Donald Brown: Born to Be Blue

Kenneth Brown | Robert Hurst | Marcus Gilmore | Kenny Garrett | Vance Thompson | Wallace Roney | Mark Boling | Ravi Coltrane | Rudy Bird | Donald Brown

Donald Brown follows the classic Jazz Messengers recipe of strong horns, tight grooves and well-crafted arrangements and tweaks it with...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2013

Tony Bennett & Dave Brubeck: The White House Sessions, Live

Tony Bennett | Dave Brubeck

While one track from this 1962 Bennett/Brubeck White House summit (‘That Old Black Magic’) had previously been issued on record,...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2013

Jason Marsalis Vibes Quartet: In a World of Mallets

Dave Potter | Jason Marsalis | Will Goble | Austin Johnson

The youngest Marsalis brother is better known as a drummer, but being a member of that multi-talented family it should...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: July/2013

Louis Armstrong: New Orleans 1946-47

The “intégrale” Armstrong reaches volume 12 with every scrap he recorded put together in order, with this 3CD box encompassing...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2013

Reuben Fowler: Between Shadows

Percy Pursglove | Stan Sulzmann | Gordon Campbell | Sam Mayne | Dave Hamblett | Joe Wright | George Hogg | Reuben Fowler | James Gardiner-Bateman | Alex Munk

The 23-year-old trumpeter Reuben Fowler’s debut album on the Edition label represents part of his prize for winning the Kenny...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2013

Etta Jones: So Warm/From The Heart

In the 1960s, Jones was Billie Holiday-lite; Oliver Nelson’s busy arrangements reinforce this, a shame because there’s fine singing amid...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2013

Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp/Michael Bisio/Whit Dickey: The Edge

Mathew Shipp | Ivo Perelman | Whit Dickey | Michael Bisio

Ivo Perelman’s name is the first on each disc but the other musicians in his two quartets and duet stand...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2013

Sex Mob: Plays Fellini (The Music of Nino Rota)

Steven Bernstein’s downtown quartet Sexmob have been missed since their last studio recording in 2005, and they make their earthy...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2013

Poogie Bell Band: Suga Top

The main sticksman for Marcus Miller for nearly two decades has a monster-size backbeat and this incisive set, mixing funk,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2013

Magog

Andy Scherrer | Peter Frei | Peter Schmidlin | Hans Kennel | Paul Haag | Klaus Koenig

Swiss sextet, Magog, first made a splash at the Montreux Festival in 1973, with an hour-long set incorporating open stretches...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2013