Jan Garbarek: Danser

Jan Garbarek | Jon Christensen | Terje Rypdal | Bobo Stenson | Palle Danielson | Arild Andersen

This new box set in ECM's Old & New Masters series marks a welcome return to the catalogue of Sart...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: September/2012

Kenny Burrell Trio: A Night at the Vanguard

Richard Davis | Roy Haynes | Burrell

An underground favourite for many years, this laid-back live set from New York's Village Vanguard didn't set the jazz world...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: September/2012

The Second Approach Trio: Beeswing

Improvising avant garde Russian trio with Gypsy, Slavonic and Hungarian folk dance qualities led by the pianist Andrei Razin with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2012

Hendrik Meurkans/Gabrlel Espinosa: Celebrando

Harmonica player Meurkens and Mexican bassist Espinosa celebrate the sun-mooching, life-is-good aesthetics of Brazilian song-based bossa and choro forms....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2012

Ornette Coleman: The Music Of Ornette Coleman/Skies Of America

Carlton Cooley | Willem Stokking | the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia Quartet | David Measham | John De Lancie | Bernard Garfield | Mason Jones | Murray Panitz | William Steck | Ornette Coleman

Although he has been one of the great soloists and small group bandleaders in the history of jazz, Coleman has...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2012

The Andy Drudy Disorder: The Blues Civilisation EP

With his craggy, Chris Rea-ish voice, this seasoned itinerant UK guitarist-vocalist sings backbeat-driven songs firmly grounded in the blues....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2012

Red Baraat: Chaal Baby

MiWi La Lupa | John Altieri | Sunny Jain | Mike Bomwell | Smoota | Tomas Fujiwara | Rohin Khemani | Aran Luthra | Sonny Singh

They are, if you like, the North Indian equivalent of the New Orleans Soul Rebels Brass Band. With their dynamic...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2012

Django Bates' Belovèd: Confirmation

Django Bates | Ashley Slater | Peter Bruun | Petter Eldh

Try not to think of Confirmation as a sequel to this band's extraordinary debut Belovèd Bird. Where that recording quested...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: September/2012

Harris Elsenstadt: Canada Day Octet

This Toronto-born drummer/composer's intriguing experimental octet has a background in both early jazz and freer collective ensemble playing, and in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: September/2012

Pharoah Sanders: In The Beginning 1963-4

Pharoah Sanders | Harold Murray | Joe Scianni | Ronnie Boykins | Sun Ra | Paul Motian | David Izenzon | Alan Silva | Don Cherry | Jimmhi Johnson

A comprehensive chronicle of Sanders' first stirrings as a young musician almost 50 years ago makes for fascinating listening. The...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2012