Møster!: Springs

Hans Magnus ‘Snah’ Ryan | Kenneth Kapstad | Kjetil Møster | Nikolai Hængsle

Norwegian saxophonist Kjetil Møster’s self-named jazz-rock unit released its first album, Edvard Lygre Møster, in 2013 and has moved through...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2024

Florian Weber: Imaginary Cycle: Music for Brass Ensemble and Flute

Anna-Lena Schnabel | Corentin Morvan | Florian Weber | Jean Daufresne | Lisa Stick | Maxine Troglauer | Michel Godard | Patrick Wilbart | Sonja Beeh | Vianney Desplantes

Florian Weber is one of Germany’s most respected composers and arrangers for large ensemble, his work performed by the Radio...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2024

Georgia Mancio/Alan Broadbent: A Story Left Untold

Alan Broadbent | Andrew Cleyndert | Dave Ohm | FAME’s Studio Orchestra | Georgia Mancio

Completing a critically-acclaimed trilogy following Songbook (2017) and Quiet Is The Star (2021), the latest collaboration between vocalist Georgia Mancio...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2025

Vince Guaraldi: Jazz Impressions of a Boy Named Charlie Brown

Colin Bailey | Monty Budwig | Vince Guaraldi

Compared to the Peanuts ‘Easter Beagle’ (reviewed in April’s Jazzwise) which was a patchwork of minuscule cues, almost all of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2025

Eraldo Bernocchi/Prakash Sontakke: Invisible Strings

Mixing up Hindustani classical music with Brian Eno-inspired ambient rock is the basis of this trippy sounding set of originals...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2017

Bill Holman: The Original Bill Holman Big Band

Three LPs (from 1957-60) on two CDs show off this all-star Los Angeles aggregation at its best, with Holman's writing...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2016

Jaki Byard: The Late Show

Jaki Byard

Jaki's name is still strongly associated with his Mingus period (1962-65), but a recent Byard reissue (reviewed in Jazzwise 180)...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2014

Count Basie/Lester Young: Classic 1936-47 Count Basie and Lester Young Studio Sessions

Argonne Thornton | Benny Goodman | Benny Morton | Bill Coleman | Bobby Moore | Buck Clayton | Buddy Rich | Carl Smith | Chico Hamilton | Chu Berry

The early Basie band brought new levels of blues feeling and informality to the big-band scene. In addition, the leader's...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: October/2016

Jeff Williams: Outlier

Jeff Williams | Josh Arcoleo | Kit Downes | Phil Robson | Sam Lasserson

Now based in both London and New York, the Ohio-raised veteran drummer Jeff Williams initially established his name on the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2016

Greg Osby and Florian Arbenz: Reflections of the Eternal Line

Florian Arbenz | Greg Osby

Inspired by a series of paintings by the visual artist Stephan Spicher, whose workshop became the recording studio for this...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2021