The Kandinsky Effect: Synesthesia

This Paris-based power trio, led by the American saxophonist Warren Walker, sounds like a rocking-out version of now defunct punk-jazzers...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013

John Young: Trios

Andy Sheppard | Carla Bley | Steve Swallow

A famous figure in Chicago, and ex-Andy Kirk, Young was never quite in the top echelon of pianists, but this...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2013

The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: In The Spirit of the Duke

Bill Fleming | Brian Kellock | Michael Owers | Ryan Quigley | Ruaraidh Pattison | Konrad Wiszniewski | Chris Greive | James Marr | Cameron Jay | Tommy Smith

Smith's SNJO has become one of the great adornments of our British jazz scene, the personnel invariably of the highest...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2013

Myriad 3: Tell

Chris Donnelly's quirkily contemporary piano trio hails from the Toronto scene and balance trance-like minimalism with a Bad Plus-like unruliness....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2013

Jacob Anderskov with Agnostic Revelations: Granular Alchemy

Michael Formanek | Chris Speed | Jacob Anderskov | Gerald Cleaver

Danish pianist Anderskov has been remarkably prolific over the past decade or so, winning multiple awards and being widely hailed...

Reviewed by Marcus O'Dair in issue: May/2013

Various Artists: Jazz and Hit Dance Music 1927-31 Unissued on 78

Alternate or unissued takes from a cross section of late-1920s bands yields few gems and plenty of evidence why these...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2013

Anthony Strong: Stepping Out

Tom Farmer | Chris Allard | Sebastian De Krom | Anthony Strong | Sebastian de Krom

With his 2009 debut release Guaranteed the singer-songwriter and pianist Anthony Strong delivered an impressive calling card of mostly originals....

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2013

Berserk: Berserk!

Lorenzo Feliciati | Jamie Saft | Fabrizio Puglisi | Cristiano Calcagnile | Sandro Satta | Eivind Aarset | Gianluca Petrella | Pat Mastelotto | Simone Cavina | Lorenzo Esposito Fornasari

Berserk! is precisely that, a bonkers mix of Goth death thrash electro-opera spliced with ambient grooves. Born from a collaboration...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: May/2013

Django Reinhardt: The Last Studio Sessions

Late Django on electric guitar, this material is frequently issued: maybe the original French Verve or final set of the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2013

Miles Davis: Quiet Nights + Sketches Of Spain

Miles Davis | Gil Evans | Jimmy Cobb | Victor Feldman | Willie Bobo | Wayne Shorter | Frank Butler | Paul Chambers | Frank Rehak | Ron Carter

The last time that Sketches Of Spain was reissued (see Jazzwise 151), it was on the Poll Winners label and...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2013