David Liebman – Ellery Eskelin: Non-Sequiturs

Jim Black | David Liebman | Ellery Eskelin | Tony Marino

Ellery Eskerlin is without a doubt a passionate player, his work with his ensemble that includes accordionist Andrea Parkins and...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2012

Hal Galper Trio: Trip The Light Fantastic

Jeff Johnson | Hal Galper | John Bishop

My review two years ago of the previous CD by the same trio E Pluribus Unum (Jazzwise 145) noted the...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2012

Lisa Hilton: American Impressions

A sombre-edged impressionistic look to America by Californian rock song-influenced pianist Hilton and a fab rhythm section of Larry Grenadier...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012

Carmen McRae: Carmen for Cool Ones/Mad About The Man

The second of these includes a fine big band, but the first has dated badly with more saccharine strings. Mad...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2012

Myra Melford's Be Bread: The Whole Tree Gone

Ben Goldberg | Cuong Vu | Stomu Takeishi | Brandon Ross | Matt Wilson | Myra Melford

While the sprinkling of uncommon instruments in the line-up – soprano guitar, acoustic bass guitar, contra-alto clarinet – partly account...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: July/2012

Laurindo Almeida/Bud Shank: Brazilliance Vols 1 and 2

The progenitor of bossa nova in the USA, seven years before Getz/Jobim, this was later revived into the LA Four,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2012

Sha's Feckel: Greatest Hits

Far from the zen of ECM's Nik Bärtsch's Ronin with whom the saxophonist Sha performs, although there's a melodic mantra...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012

Spectrum Road

Cindy Blackman | John Medeski | Jack Bruce | Vernon Reid

Here's one to scare the neighbours. As befits a tribute to the late great Tony Williams during his Lifetime era,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2012

Machine Mass Trio: As Real as Thinking

Two-thirds of DouBt, drummer Tony Bianco and Belgian guitarist Michel Delville explore contemporary M-Base-funk inflected, avant jazz-rock with real panache....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012

Livio Minafra: Surprise!!!

Italian pianist puts an energetic rush of Balkan rhythms and folk music into this quartet recording that doesn't veer too...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012