Mo Foster and Friends: In Concert

Mo Foster

Listen to Mo Foster and you are listening to 60 years of British popular music. Has anyone played bass in...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2021

Orrin Evans: Freedom

Evans

Though Evans was born in New Jersey, he’s really a Philadelphia homeboy and this album is dedicated to that city...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: October/2011

Archer/Clark/Grew/Hunter: Felicity's Ultimatum

Graham Clark | Johnny Hunter | Martin Archer | Stephen Grew

As the Sheffield-based composer, improviser and jazz saxophonist Martin Archer explains, his new ‘Quartets’ series will showcase records rehearsed and...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: June/2017

The Stryker/Slagle Band (Expanded): Routes

Saxophonist Steve Slagle is a leading member of the Mingus Big Band and co-leads this post-bop big band with the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2016

Kamaal Williams: Wu Hen

Kamaal Williams

The fuzzy boundaries of jazz are perpetually expanding; on his sophomore album, Wu Hen, Kamaal Williams roams and tests their...

Reviewed by Christine Hannigan in issue: September/2020

Scott Hamilton: Live in Barcelona

Esteve Pi | Gerard Nieto | Ignasi Gonzalez | Scott Hamilton

Hamilton was in Barcelona for a couple of nights in December 2010 and this Spanish issue selects the best of...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: February/2016

Jochen Rueckert: Charm Offensive

Jochen Rueckert | Mark Turner | Mike Moreno | Orlando le Fleming

Since moving to New York in 1995, German-born drummer Jochen Rueckert has picked up credits with the likes of Kurt...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: Dec/Jan/2016/2017

Miles Davis: In Person At The Blackhawk, San Francisco

Hank Mobley | Jimmy Cobb | Miles Davis | Paul Chambers | Wynton Kelly

It's hard to realise now, but this was the first-ever live album that Miles released. The plethora of archive issues...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2018

Alexander Hawkins and Louis Moholo-Moholo: Keep Your Heart Straight

Alexander Hawkins | Louis Moholo-Moholo

South Africa's Louis Moholo-Moholo came to London close to half a century ago and, together with his fellow exiles, went...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: April/2013

Christof Lauer & NDR Bigband play Sidney Bechet: Petite Fleur

Christof Lauer | Claus Stotter | Don Gottshall | Fiete Fisch | Hubert Nuss | Ingmar Heller | Ingo Lahme | Ingolf Burkhardt | Klaus Heidenreich | Lutz Buchner

This one does exactly what it says on the cover. Soprano and tenor-saxophonist Lauer, something of a virtuoso, solos on...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: July/2014