George Freeman | Joey DeFrancesco | Lewis Nash

The youngest and last survivor of the famed Chicago-based Freeman brothers, guitarist George worked with the family at first and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2023

Scott Reeves Jazz Orchestra: Without a Trace

A 10-year-old NYC big band in the post-Thad Jones lineage with a progressive harmonic approach (there's a 12-tone row piece,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018

Wollny/Parisien/Lefebvre/Lillinger: XXXX

Christian Lillinger | Emile Parisien | Michael Wollny | Tim Lefebvre

At the end or 2019, German virtuoso pianist/composer Michael Wollny invited three former playing partners – American bass guitar star...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: May/2021

Ornette Coleman: Ornette!

Don Cherry | Ed Blackwell | Ornette Coleman | Scott Lafaro | Scott LaFaro

From Coleman's hallowed early-1960s Atlantic period comes one of a slew of classic albums that really makes a case for...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Mike LeDonne: Partners In Time

Christian McBride | Lewis Nash | Mike LeDonne

Despite having the least name recognition of this trio of performers, LeDonne is a veteran of the so-called modern mainstream,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2019

Renee Rosnes: Kinds of Love

Carl Allen | Chris Potter | Christian McBride | Renee Rosnes | Rogério Boccato

The pianist-composer Renee Rosnes doesn’t get talked about very much in the jazz media but her spiritual alliances with a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2021

Christian Lillinger: Open Form for Society Live

Mostly recorded Live at JazzFest Berlin in 2019, the German drummer Lillinger's international 10-piece (including British cellist Lucy Railton and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2020

Gilad Hekselman: ZuperOctave

Aaron Parks | Gilad Hekselman | Kendrick Scott

This album – recorded as part of the ‘musig im pflegidach’ series at the titular Muri venue in Switzerland –...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: August/2019

HBC

Dennis Chambers | Jeff Berlin | Scott Henderson

HBC sound like a dodgy bank (is there any other?) but this power trio needs little introduction: this is truly...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2013

Laurence Hobgood Trio: Honor Thy Fathers

John Patitucci | Kendrick Scott | Laurence Hobgood

Heard here lately collaborating with singer Barb Jungr, and for a long time before in the shadow of Kurt Elling,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2016