Michael Brecker
Charlie Haden | Jack DeJohnette | Kenny Kirkland | Michael Brecker | Pat Metheny
Although widely recognised as the most influential saxophonist since John Coltrane, and having already appeared on some 700 albums by...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2021
Rainer Brüninghaus: Freigeweht
Brynjar Hoff | Jon Christensen | Kenny Wheeler | Rainer Brüninghaus
Brüninghaus is probably best known outside Germany for his sympathetic keyboard settings for Jan Garbarek, if not his collaborations with...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2025
The Jazz Messengers: The Complete Jazz Messengers At The Café Bohemia
Art Blakey | Doug Watkins | Hank Mobley | Horace Silver | Kenny Dorham
Confession time: this was the very first Blue Note album that I ever acquired. And I still have it –...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2013
Dave Holland Quintet: Seeds of Time
Dave Holland | Julian Priester | Kenny Wheeler | Marvin 'smitty' Smith | Steve Coleman
Between 1983 and 1987, Dave Holland recorded three albums with his quintet – Jumpin’ In, Seeds of Time and The...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2019
Bert Myrick: Live'n Well
Bert Myrick | George Bohannon | John Fields | Kenny Cox | Will Austin
Another fascinating slice of independent American jazz history which makes the point, if at all needed, that there are possibly...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2018
Tony Bennett and Diana Krall: Love Is Here To Stay
Bill Charlap | Diana Krall | Kenny Washington | Peter Washington | Tony Bennett
While Bennett and Krall have recorded together before, on Bennett's albums Playin' With My Friends: Bennett Sings The Blues (2001)...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2018
Johnathan Blake: Trion
Chris Potter | Johnathan Blake | Linda May Han Oh
Drummer Johnathan Blake mostly delivers his polyrhythmic thrust in other people's bands – his current schedule includes Kenny Barron, Ravi...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2019
Jesse Bannister: Play Out
Jesse Bannister | Kenny Higgins | Seb Rochford | Zoe Rahman
Jesse Bannister first came to notice with the Leeds-based South Asian/world music band Samay, who released their first album, Songs...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2014
Hank Roberts: Everything Is Alive
Bill Frisell | Hank Roberts | Jerome Harris | Kenny Wollesen
Cellist Hank Roberts was an early Bill Frisell collaborator and he's been turning up in Frisell's projects again of late....
Reviewed by Robert Shor in issue: May/2012
Lester Young: Complete Live At The Argyle 1950
Jessie Drake | Jo Jones | Joe Shulman | Kenny Drew | Lester Young
As Lester Young entered the last decade of his often turbulent life, it became obvious that he was in decline...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2016
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