Omar & QCBA: Live At Last

James Maddren | Omar | Brandon Allen | Ross Stanley | Quentin Collins

It’s remarkable to think that over the course of a 30-plus year career, Omar has never recorded a live album....

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: March/2022

Jim McNeely & The Frankfurt Radio Big Band ft Chris Potter: Rituals

Peter Reiter | Chris Potter | Martin Scales | Jim McNeely | Thomas Heidepriem | Jean Paul Höchstädter

This album’s centrepiece, the six-part 'Ritual' suite, is inspired by Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring). Composed...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: March/2022

Rudy Linka Trio: Live!

Czech-born guitarist Rudy Linka, captured here in concert in Brno, is a skilled musician and composer who wears his technique...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2022

Julie Sassoon Quartet: Voyages

Julie Sassoon | Meinrad Kneer | Rudi Fischerlehner | Lothar Ohlmeier

Julie Sassoon's European quartet certainly sounds like a postbop-to-free jazz band in its piano/horn/rhythm instrumentation, the punch of its ensemble-playing,...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: March/2022

The Alexander Bryson Trio: Hard Bop

Jeremy Brown | Alexander Bryson | Matt Fishwick

London-based pianist Bryson has studied extensively in the both the UK and US, including time spent with the late bebop...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2022

Barney McAll: Precious Energy

Jace XL | Paul Bender | Laneous | Rita Satch | Perrin Moss | Simon Mavin | Gary Bartz | Barney McAll | Ben Vanderwal | Julien Wilson

After 20 years spent on the stand with artists as diverse as Sia and Gary Bartz, pianist Barney McAll recently...

Reviewed by Hugh Morris in issue: March/2022

Hal McIntyre & His Orchestra: Sentimental Journey – The Singles Collection 1942-48

Carl Denny | Benny Norton | Al Noble | Dave Mathews | Nancy Reed | Jerry Stuart | Billy May | Hal McIntyre | Frances Gaynor | Ruth Gaylor

Star alto-saxophonist McIntyre was a founder member of the popular Glenn Miller band and did well. So much so, that...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2022

Tony Malaby’s Sabino: The Cave of Winds

Michael Formanek | Tom Rainey | Ben Monder | Tony Malaby

In years to come, our tales of how we coped with the great early-2020s pandemic will be as many and...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: March/2022

Ethan Iverson: Every Note Is True

Ethan Iverson | Jack DeJohnette | Larry Grenadier

It wasn’t just Boris Johnson at the COP 26 climate conference reawakening memories of Kermit the Frog. Iverson does a...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2022

Mike Pride: I Hate Work

Avant-punk drummer/keyboardist Pride pays tribute to his old group, MDC and their celebrated 1982 debut album Millions of Dead...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: March/2022