Corey Christiansen: Lone Prairie

Jeremy Allen | Matt Jorgensen | Zach Lapidus | Michael Spiro | Steve Allee | Corey Christiansen

Christiansen is a worthy and technically excellent guitarist of the type who tours rarely but does a lot of teaching....

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: August/2013

Matthew Herbert: The End Of Silence

Matthew Herbert | Sam Beste | Tom Skinner | Yann Seznec

British electronic musician Mathew Herbert is known for his work with the likes of Micachu and Björk; for his soundtrack...

Reviewed by Marcus O’Dair in issue: August/2013

Les McCann Ltd: Plays the Shampoo/In New York

McCann in his soul jazz mood on successive nights at the Village Gate – the sextet session featuring Stanley Turrentine...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2013

Paul Desmond: The Complete RCA Albums Collection

Gerry Mulligan | Milt Hinton | Paul Desmond | Gene Cherico | George Duvivier | Jim Hall | Connie Kay | Eugene Wright

This six CD set, recorded between 1961-64, includes bonus tracks not included on the original vinyl releases of Desmond Blue,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2013

Chris Garrick and John Etheridge: WTWSFS

Liane Carroll | John Etheridge | Chris Garrick

You will hear hipper, more radical and certainly louder releases this year. But if you’re wise enough to buy this...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: August/2013

Mikrokolektyw: Absent Minded

More creative Chicago-based eclecticism with Artur Majewski and Kuba Suchar, on trumpet and drums respectively, and an imaginative brew of...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Empirical: Tabula Rasa

Tom Farmer | Benyounes String Quartet | Lewis Wright | Nathaniel Facey | Shaney Forbes

Empirical are becoming more and more unpredictable with each recording, which is what we should expect of our young jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Mike Pride: Drummer’s Corpse/Birthing Days

Diverse simultaneous releases from an avant garde percussionist/neo-beat poet, from Brooklyn; the first includes a suite for avant percussion featuring...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Rakka Soutu: Lumpeela

This is great fun and played with real commitment; a Finnish sextet with an infectious sound combining such things as...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Dave Pell: Four Classic Albums

The tenorist has already got one such collection on Avid and this adds to the set with two sessions from...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020