The Johnny Dankworth Orchestra: Duet For 16

Alex Leslie | Bob Carson | Danny Elwood | Danny Moss | Derek Smith | Derrick Abbott | Dickie Hawdon | Eric Dawson | Garry Brown | Johnny Dankworth

Now, this is a find. These selections are from transcription recordings made for French radio, with three complete programmes included,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2015

Algorhythmical: Impending Joy

Chris Greive | Ewen Maclean | Kevin Glasgow | Martin Kersaw | Stu Brown

Right, I am not going to begin this review by saying something patronising about the strength of the current Scottish...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2014

The Dave Liebman Trio: Lieb Plays the Beatles

Dave Liebman | Eric Ineke | John Ruocco | Marius Beets

Dave Liebman is one of jazz’s great instrumentalists. He is also one of jazz great clinicians, educators and inspirational figures....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2013

Esmond Selwyn: The Middle Half

Esmond Selwyn | John-Paul Gard | Robin Jones

Ringing with the sound of a bygone age steeped as this album is in the swing-into-bop mainstream jazz of the...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: May/2012

Martina DaSilva/Dan Chmielinski: Constellations

Andrew Renfroe | Dan Chmielinski | Grace Kelly | Joel Ross | Ken Kubota | Lucas Pino | Marquis Hill | Martina DaSilva

For a music genre that likes to see itself as the ‘sound of surprise’, jazz does like to endlessly repeat...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2022

Shabaka & The Ancestors: Wisdom Of Elders

Ariel Zomonsky | Gontse Makhene | Mandla Mlangeni | Mthunzi | Nduduzo Makhathini | Shabaka Hutchings | Siyabonga Mthembu

Given the substantial amount of time he spends in South Africa it was inevitable that British saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings would...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

The Andrew Linham Orchestra: Weapons of Mass Distraction

This London-based saxophonist-composer open-mindedly draws from a traditional big-band lineage from Kansas City and Thad Jones through to more recent...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018

Eden Giat Quartet: Crossing the Red Sea

Eden Giat

Eden Giat is a member of the circle of musicians around bassist Avishai Cohen and when Giat visits New York...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2021

Billy Jenkins: Ghost Music

Billy Jenkins

The ‘Ghost’, perhaps, is Billy Jenkins the guitar man, as the six strings have been laid to rest. Instead, Jenkins...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2018

Large Unit Fendika: Ethiobraz

Andreas Wildhagen | Celio de Carvalho | Fasika Hailu | Habetamu Yeshambel | Jon Rune Strøm | Jukie Kjær | Kalle Moberg | Ketil Gutvik | Klaus Ellerhusen Holm | Kristoffer Berre Alberts

Paal Nilssen Love’s ever-changing Large Unit has already touched on the drummer/composer’s affinity for Brazilian music on the 2016 album...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2020