The Jazz Messengers: The Complete Jazz Messengers At The Café Bohemia

Doug Watkins | Kenny Dorham | Horace Silver | Hank Mobley | Art Blakey

Confession time: this was the very first Blue Note album that I ever acquired. And I still have it –...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2013

Louis Hayes and Company: The Super Quartet

Essiet Essiet | Kirk Lightsey | Louis Hayes | Javon Jackson

Timeless can spring to slip cases for its remastered Legacy reissues but absolutely no sleeve notes. For over 50 years,...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: September/2013

Chuck Sagle and Neal Hefti Orchestras: Splendor in the Brass/Jazz Pops

Two lively Los Angeles studio bands arranged and directed by star arrangers, with solo strength in depth among each band’s...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2013

Mark Murphy: A Beautiful Friendship: Remembering Shirley Horn

Mark Murphy | Curtis Lundy | Steve Williams | Alex Minasian

Starting out as a tribute to the great Shirley Horn, this four-track 12” vinyl EP suddenly became a double tribute...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: September/2013

Edgar Knecht: Dance on Deep Waters

Edgar Knecht | Stephan Emig | Tobias Schulte | Rolf Denecke

There is no doubt that Germany is the sleeping giant of the European jazz scene; there are just so many...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2013

Billy Bean/Hal Gaylor/Walter Norris: The Trio

A little-known example of the piano-guitar-bass format from 1961-2, but without the startling virtuosity of Peterson or Nat Cole it...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2013

Paul Kuhn: Swing 85 – Limited Edition Birthday Box

Two CDs and a DVD in one set celebrate the veteran German pianist and singer, with work from a recent...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: September/2013

Charlie Jones: Love Form

An ambient Keiran Hebden-ish folky electronica debut recording from Robert Plant’s old Bristol-based bassist joined by members of Portishead and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013

Luis Perdomo: Links

Dwayne Burno | Miguel Zenón | Luis Perdomo | Rodney Green

This record is a nice change of pace for the exceptionally talented Venezuelan pianist, and also for Puerto Rican altoist...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: September/2013

Three Fall: Realise!

Til Schneider | Lutz Streun | Sebastian Winne

Three Fall, formed in 2008, release their second CD on ACT’s Young German Jazz series that was started by the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2013