Don Ellis: New Ideas

Bill Crow | Charlie Persip | Don Ellis | Hall Overton | Jaki Byard | Ron Carter | Zoot Sims

Ellis' early career had a not unusual trajectory, from his sideman work with Maynard Ferguson to experimental small-group work under...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2012

Ed Palermo Big Band: One Child Left Behind

Barbara Cifelli | Ben Kono | Bill Straub | Bob Quaranta | Bruce McDaniel | Candy Zappa | Charley Gordon | Cliff Lyons | Ed Palermo | Jenna McSwain

Don't yah just love our post-modern age? There's a version here of Neil Young's ‘Harvest Moon’ re-pitched with a Nelson...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2016

Christoph Irniger Trio: Open City

Christoph Irniger | Loren Stillman | Nils Wogram | Raifaele Bossard | Ziv Ravitz

For his latest collection, Swisssaxophonist Christoph Irniger re-forms with fellow trio members bass player Raifaele Bossard and drummer Ziv Ravitz...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: December/2020

Michael Gibbs and the NDR Big Band: Play A Bill Frisell Set List

Adam Nussbaum | Bill Frisell | Christof Lauer | Claus Stotter | Dan Gottshall | Fiete Felsch | Frank Delle | Gene Calderazzo | Ingmar Heller | Ingolf Burkhardt

Two significant and, more importantly, outrageously enjoyable releases from three parties whose relationship goes back four decades. The only wonder...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2015

Noah Kaplan Quartet: Cluster Swerve

Giacomo Merega | Jason Nazary | Joe Morris | Noah Kaplan

As Joe Morris says in his sleeve note, saxophonist Noah Kaplan did indeed “get a lot” from his studies with...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: August/2017

Diego Rivera: Indigenous

Boriz Kozlov | Diego Rivera | Donald Edwards | Etienne Charles | Helen Sung

New York saxophonist Rivera makes much of his Mexican heritage [he was named for painter Diego Rivera] in his compositional...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2021

Art Pepper Quartet: Live At Fat Tuesday's

Al Foster | Art Pepper | George Mraz | Milcho Leviev

Having staged a remarkable comeback after many years of tribulation that would have buried a lesser person, Art Pepper knew...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Eivind Austad Trio: Moving

Eivind Austad | Håkon Mjåset Johansen | Magne Thormodsæter

The German Ozella label is establishing a reputation for itself with a roster of talent that includes some classy piano...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2016

The Duncan Fraser Big Band: Dealing in Wheeler

A tribute to Kenny Wheeler from a young ex-NYJO flugelhornist composing and arranging for Big Band, that performance-wise sounds a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012

Fini Bearman: Porgy & Bess

Fini Bearman | John Blease | Jon Cox | Matt Calvert | Ross Stanley

Call it luck, call it happenstance, call it intuition, but just occasionally every element in a recording – the song...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2015