Edward Simon with Afi nidad & Imani Winds: Sorrows & Triumphs

Adam Rogers | Brian Blade | David Binney | Edward Simon | Gretchen Parlato | Jeff Scott | Luis Quintero | Mark Dover | Monica Ellis | Rogerio Boccato

Venezuela-born, US-based pianist-composer Edward Simon is, according to JazzTimes, “less talked about than many other important jazz pianists from the...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: September/2018

Al Di Meola: Land of the Midnight Sun

Al Di Meola | Alphonse Mouzon | Anthony Jackson | Barry Miles | Chick Corea | Jaco Pastorius | James ‘Mingo’ Lewis | Lenny White | Patty Buyukas | Stanley Clarke

Still barely 21, this was Di Meola's much-anticipated first solo outing. As a teen he'd seemingly come from nowhere to...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2014

Andrew Hartman: Compass

This NYC-based Cincinnati guitarist pledges allegiance to the Rosenwinkel/Metheny school of lyrical contemporary cool without really adding much of his...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2017

Ernest Dawkins: Afro Straight

A new CD from veteran AACM saxophonist Dawkins' new group on the reliable Chicago Delmark label is unexpectedly on a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

Hot Lips Page: Feelin’ High & Happy 1928-1953

Albert Ammons | Albert Nicholas | Artie Shaw | Ben Webster | Bennie Moten | Billie Holiday | Chu Berry | Count Basie | Don Byas | Earl Bostic

Bobby Hackett is quoted in the liner notes, saying that in the mid-1930s the up-and-coming Page was signed to an...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2022

Rosie Turton: Rosie Turton's 5ive

Ben Hayes | Jake Long | Johanna Burnheart | Luke Newman | Maria Chiara Argirò | Rosie Turton | Twm Dylan

Jazz re:freshed have established themselves as one of the engine rooms of the London scene in recent years. Through their...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: March/2019

Matthias Schriefl: Six, Alps & Jazz

Alexander Morsey | Bodek Janke | Federico Aluffi | Florian Trübsbach | Gregor Bürger | Heiko Bidon | Jeffrey A. ‘Jam’ McGuire | Johannes Bär | Martin Seiler | Matthias Schriefl

Young German jazz trumpeter Matthias Schriefl came to fore in his native land fronting an outfit called Shreefpunk. The aforementioned...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: June/2013

Beaver Harris/Don Pullen: 360º Experience: A Well Kept Secret

Beaver Harris | Bill Warnick | Buster Williams | Candido | Don Pullen | Francis Haynes | Greg Williams | Hamiett Bluiett | Ricky Ford | Sharon Freeman

This meeting between free-jazz drummer Beaver Harris and piano player Don Pullen is a forgotten classic that, thanks to the...

Reviewed by Edwin Pouncey in issue: August/2018

Leo Gandelman: VIP VOP

London's hippest specialist Brazilian label likes to dig up hidden treasures and here's a saxophonist, better known in Brazil for...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2012

José James/Jef Neve: For All We Know

At first sight, José James’ major label debut appears to be a concession to easily packaged classicism: a singer, piano...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: February/2015