James Spaulding: Plays the Legacy of Duke Ellington
Avery Brooks | Billy Higgins | Cedar Walton | James Spaulding | Mtume | Sam Jones | Steve Nelson
This was the Indianapolis-born Spaulding's debut album as a leader although he had already gained praise as a sideman with...
Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2013
Walter Smith III/Matthew Stevens: In Common III
Dave Holland | Kris Davis | Matthew Stevens | Terri Lyne Carrington | Walter Smith III
This is the third instalment in the In Common project, in which Smith and Stevens assemble a new lineup for...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2022
Solstice: Alimentation
Brigitte Beraha | Dave Manington | George Hart | Jez Franks | John Turville | Tori Freestone
For over a decade now, the E17 jazz collective has been the wellspring of creative music partnerships among young musicians...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2017
Rempis/Parker/Flaten/Cunningham: Stringers And Struts
Dave Rempis | Hamid Drake | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten | Jeff Parker | Jeremy Cunningham
Jeff Parker is probably still best known for contributing guitar to the intricate, genre-hopping compositions of Chicagoan post-rock group Tortoise...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: February/2021
The Cloudmakers Trio: Live at the Pizza Express
Dave Smith | Jim Hart | Michael Janisch | Ralph Alessi
The versatile first-call vibraphonist Jim Hart has recently been nominated in the vibes category for the 2012 Downbeat poll, a...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2012
Sam Rivers: Contrasts
Dave Holland | George Lewis | Sam Rivers | Thurman Barker
The title is not superficial. Indeed in light of other works (Contours, Colors, Hints On Light And Shadow), it captures...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2014
Album Interview: The Bad Plus: Complex Emotions
Ben Monder | Chris Speed | Dave King | Reid Anderson
The closest forerunner to the newest incarnation of the iconoclastic The Bad Plus –founder members Reid Anderson and Dave King...
Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: December/2024
Miles Davis: Live in Poland 1983
Of all the ensembles that Davis led following his comeback in 1981, his band with John Scofield is usually recognised...
Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2015
Jared Gold: Reemergence
Billy Hart | Dave Stryker | Jared Gold | Jeremy Pelt
Jared Gold's annual releases on the Posi-Tone label established him as a technically advanced organist whose fluent lines and precision...
Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2018
Kevin Brady Electric Quartet: Plan B
Bill Carrothers | Dave Redmond | Kevin Brady | Seamus Blake
It was Larry Coryell, the 1970s fusion star and enduring guitar-jazz favourite – on an Irish studio session that turned...
Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2022
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