Nostalgia 77 and the Monster: The Taxidermist

Riaan Vosloo | Tim Giles | Ross Stanley | James Allsopp | Fulvio Sigurta | Matthew Bourne

He's not on the personnel sheet but Ben Lamdin is the lynchpin, the guy who steers the good-vibe ship that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

Wolfgang Muthspiel: Vienna Naked

Wolfgang Muthspiel

Vienna Naked is the album in which noted jazz guitarist Wolfgang Muthspiel takes the brave step of not only penning...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: February/2013

The Tommy Evans Orchestra: The Green Seagull

Russ Henderson | Nick Tyson | Ruby Wood | Kari Nergaard-Bleivik | Simon Beddoe | Dave Kane | Rob Mitchell | Tommy Evans | Jami Smith | Kris Wright

More big sounds and ambition from up north, this time by Leeds-based drummer-composer Tommy Evans' Contemporary Jazz Composition BASCA award-winning...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

Odean Pope: Ocean's Three

He might be 73 years old but Philly's long-time Max Roach sax sideman is on fire here in an aesthetically...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

Zoe Schwarz/Rob Koral/Ian Ellis: Slow Burn

Jay Davis | Huw V. Williams | Mike De Souza

Presenting a judicious mix of classics and originals from the bluesier side of jazz, Slow Burn features the amazingly empathetic...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Todd Marcus: Inheritance

This Baltimore-based bass clarinet specialist looks to fresh angles for the instrument within a mainstream post-bop session also featuring pianist...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

Eric Schaefer: Who Is Afraid of Richard W.?

Eric Schaefer | Volker Meitz | Tom Arthurs | John Eckhardt

A key component of Michael Wollny's [em] trio, nominated by Kulturspiegel as “Germany's most creative jazz trio,” drummer/composer Eric Schaefer...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2013

Modern Jazz Quartet: Original Album Series Pyramid/Third Stream Music/The Modern Jazz Quartet & Orchestra/Lonely Woman/T

Percy Heath | Jimmy Giuffre 3 | Gunther Schuller | Connie Kay | John Lewis | Milt Jackson

What was once the rhythm section that drove Dizzy's original barnstorming bebop Big Band, moved on to become the Milt...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: February/2013

John Lester Quartet: Jazz?

This New York bassist has a MOR vocal linking the jazz-cute of Michael Franks to singer-songwriter Paul Simon. On mostly...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: February/2013

Jazz Soul Seven: Impressions Of Curtis Mayfield

Phil Upchurch | Terri Lyne Carrington | Ernie Watts | Russell Ferrante | Wallace Roney | Bob Hurst | Master Henry Gibson

From the tough-toned bop attack that kicks off ‘Freddie’s Dead', you know this is no slavish tribute to Mayfield; no...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: February/2013