Steve Davis: Bluesthetic

Christian McBride | Geoff Keezer | Peter Bernstein | Steve Davis | Steve Nelson | Willie Jones III

It’s 24 years since trombonist Steve Davis last recorded with the front line of Steve Nelson and Peter Bernstein, on...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2022

Album Interview: Geri Allen: Grand River Crossings

David McMurray | Geri Allen | Marcus Belgrave

If Flying Toward The Sound (2010) paid homage to Cecil Taylor, McCoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock, and A Child Is...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2013

Chris Barber: Memories of My Trip

Albert Nicholas | Chris Barber | Edmond Hall | Eric Clapton | Joe Darensbourg | Jools Holland | Mark Knopfler | Sammy Price | Van Morrison

Barber's recent retirement as a performer and bandleader has prompted the re-release of this 2010 double-CD compilation of selected recordings,...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

John Dikeman/Pat Thomas/John Edwards/Steve Noble: Volume 1

John Dikeman | John Edwards | Pat Thomas | Steve Noble

When discussing high-calibre improvisation, much is often made of the seemingly telepathic connections between musicians co-creating in the moment.But few...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2022

Michelson Morley: Aether Drift

Jake McMurchie | Mark Whitlam | Will Harris

Get the Blessing saxophonist Jake McMurchie's jazz trio is named after a revolutionary 19th century scientific experiment that's something to...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2014

Wes Montgomery: Grooveyard

Bobby Thomas | Buddy Montgomery | Monk Montgomery | Wes Montgomery

Several reference books give Wes Montgomery's RIverside debut, in particular The Incredible Guitar of Wes Montgomery, as his first quartet...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: April/2012

EABs: 2061

Jakub Kurek | Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski | Marcin Rak | Marek Pędziwiatr | Olaf Węgier | Paweł Stachowiak

The spirits of Sun Ra, Krystof Komeda and Arthur C Clarke inform the fourth album by EABs, the Wraclow-based wonders...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: August/2022

The Big Yes!

This Scandi quartet's debut is a cathartic 30-minute single track mixing homegrown avant-jazz like Scorch Trio and a thrash metal-like...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2019

Roberto Ottaviano QuakTet: Sideralis

Alexander Hawkins | Gerry Hemingway | Michael Formanek | Roberto Ottaviano

Italian saxophonist Roberto Ottaviano's Sideralis opens by conspicuously upending jazz convention. The rhythmic underlay provided by piano, bass and drums...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: November/2017

Reggie Watkins: Avid Admirer

Playing a selection of standard-like originals, the conversational, bluesy-toned trombonist Reggie Watkins gives a good account of himself here with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2016