Cinque: Catch a Corner

Drummer Steve Gadd and B3 monster Joey DeFrancesco join bassist Peter Cardinali who initiated this disappointingly formulaic R&B/jazz-funk quintet set....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Ronnie Scott's All Stars: Jazz Classics

Pedro Segundo | Sam Burgess | Natalie Williams | Alex Garnett | James Pearson

Meet the house band of the updated deluxe Ronnie Scott's Club, an exceptionally versatile outfit which supports the international stars...

Reviewed by Jack Massarik in issue: April/2012

Brad Mehldau Trio: Ode

Jeff Ballard | Larry Grenadier | Brad Mehldau

Nothing if not prolific and following quickly on from last year's superlative solo Live In Marciac set this trio studio...

Reviewed by Stephen Graham in issue: April/2012

Lee Morgan and Wynton Kelly: Dizzy Atmosphere

Al Grey | Billy Mitchell | Paul West | Wynton Kelly | Charles Persip | Billy Root | Lee Morgan

Whenever it came for Dizzy Gillespie to organise a big band, he invariably staffed it with a mixture of young...

Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2012

Gary Smulyan: Smul's Paradise

Ex-Woody Herman/Dave Holland baritone sax specialist in combination with an organ trio here plays consummate straightahead....

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Michael Nyman Band: Michael Nyman

John Harle | Ian Mitchell | Nick Hayley | Lucy Skeaping | Keith Thompson | Peter Brötzmann | Ben Grove | Steve Saunders | Alexander Balanescu | Anne Barnard

Lummy, how those 30 years have flown since this first ‘proper’ debut from the Nyman band. It's now handsomely re-packaged...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: April/2012

Heiner Stadler: Brains on Fire

Heiner Stadler

The works of German-American arranger/composer Heiner Stadler straddle the classical and avant-garde jazz worlds with uncompromising facility. None of the...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: April/2012

Zoot Sims/Bob Brookmeyer: Stretching Out

Donny McCaslin | Bruno Chevillon | John Hebert | Samo Salamon | Roberto Dani | Gerald Cleaver | Dominique Pifarély

Brookmeyer on top form in 1958 in informal KC-style settings, with his Kansas City Revisited as the bonus album alongside...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2014

Billy Hart: All Our Reasons

Ethan Iverson | Billy Hart | Mark Turner | Ben Street

Drummer Billy Hart started off in the 1960s bands of Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery, then contributed to such jazz...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: April/2012

Billy Taylor Trio: With Candido

Billy Taylor | Earl May | Percy Brice | Candido Camero

Leading off with the not-yet-standard ‘Mambo Inn’, this early LP (originally a 10-inch, then bumped up to a 32-minute 12-inch,...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: April/2012