Henri Texier: Sand Woman

Gautier Garrigue | Henri Texier | Manu Codjia | Sebastien Texier | Vincent Le Quang

The iconic French double-bassist Henri Texier has never been one for looking back, but on the new recording Sand Woman...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2018

Sonny Stitt: The Sensual Sound of Sonny Stitt/And the Top Brass

Duke Jordan | Jimmy Mundy | Joe Benjamin | Philly Joe Jones | Ralph Burns | Sonny Stitt | Tadd Dameron

Though compared with Charlie Parker more frequently than he liked, Sonny Stitt nevertheless acknowledged their similarities, as testified by his...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: November/2013

Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Mauch Chunk

Jon Irabagon | Kevin Shea | Moppa Elliott | Ron Stabinsky

Last year's MOPDTK album release Blue, a curious note-fornote transcription of Miles' Kind of Blue, had critics and punters furiously...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

King Crimson: Audio Diary 2014-2018

Bill Rieflin | Chris Gibson | Gavin Harrison | Jakko Jakszyk | Jeremy Stacey | Mel Collins | Pat Mastelotto | Robert Fripp | Tony Levin

When else could this review be written but 10 October 2019, the 50th anniversary of the release of In The...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

John Stevens' Away: Away/Somewhere In Between/Mazin Ennit

Bréno T'Fordo | David Cole | John Stevens | Nick Stephens | Peter Cowling | Robert Calvert | Ron Herman | Steve Hayton | Trevor Watts

Last year's John Stevens day at the South Bank during the EFG London Jazz Festival barely scratched the surface of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2015

Bill Mays Trio: Live At COTA

Bill Mays | Martin Wind | Matt Wilson

Like his near-contemporary Alan Broadbent, or from an earlier generation Clare Fischer, New York-based Mays' reputation as a composer-arranger makes...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2019

Charlie Parker: Five Classic Albums

Al Haig | Art Taylor | Buddy Rich | Charlie Parker | Curley Russell | Dizzy Gillespie | Don Lamond | Hank Jones | Kenny Dorham | Max Roach

The second half of Parker’s studio output was all done for Norman Granz, including the famous Afro-Latin sessions that are...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2020

Dominik Wania: Lonely Shadows

The pianist, a member of the Maciej Obara quartet, goes solo with a series of spontaneous improvs on his ECM...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2020

Karin Krog & John Surman: Infinite Paths

Ben Surman | John Surman | Karin Krog

Despite having appeared in concert as a duo for the past three decades, Infinite Paths, remarkably, represents vocalist Karin Krog...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: June/2016

Ben Williams: State of Art

Ben Williams | Christian Scott | Etienne Charles | Gerald Clayton | Jaleel Shaw | Jamire Williams | John Robinson | Marcus Strickland | Matthew Stevens | string quartet

A bass-sideman for high profile mainstream US jazzers such as Terence Blanchard, Stefon Harris, Jacky Terrasson, and saxophonist Marcus Strickland...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2012