Gary Peacock/Marilyn Crispell: Azure

Gary Peacock | Marilyn Crispell

Peacock is of course a known quantity, or certainly should be after 30 years on and off alongside Keith Jarrett,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2013

Arrigo Cappalletti Quintet: Hot Music

A more conventional disc release than usual for the prolific Russia-via-Devon based label, this veteran Italian pianist’s young quintet (featuring...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

The Byron Allen Trio

Maceo Gilchrist | Teddy Robinson | Byron Allen

‘Whatever happened to Byron Allen?’ asks keyboard player Don Pullen, lamenting the passing of the avant-garde scene, in Gary Giddins’...

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

Chet Baker: Chet Sings!

George Morrow | Russ Freeman | Red Mitchell | Shelly Manne | Carson Smith | Peter Littman | Jimmy Bond | Dave Wheat | Chet Baker | Bud Shank

Perhaps for far too long Chet Baker the crooner has received a bad press. The fact that he played this...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2013

Swedish Mobilia/Luca Aquino: Did You Hear Something?

An Italian guitar (Andreas Bolzoni) trio featuring Miles-influenced trumpeter Aquino as guest, in a more abstract, contemporary post-rock twist on...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Joe Locke: Lay Down My Heart - Blue and Ballads Vol 1

Ryan Cohan | David Finck | Joe Locke | Jaimeo Brown

Joe Locke has a personal voice, fluency to spare and a sound that shimmers with the metallic soul of Milt...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: August/2013

Kit Packham’s One Jump Ahead: One Foot in the Groove

“I’m a dinosaur looking back to another age,” sings the Caterham-based Packham unapologetically in the opener and the CD title...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Jim Black/AlasNoAxis: Antiheroes

Hilmar Jensson | Chris Speed | Jim Black | Skúli Sverrisson

Born in Seattle but today resident in Brooklyn, Jim Black is known for bringing Balkan music into jazz, as a...

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

Stan Getz: Complete Columbia Albums Collection

Billy Hart | Andy Laverne | Jimmy Rowles | Tony Williams | Buster Williams | Stan Getz | Mike Richmond | João Gilberto | Woody Herman band | Albert Dailey

It’s debatable whether you’d need to buy Getz’s Columbia albums until after you’ve acquired his output for all the other...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2013

Gabriel Garrick Septet: Song for My Father

Jon Stokes | Pat Davey | Joe Pettitt | Peter James | Martin Kolarides | Martin Hathaway | Gabriel Garrick

Garrick is the custodian of his late father Mike’s considerable musical legacy but now he’s striking out for himself, his...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: August/2013