Grover Washington Jr: Strawberry Moon/Then And Now/Time Out Of Mind

Grover Washington Jr

Grover the Groove Meister had no problem gliding from his soul-jazz sound of the 1970s to the radio friendly smoothness...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2012

John McLaughlin And The 4th Dimension: Now Here This

Ranjit Barot | Etienne M'Bappé | Gary Husband | John McLaughlin

Let's get the pointless but understandable Mahavishnu comparisons out of the way. McLaughlin plays with an energy – nay vehemence...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2012

Hot Club of Detroit: Junction

An unusual experimental take (it includes a cool Ornette's ‘Lonely Woman’ with a vocal) on traditional gypsy jazz, featuring the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2012

Luis Perdomo: The Infancia Project

Andy Gonzales | Luis Perdomo | Mauricio Herrera | Ignacio Berroa | Mark Shim

Following his brilliant trio set for Sunnyside with Drew Gress and Jack DeJohnette, Venezuelan pianist Perdomo (also featured on Ravi...

Reviewed by Tony Hall in issue: November/2012

Jeanette Hubert: On the Run

This Berlin-based singer songwriter has her own material and presents it in a rather MOR kind of jazzy, pretty folk-pop...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2012

Gareth Lockrane's Grooveyard: The Strut

Mike Outram | Ross Stanley | Nick Smalley | Gareth Lockrane | Alex Garnett | Nia Lynn

There's been ten years between The Strut and its predecessor, Put The Cat Out. The format – horns plus organ...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: November/2012

Vinz Vonlanthen: Silo

This European avant improv guitarist takes an interesting kind of Frisell-meets-Bailey textural approach for his quietly inquisitive sax-drums combo....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2012

Medeski, Martin and Wood: Free Magic

Billy Martin | John Medeski | Chris Wood

MMW are a band to catch live, and if you haven't, there's no finer place to start than here, especially...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2012

Gerry Mulligan and the Concert Jazz Band: Santa Monica 1960

Al Cohn | Gerry Mulligan | Bob Brookmeyer | Johnny Mandel | Zoot Sims | Alan Raph | Bill Holman | Nick Travis | Buddy Clark | Gene Allen

Mulligan always seemed to make his bigger bands – this is a 13-piece, Sims added – sound like a small...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2012

Les McCann Ltd: In San Francisco

Ron Jefferson | Les McCann | Herbie Lewis

At least the public-domain material on Fresh Sound is intelligently organised, as in the present instance of an original LP...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2012