Charles Mingus: The Jazz Workshop Concerts 1964-65

Charles McPherson | Charles Mingus | Clifford Jordan | Dannie Richmond | Eric Dolphy | Hobart Dotson | Howard Johnson | Jaki Byard | Jimmy Owens | John Handy

What Mosaic does best is to take a segment of a musician's career, and then draw together musical documentation that...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2014

Gregory Tardy: With Songs of Joy

A classily inventive straight ahead session led by the consummate saxophonist Gregory Tardy with trumpeter Philip Dizack, pianist John Chin,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2015

Reggie Washington: Rainbow Shadow

With his gritty approach to meshing blues-rock, funk and jazz, the ex-Steve Coleman electric bassist with a band that includes...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2018

Oded Tzur: Like a Great River

New York based Tel Aviv saxophonist showcases his fascination in connecting up the worlds of jazz and Indian classical music....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2016

Robert Carter Trio: That's Just It

This Bill Evans/Michel Legrandinfluenced, Winchester-based pianist (in trio with Mark Fletcher and Tim Wells) tends to slips under the radar...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014

Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart: Perpetual Pendulum

Bill Stewart | Larry Goldings | Peter Bernstein

Like a long cool glass of water amid summer’s baking heat, what delight to come across something so simple, so...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2022

Jing Chi: Supremo

Jeff Coffin | Jimmy Haslip | Mike Haynes | Robben Ford | Vince Gill | Vinnie Colaiuta

Thirteen’s unlucky for some, but as it’s that many years since the core trio last recorded under the Jing Chi...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2018

Enrico Pieranunzi & Jasper Somsen: Voyage in Time

Enrico Pieranunzi | Jasper Somsen

For a bass player to play with maestro Pieranunzi means recognition as a top professional. The bass is Pieranunzi’s favourite...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2022

Urbie Green: The Complete Persuasive Trombone

The suave orchestra led by the smoothly virtuosic trombonist excels on these two albums (originally out in Europe from French...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: October/2015

Studio Tan

A guilty pleasure for a Scandinavian band featuring Lars Danielsson (with guests among them Nils Landgren and Marius Neset) who...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2012