Herbie Mann: Complete Brazilian Sessions

Mann’s flute meets Jobim, Baden Powell and others on location in Rio in 1962 to create one of his most...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: August/2013

Okay Temiz Trio: Turkish Folk Jazz

Saffet G໮deger | Björn Alke | Okay Temiz

With Turkey currently gripped by political and social turmoil, let’s take a moment to appreciate this proud cry of Turkish...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2013

Nigel Kennedy: Recital

Krysztof Dziedzic | Rolf Bussalb | Nigel Kennedy | Yaron Stavi | Barbara Dziewiecka

“All of this repertoire is music which I have either grown up with or feel as if I have grown...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2013

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