Paul Gonsalves/Clark Terry Quintet: Complete Recordings

Al Harewood | Art Taylor | George Tucker | Grant Green | Horace Parlan | Paul Chambers | Stanley Turrentine | Tommy Flanagan

Moonlighting from the Ellington band, CT, Gonsalves, plus Messrs Woode and Woodyard created this fine collection from 1956-58 that’s only...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2018

Hadley Caliman: Projecting/Celebration

These two albums by this little-known West Coast tenorist are his finest work, of which the second, a quartet with...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2016

The Ed Palermo Big Band: Oh No! Not Jazz!!

The New Jersey-born 18-piece bandleader takes on the might of Frank Zappa again with a fire in his belly but...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Eif Caglar: Misfit

A persuasive singer-songwriter from Turkey (with band featuring Eric Harland and Aaron Parks) with affiliations to 1970s jazz era Joni...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2016

Sammy Price: Three Classic Albums Plus

Boogie and blues specialist Price led some fine sessions, the highlights here being his sextet’s collaboration with Sidney Bechet, plus...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2019

Tony Lakatos: Home Tone

Axel Schlosser | Billy Drummond | Robert Hurst | Robi Botos | Tony Lakatos

Lavishly endorsed by Dave Liebman on the album jacket, Hungarian-born tenorist Tony Lakatos is hailed as a fine player of...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: October/2012

Andy Scott + Group S: Ruby and All Things Purple

Andy Scott | Barbara Thompson | Chris Caldwell | Dave Graham | Elliot Henshaw | Gwilym Simcock | James Pusey | Jim Fieldhouse | John Helliwell | Jon Hiseman

Formed in 1995, saxophonist Andy Scott's Manchester-based SaxAssault has recently changed its name to Group S to reflect the less...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2017

Ayn Inserto Jazz Orchestra: Down A Rabbit Hole

The first recording for over a decade from Inserto, a Singapore-born US resident and protégé of the Bob Brookmeyer Jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Feb/2019

Carsten Dahl Trio: Simplicity

A piano trio of two decades is a rare thing but Danish pianist Dahl's new record has all the advantages...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2017

Robert Glasper: Black Radio

Bilal | Casey Benjamin | Chris Dave | Derrick Hodge | Erykah Badu | Lalah Hathaway | Ledisi | Lupe Fiasco | Meshell Ndegeocello | Mos Def

This is not a jazz album as such. Debate over whether it even belongs in these pages may well consume...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2012