Randolph Matthews: Untamed

Randolph Matthews

The rich, enveloping musical world of Randolph Matthews draws from a fascinating array of source material – from beatboxing to...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: March/2018

Mike Moreno: 3 For 3

This engaging US guitarist favours crunchy chords and an earthy sonic, and here performs jazz classics and more unfamiliar tracks...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2018

Oscar Peterson Trio: The Complete Tokyo Concert 1964

Ed Thigpen | Oscar Peterson | Ray Brown

As far as I can see the Tokyo concert performance, presented here over two CDs, has only previously been issued...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2015

Wayne Shorter, Terri Lyne Carrington, Leo Genovese and Esperanza Spalding: Live at the Detroit Festival

Esperanza Spalding | Leo Genovese | Terri Lyne Carrington | Wayne Shorter

This band came together for this one-off concert at the Detroit Jazz Festival in 2017, and the opening track, ‘Someplace...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2022

Marco Blanco: No Time Like the Present

A New York quintet led by the bassist-composer Michael Blanco, and featuring Jonathan Kreisberg and saxophonist John Ellis, looks to...

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

Freddy Cole: Singing the Blues

Making his debut in 1964, Nat's little brother returns to sing the blues from Bobby Bland's ‘This Time I'm Gone...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2014/2015

Dick Morrissey Quartet: Storm Warning/Here and Now and Sounding Good

Bill Eyden | Dick Morrissey | Harry South | Phil Bates | Phil Seamen

This double album repackages a pair of cherished vinyl albums by one of Britain’s best-loved modern-jazz instrumentalists. Dick Morrissey was...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: November/2011

David Binney: Tomorrow’s Journey

Aaron Janik | Benjamin Ring | David Binney | Ethan Moffit | Jon Hatamiya | Kenny Wolleson | Logan Kane | Luca Mendoza | Paul Cornish

Alto saxophonist-composer David Binney is also an in-demand producer and runs his own record label Mythology. Over a prolific recording...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2022

Ohisashiburi: Reimagining The Beatles

Fabio Accardi | Gaetano Partipilo | Giuseppe Bassi | Jonathan Gee

For what it's worth (and that's really either next to nothing or absolutely nothing at all), I should confess that...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2021

Sunwatchers: II

These New York rabble-rousers take their name from a track on Albert Ayler's New Grass and resurrect the saxophonist's holy...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020