Erena Terabako with Legends: New York Attitude

Dominick Farinacci | Erena Terakubo | Kenny Barron | Lee Pearson | Ron Carter

The legends in question are Ron Carter and Kenny Barron, and they burst into action from the word go. The...

Reviewed by Mike Hobar in issue: October/2012

Fred Hersch and Esperanza Spalding: Alive at the Village Vanguard

Esperanza Spalding | Fred Hersch

The Hersch/Spalding duo were back at the Village Vanguard in January, to celebrate the release of this album. Spalding eschews...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2023

James Gilmore: Bag of Tricks Vol 2

James Gilmore, a guitarist from North Carolina, prescribes a musical recipe for chaos, one that sees his quartet navigate a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018

Polyorchard: Red October

David Menestres | Jeb Bishop | Laurent Estoppey | Shawn Galvin | Storm Nilson

Jeb Bishop wouldn’t be the first trombonist to style improvisation after revolutionary phraseology, and Polyorchard’s Red October will certainly appeal...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: March/2018

Album Interview: Mike Gibbs with the NDR Big Band and Norma Winstone: Here's A Song For You

Christof Lauer | Claus Stötter | Dan Gottshall | Dave Whitford | Fiete Felsch | Frank Delle | Ingo Lahme | Ingolf Burkhardt | Klaus Heidenreich | Lutz Buchner

Here's A Song For You is a beautiful piece of work. It mixes standards like ‘Here Come De Honey Man’...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: February/2012

Wes Montgomery: The NDR Hamburg Studio Recordings

Hans Koller | Johnny Griffin | Martial Solal | Michel Gaudry | Ronnie Ross | Ronnie Scott | Ronnie Stephenson | Wes Montgomery

This is the kind of reissue that will delight jazz enthusiasts and discographical anoraks alike. Montgomery's participation in [West] German...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: May/2021

The Steve Fishwick/Osian Roberts/Frank Basile Sextet: In The Empire State

Frank Basile | Jeb Patton | Matt Fishwick | Mike Karn | Osian Roberts | Steve Fishwick

For my (rapidly falling off the perch) generation, the British trumpet player was unquestionably Jimmy Deuchar. And for those who...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2016

The Necks: Travel

Chris Abrahams | Lloyd Swanton | Tony Buck

For their 19th album Travel – their first since Three, which was released just prior to the pandemic back in...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2023

Ben Webster: Live at Pio's

Ben Webster | Bob Cranshaw | Junior Mance | Mickey Roker

First issued back in the 1980s, now available again on vinyl (mastered by Cicely Baston at Air), this might be...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: September/2021

Polyorchard: Sextet/Quintet

Good luck to those up for listening to North Carolina-based upright bassist David Menestres' Polyorchard's extremely cryptic brand of abstract...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018