Brzzvll & Anthony Joseph: Engines

For those who remember this London-based Trinidadian, Gil Scott Heron inspired street poet Anthony Joseph's entertaining Spasm Band, here's a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2015

Tierney Sutton: After Blue

Hubert Laws | Larry Goldings | Peter Erskine | Tierney Sutton | Turtle Island Quartet

Grammy nominated in the ‘Best Jazz Vocal Album’ category, After Blue presents one of the finest homages to Joni Mitchell's...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2014

Jeffrey Osborne: Worth It All

Bill Sharpe | Jeffrey Osborne | Kevin Chokan | Khari Parker | Ming Freeman

The veteran musician and singersongwriter Jeffrey Osborne has been a little quieter in the studio since the turn of the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2018

Daniel Rotem: Wise One: Celebrating The Music Of John Coltrane

Billy Childs | Christian Euman | Daniel Rotem | Darek Oles

A youngish, Israeli-born saxist/educator based in Los Angeles, Rotem has already made several of his own albums, and co-led a...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2022

Cootie Williams: Concerto For Cootie – Selected Recordings 1928-1962

Barney Bigard | Benny Goodman | Charlie Shavers | Coleman Hawkins | Cootie and Rex | Cootie Williams | Dinah Washington | Duke Ellington | Eddie Mack | Jimmy Johnson

Acrobat’s sumptuous 4-CD collection devoted to trumpeter and star Ellingtonian, Cootie Williams (1911-1985), states: “Features performances with Duke Ellington, Benny...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2024

Marshall Allen: New Dawn

Akiko Arendt | Bruce Edwards | Cecil Brooks | Derek Washington | Dimitra Karageorgopoulou | Elias Feldmann | George Gray | Ilektra-Despoina Stevi | Jamaaladeen Tacuma | Jan Lankisch

Was there ever a more astonishing career trajectory than Marshall Allen’s? Two days after his 100th birthday last year, he...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2025

Album Interview: Brian Jackson–Ali Shaheed Muhammad–Adrian Younge: Jazz is Dead 8

Adrian Younge | Ali Muhammad | Brian Jackson | Malachi Morehad

The latest in the series launched by producer-multi-instrumentalists Muhammad and Younge brings keyboardist-flautist Brian Jackson into the spotlight. Although best...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2021

Harvey Mason: Chameleon

Ben Williams | Bill Summers | Chris Turner | Christian Scott | Corey King | Harvey Mason | Jimmy Haslip | Kamasi Washington | Kris Bowers | Mark de Clive-Lowe

Miles may have exhorted us never to look back, but Mason's pulled off a cunning ploy with his splendid Concord...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2014

Torsten Goods: Love Comes To Town

Christian von Kaphengst | Jan Miserre | Torsten Goods | Wolfgang Haffner

This third release on ACT sees a welcome return to the recording studio for guitar ace and singer Torsten Goods....

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2013

Transatlantic Five: Transitions

Christian Raymond | Christopher Dell | Ken Vandermark | Klaus Kugel | Nate Wooley

As the name suggests, this new quintet convenes seasoned avant-gardists from America (Wooley and Vandermark) and Europe (Dell, Raymond and...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2023