Troyka: Moxxy

Kit Downes | Chris Montague

Troyka freshened up the whole notion of UK electric jazz with the very promising self-titled debut in 2009. They've gone...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Michael Gibbs and the NDR Big Band: Back In The Days

Gary Burton | Ingolf Burkhardt | Claus Stötter | Stephan Diaz | Michael Gibbs | Mark Mondesir | Rainer Winterschladen | Christof Lauer | Fiete Felsch | Vladyslav Sendecki

Appearing simultaneously with Gibbs' recently re-recorded arrangements for the NDR and Norma Winstone on Here's A Song For You, this...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2012

Ray Butcher: War on the Saints

This ex-NYJO trumpeter's debut takes a pretty laid-back straightahead approach to some contemporary originals....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Thelonious Monk: Thelonious Alone in San Francisco

Thelonious Monk | Roy Haynes | Henry Grimes

The main album, whose cover-photo of Monk on a local streetcar is reproduced on this public-domain reissue, was done in...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2012

Massimorganti Quartet: Musiplano

Big band Italian trombonist gets close and personal with a quartet exploring a lyrically traditional but effects-processed compositions....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Bill Frisell: Floratone II

Ron Miles | Bill Frisell | Eyvind Kang | Mike Elizondo | Matt Chamberlain | Tucker Martine | Jon Brion | Lee Townsend

Frisell's contribution to American music, especially over the last decade, cannot be doubted. So here's the heresy: Floratone just don't...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: June/2012

Ole Matthiessen: Past and Present

This Danish pianist/composer time travels through blues-rooted post-bop with a sextet featuring the cream of straight ahead Danish musicians....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Jerry Fielding: The Gauntlet (original soundtrack)

Jon Faddis | Art Pepper

Clint Eastwood is one of the few directors that has championed jazz in the cinema as well as selectively featured...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Mitch Dalton and the Studio Kings: Meet…

Steely Dan-ish minus the vocals, this poppy UK jazz-rock quartet is led by guitarist Dalton and features top session drummer...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2012

Steve Lehman Trio: Dialect Fluorescent

Matt Brewer | Damion Reid | Steve Lehman

The appearance of Lehman's octet at London's Vortex club was one of the standout gigs of 2011, and the highlight...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2012