In Common: Walter Smith III, Matthew Stevens, Joel Ross, Harish Raghavan and Marcus Gilmore

Harish Raghavan | Joel Ross | Marcus Gilmore | Matthew Stevens | Walter Smith III

Saxophonist Walter Smith III’s evocative low-lights tenor sound and drily quixotic irregularities of phrasing have already graced a fine album...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Marius Neset Quintet: Pinball

Andreas Brantelid | Anton Eger | Ivo Neame | Jim Hart | Marius Neset | Petter Eldh

Such are the superlatives surrounding Neset that's it's hard to place him: precocious yoof? Harbinger of a new generation? Or,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2015

George Garzone/Alan Pasqua/Derek Oles/Peter Erskine: 3 Nights In LA

Alan Pasqua | Derek Oles | George Garzone | Peter Erskine

If proof were needed that bebop-rooted, standard-songform jazzmaking can feel as contemporary as today's headlines, this live set – captured...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Tomasz Stańko: December Avenue

David Virelles | Gerald Cleaver | Reuben Rogers | Tomasz Stańko

Listening to the enigmatic Polish trumpet legend Tomasz Stańko is not something to be taken lightly. His mesmerising new album...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017

Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Johan Lindvall: Om Du Reser Mycket

Christian Skår Winther | Eira Bjørnstad Foss | Johan Lindvall | Klaus Ellerhusen Holm | Kyrre Laastad | Lars Ove Fossheim | Marianne Baudouin Lie | Matilda Rolfsson | Mette Rasmussen | Musina Sagstuen

The Trondheim Jazz Orchestra has been a fertile breeding ground in establishing Norwegian jazz’s unique identity since the 1990s, with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2022

Walter Smith III: Three Of Us Are From Houston And Reuben Is Not

Eric Harland | Jason Moran | Reuben Rogers | Walter Smith III

Walter Smith III’s second Blue Note release celebrates the saxophonist’s hometown and cultural hub Houston Texas with a clutch of...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2024

Aaron Parks: Arborescence

Aaron Parks

Aaron Parks is a young pianistcomposer who has very gradually grown in stature since his teenage years in Terence Blanchard's...

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

Zhenya Strigalev: Smiling Organizm

Eric Harland | Larry Grenadier | Liam Noble | Tim Lefebvre | Tim LeFebvre | Vitaly Golovnev | Zhenya Strigalev

London-based Zhenya Strigalev has something of the spirit of the wild men of the bebop alto horn about his playing....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Steven Lugerner: For We Have Heard

Featuring the acclaimed maverick pianist Myra Melford, this US quartet is led by a multi-reedist taking inspiration for his absorbing...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Sonny Rollins: Saxophone Colossus

Doug Watkins | Max Roach | Paul Chambers | Percy Heath | Philly Joe Jones | Ray Brown | Roy Haynes | Shelly Manne | Sonny Clark | Sonny Rollins

Well, now you’re talking. All criticism of reissue illustration (e.g. the “images”, in this case by Francis Wolff) or presentation...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: February/2020