Jimmy Greene: While Looking Up
Aaron Goldberg | Jimmy Greene | Kendrick Scott | Lage Lund | Reuben Rogers | Stefon Harris
The heavyweight support on American multi-instrumentalist Jimmy Greene's latest release are long-term acquaintances, who since recording with Greene, have developed...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2020
Walter Smith III: Return to Casual
Walter Smith III expresses his deep modern jazz roots with an airy tenor sax tone and a ferocious but understated...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: April/2023
Matthew Stevens/Walter Smith III: In Common II
Linda May Han Oh | Matthew Stevens | Micah Thomas | Nate Smith | Walter Smith III
Someone found an amusing way of getting round a change in rhythm section for the band pic on the sleeve...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2020
Alonzo Demetrius: Live From The Prison Nation
Alonzo Demetrius | Benjamin Jephta | Brian Richburg Jnr | Daniel Abraham Jnr | Yesseh Furaha-Ali
Although recorded in concert at Berklee, the primary statement from newcomer Alonzo Demetris is that this beacon of musical education...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2021
Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio & Verneri Pohjola: Ancestry
Porgrimus Jónsson | Scott McLemore | Sunna Gunnlaugs | Verneri Pohjola
Mr and Mrs McLemore (Sunna Gunnlaugs and Scott McLemore) are two important figures on the Icelandic jazz scene, with the...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2019
The Dialogues Trio: Twinkle Twinkle
Andrea Di Biase | Bruno Heinen | Jon Scott | Julian Siegel
‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ may not be a tune that grabs you by the throat, but the Dialogues Trio use...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2012
East Axis: No Subject
Gerald Cleaver | Kevin Ray | Matthew Shipp | Scott Robinson
‘Supergroup’ can be something of a throwaway term, but this gathering has players of sufficient stature to give the description...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2023
Paragon: Cerca
Arthur Lea | Jon Scott | Matthias Nowak | Peter Ehwald
This ensemble recording, the second following Quarterlife Crisis released in 2009 by the quartet Paragon really hits its target. They're...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2014
Jason Palmer: Con Alma
Jason Palmer | Joe Martin | Kendrick Scott | Leo Genevese
Jason Palmer's spiky tone and long angular lines are rooted in the lyrical, harmonically sophisticated trumpet tradition of Booker Little.Original...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2022
Bill Evans Trio: The Classic Trio 1959-61
Bill Evans | Paul Motian | Scott LaFaro
I'm losing count of how many times I've reviewed some or all of this material, since it achieved public domain...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2018
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