Jaco Pastorius: Anthology – The Warner Bros Years

Bob Mintzer | Chuck Findley | Don Alias | Herbie Hancock | Jack DeJohnette | Jaco Pastorius | Kenneth Faulk | Michael Brecker | Mike Katz | Othello Molineaux

Barely a year passes without another, often worthwhile, appreciation or tribute appearing to the intense musical genius that was bassist...

Reviewed by Mike Flynn in issue: February/2015

Omri Ziegele Billiger Bauer: So Viel Schon Hin 15 Herbstlieder

The experimental Zurich based composer and saxophonist's orchestra Billiger Bauer presents an obscure 15-part work that has influences ranging from...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2015

Cloudmakers Five: Traveling Pulse

Antonin-Tri Hoang | Dave Smith | Hannes Riepler | Jim Hart | Michael Janisch

Jim Hart has been pushing at the boundaries of the art of jazz vibraphone since forming Cloudmakers in 2015, his...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2018

Elephant9: Greatest Show On Earth

Nikolai Hængsle | Ståle Storløkken | Torstein Lofthus

It's all about the gear. Norwegian keyboard wizard and Supersilent founder member Ståle Storløkken is clearly harbouring a major fetish...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2018

Didier Lockwood: New World

Didier Lockwood | Francis Lockwood | Gordon Beck | Jean-Michel Kajdan | John Etheridge | Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | Tony Williams

France has produced so many top-flight jazz violinists that it even developed its own symbolic ritual of succession. In 1937,...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2017

The Nicki Allan Sextet: You're Gonna Hear From Me

Adrian Knowles | Graham Hearn | Joel Purnell | Mark Chandler | Nicki Allan | Ronnie Bottomley

Vocalist Nicki Allan somehow manages to squeeze in time for her jazz sextet in between her roles as a senior...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2012

Carsten Dahl Trio: Simplicity

A piano trio of two decades is a rare thing but Danish pianist Dahl's new record has all the advantages...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2017

Wayne Shorter: Second Genesis/Wayning Moments

Art Blakey | Bob Cranshaw | Cedar Walton | Eddie Higgins | Freddie Hubbard | Jymie Merritt | Marshall Thompson | Wayne Shorter

This material has been recycled to the point of exhaustion. But for newcomers here's a little history. Second Genesis was...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: May/2014

Fragments

Adam Fairhall | Johnny Hunter | Seth Bennett

Manchester pianist Adam Fairhall, a core member of Matthew Halsall's Gondwana circle and saxophonist Nat Birchall's groups, is a one-off...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2019

Miles Davis: Four Classic Albums

At one level, not much needs to be said. When three of the four albums are Miles Ahead, Porgy And...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020