Donald Byrd/Gigi Gryce: The Complete Jazz Lab Sessions

Hank Jones | Donald Byrd | Wynton Kelly | Julius Watkins | Jerome Richardson | Bob Brookmeyer | Osie Johnson | Wendell Marshall | Benny Powell | Kenny Clarke

Two front line horns plus a three-piece rhythm section were to hard bop what three guitars and drums were to...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: August/2013

Simon Thacker's Svara-Kanti: Rakshasa

Japjit Kaur | Sarvar Sabri | Simon Thacker | Jacqueline Shave

On this, Simon Thacker’s Svara-Kanti’s debut, his ensemble delivers in spades. In an era of declining CD sales, let’s start...

Reviewed by Ken Hunt in issue: August/2013

Volker Kriegel: With a Little Help From My Friends

European fusion guitar from the German maestro in several settings from 1968, from EPs to broadcasts, with friends including tenorist...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2013

Lage Lund: Foolhardy

Aaron Parks | Lage Lund | Bill Stewart | Ben Street

Lage Lund is a thinking guitarist, an ideas man who doesn’t mess with the visceral and stage-shaking potential of his...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: August/2013

Satoko Fujii: Spring Storm

A new trio for this exploratory Berlin-based pianist who rarely fails to deliver something interesting and invigorating. Here her trio...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Morten Haxholm Quartet: Equilibrium

This Danish bassist lines up a group of New York jazzers, including Jonathan Kreisberg and Ari Hoenig, and offers up...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Frank Wess: Magic 101

The ex-Basie reedsman is of a generation that’s sadly now an endangered species. He was 89 in 2011 when this...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Benoît Delbecq and Fred Hersch Double Trio: Fun House

The French pianist-composer Benoît Delbecq is probably best known over here for his exciting, cutting-edge projects (Ambitronix, The Recyclers) with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2013

Paul Motian: Conception Vessel/Tribute/Dance/Le Voyage/Psalm/It Should've Happened A Long Time Ago

Paul Metzke | Carlos Ward | Bill Frisell | Ed Schuller | J.F. Jenny-Clark | Keith Jarrett | Sam Brown | Paul Motian | Joe Lovano | Becky Friend

It’s a cliché to suggest that you should buy this for the booklet, but it would be difficult to say...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2013

Roger Kellaway/Eddie Daniels: Duke At The Roundhouse - Live In Santa Fé

Roger Kellaway | James Holland | Eddie Daniels

The latest in the series of Kellaway and Daniels duo albums stems from a benefit concert set up to feature...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2013