Jack Teagarden: This is Teagarden! + Chicago And All That Jazz!

This is post-Armstrong All Stars Teagarden, and two high points in what was the evening of his career, firstly a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2019

Scott Hamilton/Dany Doriz: Scott Hamilton Plays With the Dany Doriz Orchestra

Dany Doriz | Didier Dorise | Marc Fosset | Patricia Lebeugle | Philippe Duchemin | Ronald Baker | Scott Hamilton

Doriz runs the Caveau de la Huchette club in Paris and is something of a veteran of French mainstream jazz,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2014

Abbey Lincoln: Straightahead

Abbey Lincoln | Art Davis | Benny Bailey | Booker Little | Coleman Hawkins | Eric Dolphy | Jo Jones | Julian Priester | Kenny Dorham | Max Roach

This is one of the great political and cultural statements made by African-Americans during the civil rights era. Apart from...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2012

Joel Ross: Who Are You?

Brandee Younger | Immanuel Wilkins | Jeremy Corren | Jeremy Dutton | Joel Ross | Kanoa Mendenhall

Noted for his excellent work with the likes of Makaya McCraven, Walter Smith III and Brandee Younger, vibraphonist Joel Ross...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: December/2020

Sasha Berliner: Onyx

Burniss Travis II | Jaleel Shaw | James Francies | Julius Rodriguez | Marcus Gilmore | Sasha Berliner | Thana Alexa

This 24-year-old San Francisco-born, NY-based vibraphonist-composer showed great promise on her 2019 debut Azalea, with her unique brand of obliquely...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2022

Ahmad Jamal Trio: Complete Live at the Pershing Lounge 1958

Ahmad Jamal | Israel Crosby | Ray Crawford | Vernell Fournier

The overworked word ‘iconic’ is often used to describe Jamal's Pershing albums, so this chance to hear volumes one and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2019

Merzbow/Mats Gustafsson/Balázs Pándi/Thurston Moore: Cuts Of Guilt, Cuts Deeper

Balázs Pándi | Masami Akita | Mats Gustafsson | Thurston Moore

Just how many noise musicians does it take to scalp a cloud of killer bees with a buzzsaw? The trio...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: July/2015

Francesco Cataldo: Spaces

Clarence Penn | David Binney | Erik Friedlander | Francesco Cataldo | Salvatore Bonafede | Scott Colley

Francesco Cataldo was born in Sicily. He is a musician of great sensitivity and, as a prolific composer his work...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2013

John Beasley: Monk'estra Vol.2

Adam Schroeder | Ben Shepherd | Bob Sheppard | Brian Swartz | Conrad Herwig | Danny Janklow | Dianne Reeves | Dontae Winslow | Francesco Torres | John Beasley

Vol.1 was welcomed in Jazzwise 212, though I had a couple of reservations and secretly wondered (off-screen) how well it...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2017

Samuel Mösching: Ethereal Kicks

This Chicago-based Swiss guitarist/multi-instrumentalist’s trio is nearly all him, playing a kind of fusion-lite that mixes country, mainstream singer-songwriter rock...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2022