Weather Report: The Columbia Albums 1976-1982

Alex Acuña | Alphonso Johnson | Charles La Boe | Chester Thompson | Jaco Pastorius | Joe Zawinul | Manolo Badrena | Narada Michael Walden | Peter Erskine | Robert Thomas Jr

Who says the UK does weather? Originally released in the USA a year ago this fine box set, which could...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: March/2013

Anders Aarum: Shakin' Our Souls

The Norwegian pianist-keyboardist is your typical atypical Norwegian jazz musician knowing no musical boundaries and his latest album, with a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2018

John Coltrane: The 1961 Newport Set

Art Davis | Elvin Jones | Eric Dolphy | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Reggie Workman

Coltrane may be gone these 45 years, but he's the gift that keeps on giving. In the space of one...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2012

Roger Beaujolais: Mind The Gap

Oli Savill | Robin Aspland | Roger Beaujolais | Simon Thorpe | Winston Clifford

In a world of ever-shifting musical and political sands, there's something reassuring about Beaujolais' up-tempo, swinging sounds. Although...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2013

Jason Palmer: At Wally's Volume 2

Chris McCarthy | Jason Palmer | Lee Fish | Max Light | Noah Preminger | Simon Willson

Jason Palmer has been on the scene for quite a few years now. He seems to have everything a great...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2018

Spin Marvel: Infolding

Martin France | Nils Petter Molvær | Nils Petter Molvaer | Terje Evensen | Tim Harries

So prolific are RareNoise's releases you can miss the quality amid the quantity, but there's no doubting the Genoa-based label...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2015

Clifford Brown/Max Roach: Study In Brown

Clifford Brown | George Morrow | Harold Land | Max Roach | Richie Powell | Sonny Rollins

“The thing about that band,” the late, great British jazz trumpet giant Derek Watkins once told me, “is that it...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Jimmy Owens: The Monk Project

Howard Johnson | Jimmy Owens | Kenny Barron | Kenny Davis | Marcus Strickland | Winard Harper | Wycliffe Gordon

How many published Monk compositions are there? Maybe around 70? Seems as though there are more than that number of...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2012

Jim Rattigan/Thomas Gould/Liam Noble: Triplicity

Jim Rattigan | Liam Noble | Thomas Gould

It's not often you hear a jazz album where the French horn is the lead instrument. ‘Charming’ is the adjective...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2015

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Live in Indiana 1958

Dave Brubeck | Eugene Wright | Joe Morello | Paul Desmond

In 1958, the Brubeck Quartet undertook an exhausting tour, first in Europe and then, sponsored by the US State Department,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2021