King Crimson: Larks’ Tongues In Aspic 50th Anniversary Edition

Bill Bruford | David Cross | Jamie Muir | John Wetton | Robert Fripp

Their early 1970s recordings never repeated the shock of the new of the Crims’ Court of the… debut, despite Keith...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2024

Barnes/O’Higgins & The Sax Section: Oh Gee!

Adam King | Alan Barnes | Dave O’Higgins | Judith O’Higgins | Karen Sharp | Robin Aspland | Sam Mayne | Sebastiaan de Krom | Sebastiaan De Krom

The onrush of Barnes on record continues, as does the flow of releases on his Woodville label. Having heard this...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2016

John Fedchock New York Big Band: Like It Is

Allen Farnham | Bobby Sanabria | Dave Ratacjzak | Dick Sarpola | John Fedchock | Keith O'Quinn 3 | Mark Vinci 5 | Tony Kadleck 4

It only took a couple of bars of the opener, ‘You and the Night and the Music’ to conjure the...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: October/2015

David Gilmore: Numerology: Live at Jazz Standard

Christian McBride | Claudia Acuña | David Gilmore | Jeff ‘Tain’ Watts | Luis Perdomo | Miguel Zenón | Mino Cinelu

Guitarist Gilmore is one of the most accomplished on today's scene and has worked with artists as diverse as Wayne...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2013

Johnny Dankworth: Three Classic Albums Plus

Avid's double-CD combines Dankworth's The Vintage Years, Collaboration, and England's Ambassador of Jazz albums with an EP taken from the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: September/2019

Martial Solal: Martial Solal at Newport ‘63

Martial Solal | Paul Motian | Teddy Kotick

Pianist Martial Solal was born in Algeria and moved to Paris in February 1950 to further his career in jazz....

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2022

Matt Mitchell/Kate Gentile: Snark Horse

Ava Mendoza | Ben Gerstein | Brandon Seabrook | Davy Lazar | Jon Irabagon | Kate Gentile | Kim Cass | Mat Maneri | Matt Mitchell | Matt Nelson

Following his discovery by Tim Berne in 2009, Pennsylvania-born pianist Matt Mitchell has been confirming that he's a unique contemporary-music...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2021

GF Fitz-Gerald And Lol Coxhill: The Poppy Seed Affair

GF Fitz-Gerald | Lol Coxhill

Where Coxhill’s credentials need little explication, a hero of free improvisation that he made (and makes) joyously accessible to the...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: October/2011

Jutta Hipp: Lost Tapes/The German Recordings 1952-1955

Albert Mangelsdorff | Attila Zoller | Franz ‘Shorty’ Roeder | Hans Koller | Harry Schell | Joki Freund | Jutta Hipp | Karl Sanner | Rudi Sehring

Is this yet another take on the now hackneyed Svengali legend or just a B-movie scenario? On a visit to...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2013

Laura Jurd: Landing Ground

Ben Davis | Conor Chaplin | Corrie Dick | Elliot Galvin | Laura Jurd | Mandhira de Saram | Mandhira De Saram | Patrick Dawkins | Richard Jones

She's only just entered her final year at Trinity College of Music, but the composer-trumpeter Laura Jurd is already creating...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013