Sara Serpa ' Ran Blake: Kitano Noir

Vocalist Sara Serpa and trumpeter Ran Blake combine inventively with their sparse renditions of mostly originals and some standards....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2015

Werner/Loueke/Zenón/Koppel/Nemeth: Coalition

Benjamin Koppel | Ferenc Nemeth | Kenny Werner | Lionel Loueke | Miguel Zenón

This is an interesting record. But then Kenny Werner always makes interesting records. This is his eighth for the Half...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: February/2015

Miles Davis: The Lost Concert

Al Foster | Bill Evans | Chick Corea | Dave Holl | Deron Jackson | Jackie McLean | Joe “Foley” McCreary | Joe Zawinul | John McLaughlin | John Scofield

Davis studiously avoided revisiting his distinguished past until the final year of his life. But on 8 July, 1991, amid...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2021

Ivan Lins/SWR Big Band: Cornucopia

A Brazilian theme for this lively affair featuring Rio's grammy-winning vocal and songwriter icon, heading up a high profile Stuttgart...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2013

Steve Lacy and Don Cherry: Evidence

Billy Higgins | Buell Neidlinger | Carl Brown | Dennis Charles | Don Cherry | Steve Lacy | Wynton Kelly

Great to have this seminal Lacy album available again, especially as it's paired with his Soprano Sax album with the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2012

Jeff Baker: Phrases

Anthony Devroye | Blaise Magniere | Brian Blade | Cheng-Hou Lee | Clark Sommers | Darrell Grant | Geof Bradfield | Gregory Uhlmann | Jeff Baker | Marie Wang

“The musical side of composing – creating melodies, reharmonising music – has always come pretty easy to me,” says Jeff...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2018

Blue Note

Alejandro Campos | Arturo Cipriano | Eugenio Toussaint | Juan Ramon | Ramon Negrete | Roberto Aymes | Salvador ‘Rabito’ Aguero

At least geographically speaking, you'd kind of expect a top-flight Mexican jazz ensemble to come up with a fusion of...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: June/2015

Mike Westbrook Orchestra: Catania

Adrian Lane | Alan Barnes | Alan Wakeman | Andy Grappy | Anthony Kerr | Chris Biscoe | Chris Caldwell | Danilo Terenzi | Dave Plews | Dominique Pifarely

A record of a remarkable free festival, not previously released but recently reprised in that the Westbrooks returned only last...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Feb/2019

Georges Kaplan Presents…: Four Card Trick

The London-based duo of keyboardist Stephan Barrett and alto-saxophonist Dan Strange get their kicks creating a cocktail of swampy garage...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2017

Gil Evans: Out Of The Cool

Barry Galbraith | Budd Johnson | Charlie Persip | Eddie Costa | Elvin Jones | Gil Evans | Harvey Philips | Helen Merrill | Jimmy Buffington | Jimmy Knepper

There appear to be two recent Universal reissues of OOTC, one with the five original tracks and one adding the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2012