Teddy Edwards: Love Moods/Good Gravy

The pugnacious Californian tenorist with his quartet on the latter album, and backing singer Helyne Stewart on the former, but...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2013

Soweto Kinch: The Legend Of Mike Smith

Janine Small | Dominic Davids | Terri Facey | Yevette Harris | Julian Joseph | Toyin Omari-Kinch | Eska Mtungwazi | Karl Rasheed-Abel | Iza Korsak | Tony Platt

As the sprawling cast list makes clear, this is very much a work for theatre. It has to be seen...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2013

Claudio Filippini Trio: Facing North

Palle Danielsson | Claudio Filippini | Olavi Louhivuori

There's a joy about Filippini that translates to the oldest traditions of jazz and especially what used to be called...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: March/2013

The Ramsey Lewis Trio: In Chicago + Stretching Out

Eldee Young | Ramsey Lewis | Isaac ‘Redd’ Holt

This was an era when the piano trios of Ahmad Jamal, Billy Taylor, Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner, The Three...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: March/2013

William Hooker: Channels of Consciousness

Dave Ross | Sanga | Chris DiMeglio | William Hooker | Adam Lane

Drummer William Hooker has been operating on the fringes of New York's free-jazz scene since the 1970s, steering a singular...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2013

Sommer/Yannatou/Floridis/Voulgaris/Kastanis: Songs for Kommeno

Spilios Kastanis | Floros Floridis | Savina Yannatou | Günter ‘Baby’ Sommer | Evgenios Voulgaris

When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, followed by the reunification of Germany in the early-1990s, one of the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2013

Association PC: Erna Morena

Siggi Busch | Pierre Courbois | Karl-Heinz Wiberny | Jasper van't Hof | Toto Blanke

Boasting some of northern Europe's hottest young jazzers, Association PC let rip with five albums between 1970 and 1974. This...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2013

Carsten Daerr: Wide Angle

Carsten Daerr | Oliver Potratz | Eric Schaefer

This is the fourth album recorded by the Berlin based Carsten Daerr Trio, the second to be reviewed in the...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2013

Afro Horn: MX

Roman Diaz | Vincent Bowens | Francisco Mora Catlett | Alex Harding | JD Allen | Rashaan Carter | Aruán Ortiz

Outstanding Mexican percussionist Mora Catlett (no relation to Big Sid!) was a member of Sun Ra's Arkestra from 1973-80, who...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: March/2013

Joan Diaz: We Sing Wayne Shorter

This pianist leads a rather lukewarm-sounding quintet on Shorter tunes from Miles' Quintet through to Weather Report with vocalist Judit...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2013