Kris Davis: Duopoly

Angelica Sanchez | Bill Frisell | Billy Drummond | Craig Taborn | Don Byron | Julian Lage | Kris Davis | Marcus Gilmore | Tim Berne

An elegantly conceived and beautifully packaged set of duets from the promising young pianist. There's a neat, palindromic shape to...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Tuba Skinny: Magnolia Stroll

Barnabus Jones | Craig Flory | Erika Lewis | Greg Sherman | Jason Lawrence | Max Bien-Kahn | Robun Rapuzzi | Shaye Cohn | Todd Burdick

There’s a reason that traditional jazz bands abandoned the tuba in the late 1930s, which is that it constipates the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2022

Sun Ra: Cosmos

In the wake of last month's mini-tsunami of Sun Ra reissues, here's yet more, in a tidy, rather formal set...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2017

Joe Chambers: Moving Pictures Orchestra

Conrad Herwig | Craig Handy | David Weiss | Dwayne Burno | Frank Basile | Frank Greene | Greg Gisbert | James Burton | Joe Chambers | Josh Evans

On many of the Blue Note 1960s albums featuring Chambers as a sideman, you always felt he’d been chosen for...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2012

Echoes of Ellington Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Planets

Andy Flaxman | Callum Au | Chris Traves | Colin Good | Colin Skinner | George Hogg | James Davison | Jay Craig | Joe Pettitt | Jon Stokes

Reedman Peter Long founded Echoes of Ellington 25 years ago and has always sought to present the late maestro's music...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2018

Album Interview: Chris Potter: The Dreamer Is The Dream

Chris Potter | David Virelles | Joe Martin | Marcus Gilmore

This is Chris Potter's third album for ECM. The first, The Sirens, was inspired by Homer's Odyssey and introduced David...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2017

Glenn Zaleski: My Ideal

Craig Weinrib | Dezron Douglas | Glenn Zaleski | Ravi Coltrane

You have to wait until the end of this album before you hear Zaleski's mentor Ravi Coltrane. The tenor saxophonist...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: June/2015

Rob Mazurek – Exploding Star Orchestra: Lightning Dreamers

Angelica Sanchez | Chad Taylor | Craig Taborn | Damon Locks | Gerald Cleaver | Ingebrigt Håker Flaten | Jaimie Branch | Jeff Parker | Julien Desprez | Mauricio Takara

Since its debut release, 2007's We Are All from Somewhere Else, Exploding Star Orchestra's ever-shifting personnel has mostly hovered around...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: April/2023

Bettye LaVette: Thankful N' Thoughtful

Bettye LaVette

Featuring the brilliant production of Craig Street, Thankful N' Thoughtful marks 50 years in music for the Detroit-reared R&B legend...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2012

Tricotism: Nostalgia

Craig Milverton | Nigel Price | Sandy Suchodolski

These three have done this sort of thing before, inspired by the great Peterson, Pass, Ray Brown trio, and here...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2021