Lee Morgan: Four Classic Albums

Four albums over three different labels by one of hard bop's original enfant terribles. Dizzy Atmosphere is performed by a...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2020

Elan Mehler: Trouble in Mind

Elan Mehler

This solo piano recording was made by Elan Mehler in New Orleans on the eve of the 2020 pandemic.The Boston-born,...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2024

Tom Syson: Different Coloured Days

David Ferris | Jonathan Silk | Pete Hutchinson | Tom Barford | Tom Syson

Tom Syson, the trumpet lead in the Birmingham Jazz Orchestra, opened his account as leader in an assertive manner with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2019

Jim Black/AlasNoAxis: Antiheroes

Chris Speed | Hilmar Jensson | Jim Black | Skúli Sverrisson

Born in Seattle but today resident in Brooklyn, Jim Black is known for bringing Balkan music into jazz, as a...

Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: August/2013

Charles Pillow Large Ensemble: Electric Miles

Charles Pillow | Dave Liebman | Tim Hagans

In October 2005, Joe Zawinul collaborated with the WDR Big Band in a series of orchestral arrangements of his original...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2018/2019

Alati: Ascending the Morning

Brigitte Beraha | Chris Dowding | Dave O'Brien

A package which initially appears modest, yet is most generous in spirit. Dowding has previously set the poetry of Arthur...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2023

Oz Noy: Asian Twistz

Dave Weckl | Étienne Mbappé | Oz Noy

Noy, excuse the pun, is most annoying. There's so much to enjoy about this live album. There's a rawness to...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2015

Miles Davis: Miles Davis Miles At The Fillmore. Miles Davis 1970: The Bootleg Series Vol.3

Airto Moreira | Chick Corea | Dave Holland | Jack DeJohnette | Jack Dejohnette | Keith Jarrett | Miles Davis | Steve Grossman

“Bill and I got along all right, but we had our disagreements because Bill is a tough motherfucking businessman, and...

Reviewed by Jon Newey in issue: April/2014

The Fringe: 40 Years on the Fringe

Bob Gullotti | George Garzone | John Lockwood

No saxophonist unpicks the standard repertoire quite so incisively as George Garzone, author of The Triadic Chromatic Approach. But for...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: November/2013

Betty Davis: The Columbia Years

Betty Davis | Joe Sample | Wilton Felder

Anybody with a passing interest in pop culture will know that ‘Miles’’ ex is really a wholly inadequate moniker for...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2016