Gary Burton: The New Quartet

Abraham Laboriel | Gary Burton | Harry Blazer | Mike Goodrick

These two releases, both examples of exceptional music-making, represent the second batch of ECM’s new Luminescence vinyl reissue programme, casting...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2023

Album Interview: Jamie Saft: The New Standard

Bobby Previte | Jamie Saft | Steve Swallow

Pianist/keyboardist Jamie Saft is pretty much the quintessence of the iconoclastic downtown New York jazz musician, if such a thing...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Various Artists: West Meets East: Indian Music and its Influence on the West

Though it was George Harrison who first introduced Indian music to mainstream Western pop audiences through his sitar embellishment on...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: October/2020

Album Interview: Alex Wilson Trio: Trio

Alex Wilson | Davide Mantovani | Frank Tontoh | Tristan Banks

This is the ninth album from British composer/arranger/pianist Alex Wilson but only his first trio set – and it's an...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2013

Album Interview: Émile Parisien: Sfumato Live in Marciac

Émile Parisien | Joachim Kühn | Manu Codjia | Mário Costa | Michel Portal | Simon Tailleu | Vincent Peirani | Wynton Marsalis

If jazz is the art of the improviser, then this album embodies it. With its exceptional level of creativity, intuitive...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2018

Trevor Tomkins’ Sextant: For Future Reference

Brian Smith | Chris Pyne | Jimmy Hastings | John Horler | Paul Bridge | Phil Lee | Trevor Tomkins

Drummers have always played a vital role in the development of jazz, from the days of Baby Dodds with Louis...

Reviewed by Chris Welch in issue: May/2023

Tubby Hayes: Four Classic Albums Plus

Bill Eyden | Bobby Breen | Clark Terry | Dave Bailey | Dave Usden | Dickie Hawdon | Eddie Costa | George Duvivier | Harry South | Horace Parlan

With both the 90th anniversary of Hayes’ birth looming next year, and the much talked-of ‘Golden Age’ of British modern...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: October/2024

Milt Ward & Virgo Spectrum

Bill Pierce | Carlos Garnett | Cecil McBee | Coucho Martinez | Delmar Brown | Eddie Alex | Glenn Barbour | Hugh Peterson | Ignacio Mena | Milt Ward

Rare or obscure, and fetching stratospheric prices among crate-diggers, has never been a guarantee of musical merit. However, I’m happy...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: July/2022

John Dankworth Orchestra: Composition With Colour: Live 1971

Bruce Graham | Chris Spedding | David Horler | Don Fay | Duncan Lamont | Henry Lowther | John Dankworth | John Jenkins | Kenny Clare | Kenny Wheeler

Brought to us by part of the team who masterminded the excellent Jazz In Britain label, British Progressive Jazz is...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2022

Pentangle: The Albums 1968-1972

Bert Jansch | Danny Thompson | Jacqui McShee | John Renbourn | Terry Cox

Formed out of jams at London’s Horseshoe Hotel in mid-1967, at the beginning of an unprecedented period of musical cross-fertilisation...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: Dec/Jan/2017/2018