Ches Smith: Laugh Ash
From his debut in Tim Berne and Mary Halvorson’s bands some 15 years ago, to his recent work with Marc...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2024
Album Interview: Walter Norris & Leszek Mozdzer: The Last Set: Live at the A-Trane
Leszek Mozdzer | Walter Norris
When Walter Norris died last year aged 79 the few obituaries that ran referred to the fact that the US...
Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
Album Interview: Brad Mehldau Trio: Seymour Reads The Constitution!
Brad Mehldau | Jeff Ballard | Larry Grenadier
Brad Mehldau's teasing talent for setting a mood of fascinating expectation and then unhurriedly revealing its multiple implications has been...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2018
Album Interview: Terje Rypdal: Odyssey: In Studio In Concert
Released under the Old & New Masters umbrella, this is a must-buy CD. Its importance is manifold. Firstly, the, epic...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2012
Naná Vasconcelos: Saudades
These two facsimile releases of original ECM vinyl, recorded in 1975 and 1979, announce the launch of Luminessence, ECM’s prestigious...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2023
Monty Alexander: Harlem-Kingston Express
Subtitled “Live at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola NYC” but also taped in Jamaica and several European venues, this is Monty’s reggae-meets-jazz...
Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: October/2011
John Dikeman/Pat Thomas/John Edwards/Steve Noble: Volume 1
John Dikeman | John Edwards | Pat Thomas | Steve Noble
When discussing high-calibre improvisation, much is often made of the seemingly telepathic connections between musicians co-creating in the moment.But few...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2022
Chick Corea/Eddie Gomez/Paul Motian: Further Explorations
Chick Corea | Eddie Gomez | Paul Motian
Inspired by the Bill Evans album Explorations from 1961, Corea revisits material associated with the late pianist together with originals...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: April/2012
Harold Land: Westward Bound!
Make sure you don’t underestimate tenor saxophonist Harold Land. The perspicacious re-issue duo of Zev Feldman and Cory Weeds, who...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2021
Various Artists: Cape Jazz Piano
It's a shame the South African piano tradition is not as widely available, or as widely celebrated, as all that...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2019
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