Jeff Denson Trio: + Lee Konitz

Bassist Jeff Denson has recorded with Lee Konitz on a handful of previous occasions. Here his trio is joined by...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2015

Cesar: Cesar 830

Latin soul/funk from pianist Cesar Ascarrunz brings back heady dancefloor days from 1970s New York City – dated but still...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2013

Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra: Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!!

Digging into the Puente repertory with a lively flair, this is an über-student big band led by percussionist Bobby Sanabria....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Ahmed Abdul-Malik: Four Classic Albums

Brooklyn-born Abdul-Malik was never exactly a household name, but his jazz credentials include playing bass with Randy Weston, Herbie Mann,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020

Otmar Binder: Trio Boogie Woogie Turnaround

Lovers of Ben Waters and German master Axel Zwingenberger might appreciate the specialist boogie-woogie pianist from Austria in trio with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2012

Joel Harrison: The Other River

This initially Frisell-like Americana infused guitarist has moved closer to singer-songwriting in recent years and his mature, expressively executed songs...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017

Bill Easley: Diversitonic

Beverly Botsford | Bill Easley | Bill Newton | John Hanks | Kyle Koehler | Mark Wells | Robert Bradford

Easley has had one of those distinguished sideman careers, working with George Benson, Mercer Ellington, Isaac Hayes, John Lewis’s American...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2022

Barbara Long: Soul: The Voice of Barbara Long

Two sessions by this most fleet-voiced of 1960s jazz vocalists, blending perfectly with ensembles featuring respectively Booker Ervin and the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2013

Clifford Brown/Max Roach All Stars: Best Coast Jazz

Clifford Brown | Curtis Counce | Herb Geller | Joe Maini | Kenny Drew | Max Roach | Walter Benton

Taking Norman Granz’s lead, the folks at EmArcy gathered up a posse of young LA-based musicians for, what some might...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2016

Chris Hodgkins & Dave Price: Back In Your Own Backyard

Ashley John Long | Chris Hodgkins | Dave Price | Erika Lyons

Here's Hodgkins newly released from his long-term role as director of Jazz Services and back to doing what he always...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2015