Karl Seglem: Nordic Balm

This one does what is says on the tin, with the Scandi folk-based improvising saxophonist/goat horn specialist playing a warm,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

Odean Pope: Ocean's Three

He might be 73 years old but Philly's long-time Max Roach sax sideman is on fire here in an aesthetically...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

The Mike Westbrook Concert Band: Last Night at the Old Place

Alan Jackson | Bernie Living | Dave Holdsworth | George Khan | Harry Miller | John Surman | Malcolm Griffiths | Mike Osborne | Mike Westbrook | Paul Rutherford

It may seem amazing that such an important document of British jazz history, the last night at Ronnie Scott’s ‘Old...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2018

Oscar Peterson: On a Clear Day

Louis Hayes | Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen | Oscar Peterson

This particular version of the Peterson trio was not together for very long. It followed the departure of George Mraz...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2023

Phil Robson Trio: The Cut Off Point

Gene Calderazzo | Phil Robson | Ross Stanley

The wonder is that it's taken Robson so long to set up such a trio. What doesn't surprise however is...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2015

Lenny McBrowne And The 4 Souls: Complete Recordings Featuring Gloria Smyth

Daniel Jackson | Donald Sleet | Gloria Smith | Herbie Lewis | Jimmy Bond | Lenny McBrowne | Terry Trotter

This was a wonderful swinging little band. Like a West Coast answer to the East's Horace Silver Quintet or The...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2011

Abdullah Ibrahim: Dream Time

Abdullah Ibrahim

There have been times in recent Ekaya concerts where it's seemed that Abdullah Ibrahim has taken a bit of a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Jules Buckley with the Heritage Orchestra and Ghost-Note: The Breaks

Adam Betts | Cory Henry | Gareth Lockrane | John Calvert | Jules Buckley | Kamasi Washington | Matt Calvert | Nate Werth | Rob Gentry | Robert ‘Sput’ Searight

Regular perusers of YouTube will have seen the benign bearded face of Jules Buckley smiling beatifically amidst the hyper-rapid edits...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: October/2021

Buck Clayton: Complete Legendary Jam Sessions – Master Takes

Al Waslohn | Bennie Green | Benny Powell | Billy Butterfield | Billy Kyle | Bobby Donaldson | Buck Clayton | Buddy Tate | Charlie Fowlkes | Coleman Hawkins

Three CDs in a cardboard slip-case, just another public domain release by an Andorra-based label and largely lifted from the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2011

Ivo Perelman: Villa Lobos Suite

Ivo Perelman | Mat Maneri | Matthew Shipp | Tanya Kalmanovitch | Whit Dickey

True to form the Brazilian tenor saxophonist goes far and wide with his studio albums, releasing a customary bunch of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016