Sarah Wilson: Kaleidoscope
The laconic Californian-based trumpeter-vocalist-composer demonstrates a taste for freewheeling spirituals, Caribbean/Afro-Cuban beats and Lou Reed-influenced alt-rock on her largely engaging...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021
Anthony Wilson: Seasons
Guitar nerds take note: this quartet plays four different custom-built John Monteleone acoustics in a ‘live’ laid back seasonsthemed tribute....
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2012
Matt Wilson: Hug!
This tightly-bonded quartet (with a frontline of saxophonist Jeff Lederer and cornetist Kirk Knuffke) have an affiliation with early Ornette...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2020
Edwin Sanz: Overflow
A modern latin jazz album created in Europe by Geneva-based Sanz – a Venezuelan percussion maestro who has worked with...
Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: October/2016
Nancy Wilson: Four Classic Albums Plus
A marvellous tribute to one of the great singers, less-well known here in the UK than in the US as...
Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2019
Nailah Porter: ConJazzNess
A former attorney and lobbyist on Capitol Hill, Nailah Porter has chosen to leave the corridors of power behind to...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2011
Adam Schroeder: Let's
Adam Schroeder | Anthony Wilson | Jeff Hamilton | John Clayton
In days gone by, swing bands had breakout small groups. Think the Benny Goodman Quartet, for instance. Well, this foursome...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2014
Charles Lloyd: Trios: Ocean
Anthony Wilson | Charles Lloyd | Gerald Clayton
The joy of Lloyd’s Trios project is that each of the three bands is an on-the-road working band; they’ve not...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2022
Karl Berger/Kirk Knuffke: Heart Is A Melody
Jay Anderson | Karl Berger | Kirk Knuffke | Matt Wilson
Now 87, the German-born vibist Berger is the doyen of the New York avant-garde, a long-time sideman with Don Cherry,...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: April/2023
Dave Glasser: Hypocrisy Democracy
Andy Milne | Ben Allison | Dave Glasser | Matt Wilson
This Lee Konitz-influenced saxophonist is a long-time Basie orchestra member, but his remit is wide, covering free-bop, blues-groove and cool...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020
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