Marcin Wasilewski Trio: En Attendant

Michal Miskiewicz | Marcin Wasilewski | Slawomir Kurkiewicz

The Marcin Wasilewski Trio is as close to an inseparable collective force as you can get in jazz with its...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2021

Electric Kif: Dreamlike

Armando Lopez | Rodrigo Zambrano | Aaron Parks | Jason Matthews | Eric Escanes | Chris Bullock

Armando Lopez, drummer with Miami nu jazz quartet Electric Kif - gatherers of a big South Florida following for their...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2021

Alan Broadbent: Broadbent Plays Brubeck

Hans Dekker | Harvie Swartz | London Metropolitan Strings | Alan Broadbent

New Zealander Alan Broadbent moved to the USA to study at Berklee College of Music and on graduating became an...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: October/2021

Renee Rosnes: Kinds of Love

Christian McBride | Carl Allen | Renee Rosnes | Chris Potter | Rogério Boccato

The pianist-composer Renee Rosnes doesn’t get talked about very much in the jazz media but her spiritual alliances with a...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: October/2021

Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet: Blue Beginnings

Dave Green | Ian Carr | Trevor Tomkins | Don Rendell | Colin Purbrook

The repertoire of Jazz In Britain’s Blue Beginnings collection mostly mirrors that of the celebrated Rendell/Carr quintet’s 1965 debut Shades...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2021

Connee Boswell: Concentratin’ on You

Jimmy Grier | Bert Ambrose | Matty Matlock | George Siravo | Muggsy Spanier | Warren Vincent | Bunny Berigan | Jimmy Dorsey | Eddie Lang | Woody Herman

The Boswell sisters grew up in New Orleans and formed a close-harmony vocal trio which gained international renown, recording often...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: October/2021

Gerry Gibbs: Songs From My Father

Chick Corea | Kenny Barron | Christian McBride | Geoff Keezer | Buster Williams | Gerry Gibbs | Ron Carter | Patrice Rushen | Kyeshie Gibbs | Larry Goldings

This fine and devotedly-crafted double album is a vehicle for much thrilling jazzmaking by a superb cast, but it has...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: October/2021

Paxton Spangler Sextet: Anthem For A New Nation

Jeff Cuny | Rafael Leafar, | Dan Benett | Daman Warmack | Sean Perimutter | Damon Warmack | Kasan Belgrave | Phil J. Hale | Tboen Paxton | James O' Donnell

Abdullah Ibrahim is a great pianist, but he also has a superb original songbook, and this celebration of some of...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: September/2021

Cannonball Adderley/John Coltrane Quintet: In Chicago

Wynton Kelly | Albert Heath | Percy Heath | John Coltrane | Cannonball Adderley | Jimmy Cobb | Pau Chambers

I've long since given up attempting to find the logic in reissue labels like 20th Century Masterworks, the latest in...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: September/2021

Calviere-Hays-Le Fleming-Franchescini: Whole Lotta Love

Last year's Jazz Sabbath project, which saw keyboardist Adam Wakeman reinterpret Black Sabbath's monumental metal for jazz trio, was a...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: September/2021