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

Dan Loomis: Job's Trial

New York bassist Dan Loomis’ ‘Jazz Song Cycle’ is more like an avant-psych rock oddity in which he sketches out...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2020

Gerald Clayton: Happening: Live At The Village Vanguard

Gerald Clayton | Joe Sanders | Logan Richardson | Marcus Gilmore | Walter Smith III

In the same month that this set was recorded at New York's legendary Village Vanguard, West Coast resident Gerald Clayton...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2020

Butch Miles Sextet: Miles and Miles of Swing

The then Basie drummer's debut as leader from 1977, this is a polished mainstream set with Al Cohn and Scott...

Reviewed by Ayn Shipton in issue: June/2016

Simon Thacker's Svara-Kanti: Rakshasa

Jacqueline Shave | Japjit Kaur | Sarvar Sabri | Simon Thacker

On this, Simon Thacker’s Svara-Kanti’s debut, his ensemble delivers in spades. In an era of declining CD sales, let’s start...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: August/2013