The End: Svärmod Och Vermod Är Vårdesinnen

Anders Hana | Greg Saunier | Kjetil Møster | Mats Gustafsson | Sofia Jernber

Formed by baritone saxophone players Mats Gustafsson and Kjetil Møster, The End are an intense, hi-energy free jazz/altrock collective whose...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: August/2018

Ron Carter/WDR Big Band: My Personal Songbook

Andy Hederer | Andy Hunter | Frank Chastenier | Johan Hörlen | John Marshall | Ludwig Nuss | Paul Heller | Paul Shigihara | Rich DeRosa | Ron Carter

There's been an abundance of Ron Carter albums under his own name, outside of the multitudinous backing sessions he's clocked...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2015

Charles Lloyd: Trios: Chapel

Bill Frisell | Charles Lloyd | Thomas Morgan

Last year’s Tone Poem album by his Marvels band was always going to be a tough act to follow, being...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2022

Dewa Budjana: Zentuary

Danny Markovich | Deva Budjana | Gary Husband | Guthrie Govan | Jack DeJohnette | Michaela Ruzickova | Risa Saraswati | Saat Syah | Tim Garland | Tony Levin

A monumental double-album of epic ambition, Badjuna's Indonesian heritage invests several cuts, notably the vox on ‘Lake Takengon’ or the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2017

Benjamin Moussay: Promontoire

Benjamin Moussay

The apparent story behind this recital is intriguing. A sideman on albums by Louis Sclavis and others, and a prolific...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2020

Herbie Mann: Today!

Andrew Love | Barry Beckett | Bruno Carr | Carlos Oliver Nelson | Dave Pike | David Hood | Earl May | Ed Logan | Eddie Hinton | Herbie Mann

Whereas Stan Getz reluctantly bowed to the inescapable truth that his Bossa Nova repertoire elevated him to international Top 40...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2014

Trio 3 + Geri Allen: Celebrating Mary Lou Williams Live At Birdland New York

Andrew Cyrille | Geri Allenn | Oliver Lake | Reggie Workman

Mary Lou Williams is always a worthwhile subject for investigation if not celebration and what can rightfully be described as...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2011/2012

Yazz Ahmed: Finding My Way Home

Alam Nathoo | Chris Fish | Corrina Silvester | George Hart | Janek Gwizdala | Jay Darwish | John Bailey | Laurence Cottle | Shabaka Hutchings | Simon Hale

Now in her latetwenties, Yazz Ahmed only started playing jazz on the trumpet in her late teens. You aren't made...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2012

Ronny Graupe: Spoom

A young Berlin-based guitarist and his trio play a gently introspective, yet sharply rhythmic contemporary jazz that has an engaging...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2013

Nat King Cole & The Quincy Jones Big Band: Live in Paris

André ‘Déde’ Ceccarelli | Enrico Pieranunzi | Hein Van De Geyn

This meeting between jazz greats Nat King Cole and Quincy Jones, recorded at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, in 1960, came...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2020