Kenny Garrett: Seeds From The Underground

Benito Gonzalez | Kenny Garrett | Nat Reeves | Nedelka Prescod | Ronald Bruner | Rudy Bird

You have to kiss a lot of toads before you meet the handsome prince, as my dear old mum used...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2012

Various Artists: J-Jazz Deep: Modern Jazz From Japan 1969-1984

An intelligently selected primer of what was going on in Japan in a formative period for the nation's jazz, this...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: April/2018

Miles Davis: That’s What Happened 1982-1985: The Bootleg Series Vol 7

Al Foster | Bill Evans | Bob Berg | Darryl Jones | JJ Johnson | John Scofield | Marcus Miller | Mike Stern | Miles Davis | Mino Cinelu

This three CD set is Miles Davis immediately after his 1981 comeback, his final period that ended with his death...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2022

Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Red Hot

Brandon Seabrook | David Taylor | Jon Irabagon | Kevin Shea | Moppa Elliott | Peter Evans | Ron Stabinsky

Formed in 2003, the wacky satirists MOPDTK are the new arch subversives of the New York underground jazz scene. Their...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Miles Davis: More Miles

This is the May 1958 session by the Kind of Blue sextet (with Bill Evans) minus the alternate take of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020

Mofaya!: Like One Long Dream

Aleksandar Skoric | Jaimie Branch | John Dikeman | Luke Stewart

Something of a new generation free-jazz super group, here, featuring leading younger players: Serbian drummer Skoric and American tenor man...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2021

Duke Ellington: Concert In The Virgin Isles

The title's a misnomer as this was recorded before and after Duke's trip to the Caribbean, but the ‘Virgin Isles...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: June/2014

Oz Robù Trio: Oz Robù

Recording their debut for a London label, this young contemporary Italian piano trio favours coolly sensuous grooves in a latin/Mediterranean...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2012

Zela Margossian Quintet: Transition

Adem Yilmaz | Alexander Inman-Hislop | Elsen Price | Metin Yilmaz | Stuart Vandegraaf | Zela Margossian

Zela Margossi's peripatetic career took her from Lebanon to Armenia to Australia, where she is now establishing her career in...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2019

Bria Skonberg: With a Twist

This mainstream Canadian pop-jazz singer/trumpeter is groomed for stardom or oblivion; her generic contemporary repertoire includes a pointlessly derivative big...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2017