David Binney: Lifted Land

Tyshawn Sorey | David Binney | Craig Taborn | Eivind Opsvik

He might slip under the radar these days more than he should, but the Brooklyn-based alto saxophonist-composer David Binney is...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Count Basie: The Count Basie Orchestra Play Neal Hefti

On My Way reappears in this 3LPs on 2CDs collection along with the Atomic session and Plays Hefti for a...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2013

George Lewis: Jazz at the Ohio Union

George Lewis collectors have long known of this 1954 concert, and it has been out on LP and on Storyville...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2013

Moz Trio: Sparkling Water, Please

Zoe Rahman | Martina Almgren | Owe Almgren

London-based Zoe Rahman won last year’s MOBO Jazz award following her piano trio recording Kindred Spirits. Here she takes on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Andrew Rathbun: Shadow Forms II

Born in Toronto but now a New York resident, saxophonist Rathbun is a conceptualist who alongside bassist Scott Lee and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Sons Of Kemet: Burn

Seb Rochford | Shabaka Hutchings | Tom Skinner | Oren Marshall

Anybody who’s seen one of the most original ensembles in recent British jazz will know that they are a tour...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2013

Pepper Adams: Joy Road: Complete Works of Pepper Adams

Alexis Cole | Jeremy Kahn | Eric Alexander | Gary Smulyan | Pepper Adams | Frank Basile | Pat LaBarbera | Pat Labarbera | Kevin Bales

It’s often forgotten that, as well as an iconic baritone player, Adams was a creator of memorable tunes. This project’s...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: September/2013

Allan Holdsworth: Flat Tire: Music For A Non-existent Movie

Allan Holdsworth | Dave Carpenter

Like Jack Bruce’s Fairlight release, or Gary Husband’s black box tour recordings, every artist has his shadowy solo corner where...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2013

David Newton/Colin Oxley/Andrew Cleyndert: Out Of This World

Winston Clifford | Alec Dankworth | Tony Coe | John Horler | David Horler | Julie Dunn

Still perhaps better known as an accompanist than a leader, Newton has done excellent work under his own name during...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2014

Tito Puente: El Rey Bravo/Tamba

Puente in his pomp as NY bandleader in the 1960s, this is as good an example of that thriving latin...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2013