Michael Garrick: With The Rendell/Carr Quintet

Dave Green | Don Rendell | Ian Carr | Michael Garrick | Trevor Tomkins

It's only after the event that the Rendell/Carr quintet rightly became recognised as one of the UK's most creative groups...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2012

Zzebra: Hungry Horse (Live in Germany 1975)

Alan Marshall | Dave Quincy | John McCoy | Lasisi Amao | Liam Genockey | Steve Byrd | Tommy Eyre

Watch out! There’s a Zzebra crossing. But where we are going, we don’t need roads… or warning signs. Just prick...

Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: May/2024

The Bad Plus: Activate Infinity

Dave King | Orrin Evans | Reid Anderson

Few jazz ensembles can be identified as instantaneously as The Bad Plus. There are even fewer that can replace a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Tori Freestone Trio: El Barranco

Dave Manington | Tim Giles | Tori Freestone

The tenor saxophonist Tori Freestone has been making a strong impression in the soloist chair as a member of the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2016

Tori Freestone Trio: El Mar de Nubes

Dave Manington | Tim Giles | Tori Freestone

Tenerife's highlands and sea-of-clouds coastline are spiritual homes for the imaginative British saxophonist Tori Freestone, who took a break there...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: August/2019

Kansas Smitty’s: We’re Not In Kansas Any More

Alec Harper | Dave Archer | Dylan Jones | Ferg Ireland | Giacomo Smith | Joe Webb | Laura Jurd | Will Cleasby

The opening ‘Bokeh’ is an immediate signal that this fifth studio album intends to move a long way from the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2022

The Spirit Farm

Adam Fairhall | Anton Hunter | Christophe de Bezenac | Corey Mwamba | Dave Kane | Johnny Hunter

Think of this as a north-of-Watford improv supergroup, bringing together musicians based in Derby, Leeds and Manchester, who have been...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2015

Paul Dunmall: Bright Light A Joyous Celebration

Corey Mwamba | Dave Kane | Hamid Drake | Paul Dunmall | Soweto Kinch | Xhosa Cole

Here’s a line-up to get excited about – and one which probably only Paul Dunmall could succeed in pulling together.One...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2024

Dave Bailey: The Complete 1 & 2 Feet In The Gutter Sessions

Bailey's sextet sessions for Epic were particularly showcases for the late Clark Terry, who stamps his personality indelibly on this...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2015

Phil Netherwitton's Temperature Control: The Sidcup Sessions: Vol. 1

Cliff Purbeck | Dave Satchel | Flip Hickwick | Phil Netherwitton | Richmond Dunckley

“We'd all been listening to stuff like In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew. Then Weather Report came along around...

Reviewed by J. J. Geiger in issue: July/2017