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
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
Johnny Scott Quintet: Purcell Variations For Five
Arthur Watts | Barry Morgan | David Snell | Duncan Lamont | Johnny Scott
Best known these days as a successful composer for TV and film, British flautist, Johnny Scott, started out as a...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: September/2014
Gene Segal: Spiral
Brian Charette | Bruce Cox | Gene Segal
The Russian-born, New York resident supplies all the tunes apart from an interpretation of Björk's ‘Hidden Place’. They are pleasing...
Reviewed by Peter Bacon in issue: August/2017
Jaco Pastorius Big Band: Twins II
A re-issue of a Japanese concert that's not always been easy to find, so doubly welcome in that it captures...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2015
Randy Weston Trio Plus CecilPayne: With These Hands/The Modern Art Of Jazz/Jazz A La Bohemia
Though initially the Riverside label concerned itself with reissuing classic recordings by the likes of Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: Dec/Jan/2012/2013
The OGJB Quartet: Ode To O
Barry Altschul | Graham Haynes | Joe Fonda | Oliver Lake
There’s no doubting the credentials of these four éminences grises who, between them, have worked with major avant-gardists including Anthony...
Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: May/2022
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