Rez Abbasi Trio: Continuous Beat

Satoshi Takeishi | John Hebert | Rez Abbasi

Abbasi is nothing if not fecund. This is his ninth album, but at least his third in rapid succession...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: March/2013

Chet Baker & Gerry Mulligan: The Complete Recordings 1952-1957

Al Cohn | Russ Freeman | Bob Whitlock | Gerry Mulligan | Joe Morello | Carson Smith | Max Roach | Jimmy Rowles | Bob Brookmeyer | Bob Carter

One star? Yes, you read it correctly the first time. Had this been compiled in a manner that this music...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2013

Duke Ellington: Jazz Party

Gregory Agid | Amari Ansari | T.J. Norris | Scott Frock | Christopher Butcher | David Pulphus | Ryan Hanseler | Raymond Weber Jr | Detroit Brooks | Willie Green

A reasonably well-done reissue of the famous 1959 Columbia album on which Dizzy Gillespie and Jimmy Rushing guest with an...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2020

Jack DeJohnette: Special Edition

Chico Freeman | Howard Johnson | Arthur Blythe | Rufus Reid | David Murray | John Purcell | Jack DeJohnette | Baikida Carroll | Jack Dejohnette

DeJohnette's continually evolving Special Edition was one of the most important ensembles of the early-1980s. Their four albums, from 1979's...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2013

Pete Escovedo: Live from Stern Grove Festival

Veteran salsa band leader and timbales player pays tribute to Tito Puente as well as performing other latin classics and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2013

Pablo Held Trio: Live

Gerald Watkins | Jason Marsalis | Jasen Weaver | Oscar Rossignoli

This 25-year-old German pianist is an original who patiently explores neo-impressionistic textures in his gently suspenseful trio set....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Joe Alexander: Blue Jubilee

A forgotten man who made just this one album, Alexander is a strong and tender tenorist, ably backed here by...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2013

Alice Russell: To Dust

This highly-praised contemporary soul-blues singer-songwriter is no barstool wallflower, the new CD impressively charged with her Aretha-like fire power and...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2013

Volker Kriegel & Friends: Jazzfest Berlin '81

Volker Kriegel | Wolfgang Schlüter | Eberhard Weber | Ralf Huebner | Thomas Betterman

Guitarist Volker Kriegel (1943-2003) proved to be an impressive partner for vibist Dave Pike who were both inspired by...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2013

Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra: Schweben

Inspired by Kandinsky and Mayakovsky's poem ‘Could You’, Barry Guy directs this new music ensemble, his compositional devices driving the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2013