Solstice: Food for Thought

Brigitte Beraha | Dave Manington | Jez Franks | John Turville | Tori Freestone | Will Glaser

Solstice lay before you such a tasting menu of musical treats, it's hard to know where to begin: Jez Franks'...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2021

Julian Lage: Speak To Me

Dave King | Jorge Roeder | Julian Lage | Kris Davis | Levon Henry | Patrick Warren

Over the years since he was discovered as a 12 year-old prodigy, gigs with Gary Burton, John Zorn and Charles...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2024

Black Top: # One

Orphy Robinson | Pat Thomas | Steve Williamson

By contemporary CD standards this is relatively brief at just over 42 minutes, but packs the kind of punch that...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2014

Chris Potter Circuits Trio: Sunrise Reprise

Chris Potter | Eric Harland | James Francies

Sometimes recordings are all about the timing, and we're not talking about a musical pulse here. Whether it's the cathartic...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2021

Various Artists: Keynote Jazz Collection 1941-1947

Bud Freeman | Charlie Shavers | Coleman Hawkins | Dinah Washington | Lester Young | Roy Eldridge | Teddy Wilson

For the first half of the 20th century, radio and the jukebox were the two main building blocks of contemporary...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: November/2016

Sammy Figueroa: Searching for a Memory

Aymée Nuviola | Felipe LaMoglia | Gonzalo Rubalcaba | John Daversa | Magela Herrera | Miguel Zenón | Munir Hossn | Ricardo Rodriguez | Sammy Figueroa

Raised in Puerto Rico, premier league percussionist Sammy Figueroa was actually born in New York. His career as a sideman...

Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: September/2023

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