Bill Carrothers: Family Life

Bill Carrothers

While putting the underrated tag on the idiosyncratic pianist-composer Bill Carrothers (who's actually in his mid-forties) isn't just lazy journalistic...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2012

Ravi Coltrane: Spirit Fiction

Ralph Alessi | Geri Allen | Luis Perdomo | EJ Strickland | James Genus | Ravi Coltrane | Eric Harland | Drew Gress

Spirit Fiction is saxophonist Ravi Coltrane's Blue Note debut, the label's cachet such that it immediately attracts the attention of...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2012

Young/Powell/Vespestad: Interstatic

Roy Powell | Jarle Vespestad | Jacob Young

Guitarist Jacob Young has two albums under his own name and one with Manu Katche on the ECM label, Vespestad...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2012

Lee Konitz: Very Cool/Tranquility

Two excellent Konitz small groups from 1957 where his alto lyricism was at its height, and given slightly more breathing...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2012

David Fiuczynski: Planet Microjam

Jovol Bell | Eric Kerr | David Fiuczynski | Kenwood Dennard | Takeru Yamazaki | Jack DeJohnette | Evan Marien | Evgeny Lebedev | David Radley | Jack Dejohnette

David Fiuczynski has carved out a unique niche as an electric guitarist favouring the energy and virtuosity of fusion, but...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2012

Kruglov/Lapin/Yudanov: Impulse

Alexey Lapin | Alexey Kruglov | Oleg Yudanov

Kruglov's previous series of records for Leo Feigin's label offered a view of a precocious talent. It's almost a relief...

Reviewed by Duncan Heining in issue: July/2012

Wayne Krantz: Howie 61

Henry Hey | Pino Palladino | Charley Drayton | Tal Wilkenfeld | Jack Beasley | Nate Wood | Wayne Krantz | Gabriela Anders | Kenny Wolleson | Jeremy Stacey

Heh, we all want to be a rock star, and who'd deny Krantz his bid? He's laid down vocals before,...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2012

Count Basie: Count Basie Swings, Joe Williams Sings

Two dozen numbers by the second great vocal partnership of Basie's career (Rushing being the first), this has all the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2012

Miklin-Känzig-Hart: Cymbal Symbols

Billy Hart | Heiri Känzig | Karlheinz Miklin

Karlheinz Miklin is a forceful saxophonist with clear ideas and a strong sound that he sustains throughout the range of...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2012

Count Basie: In London

This has a few extra bonuses along with the original 16 tracks reissued recently by Fresh Sound, making this the...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: July/2012