Miles Davis: Bitches Brew 40th Anniversary Collectors Edition

Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Don Alias | Harvey Brooks | Jack DeJohnette | Joe Zawinul | Lenny White | Miles Davis | Wayne Shorter

Just for the record, 2010 was the 40th Anniversary year of Bitches Brew, you haven't woken up in a time...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2015

Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Loafer's Hollow

Brandon Seabrook | Dave Taylor | Jon Irabagon | Kevin Shea | Moppa Elliott | Ron Stabinsky | Steven Bernstein

Like the musical lovechild of Billy Jenkins, John Zorn and Frank Zappa, MOPDTK are spunky satirists looking to provide an...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017

Gerald Clark: Nakba – A Jazz Suite for Palestine

Byron Wallen | Dave Hamblett | Duncan Haynes | Johnny Lippiett | Sam Lasserson

Gerald Clark, a London-based composer-arranger, has played a patient game with this release; he started writing the music for this...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

The Bad Plus and Joshua Redman: The Bad Plus Joshua Redman

Dave King | Ethan Iverson | Joshua Redman | Reid Anderson

If we were to look at the career trajectories of both Redman and Bad Plus, we would see in the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2015

Geoff Simkins Trio: In A Quiet Way

Dave Green | Geoff Simkins | Nikki Iles

The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed a review of mine devoted to a London appearance by this Simkins trio...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2017

Carmen McRae: Take Five/Live at Sugar Hill

Two live sets, the fi rst with Dave Brubeck's trio in 1961 – Dave and Joe Morello shadowing every nuance...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Charlie Watts/Danish Radio Big Band: Charlie Watts Meets The Danish Radio Big Band

Charlie Watts | Dave Green | Gerard Presencer

Herein lies a tale. When Charlie Watts was talking to Gerard Presencer shortly after the trumpeter landed a job with...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: May/2017

Lookout Farm: At Onkel Pö's Carnegie Hall

Badal Roy | Dave Liebman | Frank Tusa | Jeff Williams | Richie Beirach

Dave Liebman was still with Miles Davis when he recorded Lookout Farm (ECM) in 1973, leaving the trumpet player's band...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Fishwick/Roberts/Basile/Sanz/Whitford/Fishwick: When Night Falls

Albert Sanz | Dave Whitford | Frank Basile | Matt Fishwick | Osian Roberts | Steve Fishwick

This is the fourth Fishwick-Roberts album on Hard Bop, the previous one having featured Cedar Walton and Peter Washington. When...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: April/2014

Jim Hart Cloudmakers Trio: A Drop Of Hope In The Ocean Of Uncertainty

Dave Smith | Jim Hart | Leo Genovese | Michael Janisch

French-resident vibraphonist Jim Hart used to be one of the pivotal figures on the London contemporary jazz scene as a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2024