Chick Corea: The Montreux Years

Chick Corea | Chick Corea Akoustic Band | Chick Corea and The Bavarian Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra | Chick Corea Elektric Band | Chick Corea Freedom Band | Chick Corea New Trio | Chick Corea Quartet

When Chick Corea's long and productive career was ended in February 2021, he left behind a recorded legacy that the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2022/2023

The Breath: Carry Your Kin

The Irish singer-songwriter Rioghnach Connolly heads a Mancunian supergroup with jazz cred including Cinematic Orchestra guitarist Stuart McCallum and drummer...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2016

Georgia Mancio & Alan Broadbent: Quiet Is The Star

Alan Broadbent | Georgia Mancio

A follow-up to their outstanding Songbook album released in 2017, Quiet Is The Star presents a further nine beautifully crafted...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: April/2021

Volker Kriegel: Lost Tapes

Unissued 1960s concert recordings by the late star of the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble show his range of guitar...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2014

Mats Eilertsen Trio: Sails Set

Harmen Fraanje | Mats Eilertsen | Thomas Strønen

With little fanfare, bassist Mats Eilertsen's Hubro label is creating waves. Highlighting some of the finest in Scandinavian jazz, the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2013

Tim Warfield: Inspire Me!

Antoine Drye | Greg Williams | Herb Harris | Kevin Hays | Rodney Green | Tim Warfield

This is such a good record. First, a word about Washingtonborn 46-year-old Herb Harris. Now a Brooklyn-based tenor player (he...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: May/2014

Gene Krupa: Second Set/Four Classic Albums Sing, Sing, Sing/Gene Krupa Quartet/Krupa Rocks/The Jazz Rhythms Of Gene Krup

Bobby Scott | Eddie Shu | Gail Cutis | Gene Krupa | John Drew | Milt Hinton | Mort Herbert | Teddy Napoleon

Can anyone forget that mid-1940s photograph of the entire Gene Krupa Orchestra decked out in bebop berets, dark shades and...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: October/2014

Doug Webb: Bright Side

The sturdy soul-jazz saxophonist leader is a LA movie studio man who can be heard on recent Clint Eastwood and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016

James Brandon Lewis: An Unruly Manifesto

Anthony Pirog | Jaimie Branch | James Brandon Lewis | Luke Stewart | Warren Trae Crudup

James Brandon Lewis and Jaimie Branch appeared within a few nights of each other, and a stone's throw – the...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2019

Mary Halvorson Septet: Illusionary Sea

Ches Smith | Ingrid Laubrock | Jacob Garchik | John Hébert | Jon Irabagon | Jonathan Finlayson | Mary Halvorson

Although active in the New York avant garde scene for over a decade, guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson continues to...

Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: November/2013