Otmar Binder: Trio Boogie Woogie Turnaround

Lovers of Ben Waters and German master Axel Zwingenberger might appreciate the specialist boogie-woogie pianist from Austria in trio with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2012

Quazamba: One Afternoon

Catch this quartet at the London Jazz festival this month playing their easy listening brand of 1970s electric fusion with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2012

Taj Mahal: The Hidden Treasures Of… 1969-1973

Jesse Edwin Davis | James Karsten | Taj Mahal | John Simon | Bill Rich

Hidden treasure indeed, that Albert Hall gig must've been special as Taj Mahal is opening for Johnny Winter and Santana,...

Reviewed by Andy Robso in issue: November/2012

Don Byas: Don Byas at Nalen with Jan Johansson

Jan Johansson | Georg Riedel | Don Byas | Egil Johansen

These sessions, from the Nalen ballroom in Stockholm, were recorded in February 1962, and like the recordings from three years...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2012

Preservation Hall Jazz Band: St. Peter and 57th Street

Tao Seeger | Ben Jaffe | Steve Earle | Mos Def | Del McCoury band | Charlie Gabriel | Allen Toussaint | Blind Boys of Alabama | Givers | Freddie Lonzo

I'm writing this based on a promo copy, having elicited the information shown above from the UK PR company handling...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2012

Atzmon/Bergmann: Zone De Memoire

The Israeli multi-reedist virtuoso's stylistic trademarks are pushed in a more contemporary classical direction by this ‘on the fly’ meeting...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2012

Renegade Creation: Bullet

The kind of formulaic mainstream blues rock you thought was extinct played by a muso supergoup led by Michael Landau...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2012

Jeff Hamilton: Time Passes On

The DePaul University Jazz Ensemble's arrangements of veteran mainstream big band drummer Hamilton's swing-bop originals are sound but insipidly played/recorded....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2012

Yuri Honing Acoustic Quartet: True

Joost Lijbaart | Wolfert Brederode | Yuri Honing

This leading Dutch saxophonist still has the look and aura of a rock star who prefers to walk on the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2012

Lionel Loueke: Heritage

Osmany Paredes | Rey Alejandre | Dennis Hernandez | Richard Bona | Roberto Quintero | Lusito Quintero

Following two excellent recordings for Blue Note and extensive tours with Herbie Hancock, the gifted, idiosyncratic New York-based Benin guitarist-vocalist...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2016