Michael Rodriguez: Reverence

Chris Cheek | Gerald Clayton | Kiyoshi Kitagawa | Michael Rodriguez | Rodney Green

One of the best releases in 2007 was Conversations on Savant by the Cuban-blooded but America-reared Rodriguez Brothers – trumpeter...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: June/2013

Gratowski/Kruglov/Nabatov/Yudanov: Leo Records 35th Anniversary Moscow

Alexey Kruglov | Frank Gratkowski | Oleg Yudanov | Simon Nabatov

The 35th anniversary of a seminal label is marked by this summit meeting of four of the strongest voices on...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2015

Helen Burnett: When First I Saw You There

Dan Faulkner | Freddie Gavita | Helen Burnett | Jo Caleb | Rob Mullarkey | Ross Stanley | Troy Miller

Featuring a mix of originals and standards, When First I Saw You There is the debut album from London-based jazz...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: November/2014

James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor: Live in Willisau

Chad Taylor | James Brandon Lewis

Saxophonist James Brandon Lewis is steeped in gospel, schooled in jazz and released his debut album with Gerald Cleaver and...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2020

Trevor Watts String Ensemble: Cynosure

Colin McKenzie | Dave Cole | Liam Genockey | Lindsay Cooper | Sandy Spencer | Steve Donachie | Steve Hayton | Trevor Watts

If collective free improvisation summons images of furrowed brows and unsmiling aural assaults then stick this platter in your play...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2016

David S Ware Trio: Live In New York, 2010

David S Ware | Warren Smith | William Parker

As far as openings to a concert go, the five-minute solo by Ware is a statement of the grandest intent....

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2017

Volker Kriegel: Spectrum

Hiromi

Recorded when he was just 27-years-old and enjoying considerable crossover success as a member of the Dave Pike Set, German...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Ivo Perelman: Villa Lobos Suite

Ivo Perelman | Mat Maneri | Matthew Shipp | Tanya Kalmanovitch | Whit Dickey

True to form the Brazilian tenor saxophonist goes far and wide with his studio albums, releasing a customary bunch of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2015/2016

David Glasser: Hypocrisy Democracy

Andy Milne | Ben Allison | Dave Glasser | Matt Wilson

The 1970s New York circles that David Glasser grew up in were steeped in jazz and the politics of civil...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2020

Electric Balkan Jazz Club: Balkan Dogs

Not Balkan jazz in the Tiny Bell Trio sense, or in any sense really, but a world/folk-driven project from a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2011