Henry Threadgill Zooid: In For A Penny In For A Pound

Christopher Hoffman | Eliot Humberto Kavee | Henry Threadgill | Jose Davila | Liberty Ellman

After a series of albums where concision was largely the order of the day, Threadgill elaborates on a 2CD set...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2015

Somi: Zenzile: The Reimagination of Miriam Makeba

Anjelique Kidjo | Bongi Duma | Cobhams Asuquo | Gregory Porter | Hervé Samb | Ina Paris | Jeremy Pelt | Keith Whitty | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Lakecia Benjamin

One glance at the amazing lineup – stellar names from the US and Africa – on this album demonstrates that...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: May/2022

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

Delfeayo Marsalis: Uptown on Mardi Gras Day

Alexi Marti | Amari Ansari | Andrew Baham | Arnold Little III | Branford Marsalis | Brice Miller | Chris Severin | Davell Crawford | David Pulphus | Delfeayo Marsalis

The concept behind this album is an interesting one, aiming to fuse the big band tradition with both the New...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2023

Nigel Kennedy: Recital

Barbara Dziewiecka | Krysztof Dziedzic | Nigel Kennedy | Rolf Bussalb | Yaron Stavi

“All of this repertoire is music which I have either grown up with or feel as if I have grown...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2013

Marcotulli, Erskine, Danielsson: Trio M/E/D

Palle Danielsson | Peter Erskine | Rita Marcotulli

If, as they say in the advertising world, perception is projection, then we on the outside gazing into the Italian...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

Miles Davis: Quiet Nights + Sketches Of Spain

Bob Dorough | Frank Butler | Frank Rehak | Gil Evans | Jimmy Cobb | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Ron Carter | Victor Feldman | Wayne Shorter

The last time that Sketches Of Spain was reissued (see Jazzwise 151), it was on the Poll Winners label and...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2013

Larry Carlton: Strikes Twice/Sleepwalk/Friends

Abe Laboriel | Al Jarreau | Alex Acuna | Brian Mann | Carlos Rios | David Sanborn | Don Freeman | Greg Mathieson | Jeff Porcaro | Joe Porcaro

Carlton, like Lee Ritenour, carved his niche long ago as session hero and sideman extraordinaire (c'mon, Steely Dan and The...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2015

Lionel Hampton: Jazz Time Paris Vols 4, 5 & 6

Hampton's 1953 Franco-American jam session is famous in the annals of Americans in Europe, but now it seems strangely ploddy,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2017

Azar Lawrence: Elementals

Azar Lawrence | Benito Gonzales | Greg Poree | Jeff Littleton | John Barnes | Marvin Smith | Munyungo Jackson | Oren Waters

The American saxophonist first came to critical notice playing on McCoy Tyner's 1973 Milestone album, Enlightenment, and went on to...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2018