Count Basie: Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings

Two dozen numbers by the second great vocal partnership of Basie's career (Rushing being the first), this has all the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2012

John Escreet: Sound, Space and Structures

Evan Parker | John Escreet | John Hébert | Tyshawn Sorey

The young New York-based expat pianist-composer John Escreet and pioneering saxophonist Evan Parker might seem strange bedfellows at first. But...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2014

Mirabassi Di Modugno Balducci: Amori Sospesi

A lyrical purely acoustic chamber trio, featuring the clarinettist Gabriele Mirabassi, with mostly original music which resonates with the sleepy...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2015

Ingrid Laubrock Anti-House: Roulette of the Cradle

Ingrid Laubrock | John Hébert | Kris Davis | Mary Halvorson | Oscar Noriega | Tom Rainey

The German-born saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock's 2010 Anti-House album was also her first recording as leader since setting up new roots...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2015

Dizzy Gillespie: North Sea Jazz Legendary Concerts

Brown Hill | Coen Molenaar | Eric Vloeimans | Jan Akkerman | Marijn van den Berg | Shockwave | Wilbrand Meischke

Three incomplete sets from various North Sea appearances find Dizzy fronting two different big bands, one of them Dutch, in...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2014

R+R=Now: Live

Robert Glasper

After the 2018 studio set Collagically Speaking comes a live album drawn from a month-long residency by Robert Glasper, biggest...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: April/2021

Branford Marsalis & Joey Calderazzo: Songs of Mirth and Melancholy

Calderazzo | Marsalis

Apparently we owe the existence of this duo, as compared to the long-standing Branford quartet with Joey, to their guest...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2011

Monocled Man: Bernabe Jurado

Chris Montague | Jon Scott | Rory Simmons

Trumpeter, composer and producer Rory Simmons' Monocled Man trio extends the resources of his thoughtfully long-spun, somewhat Kenny Wheeler-like trumpet...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: July/2020

Tim Berne/Matt Mitchell: Angel Dusk

Matt Mitchell | Tim Berne

The pianist Matt Mitchell, one of the go-to NY-based improv scene all-rounders, is Berne's closest collaborator of recent years. Besides...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2018

The Margots: Pascado

Inspired by Brazilian Tropicalia and Robert Wyatt, The Margots are a six piece headed by a collaboration between Milwaukee singer...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2013/2014