Michel Legrand: Legrand Jazz

Bill Evans | John Coltrane | Clark Terry | Herbie Mann | Miles Davis | Art Farmer | Tommy Flanagan | Eddie Costa | Phil Woods | Paul Gonsalves

The reissue label (yet another entity legally domiciled in Andorra?) would have you believe that this music should be credited...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: August/2021

Mofaya!: Like One Long Dream

Jaimie Branch | Aleksandar Skoric | John Dikeman | Luke Stewart

Something of a new generation free-jazz super group, here, featuring leading younger players: Serbian drummer Skoric and American tenor man...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: August/2021

Modest Trio: Mussorgsky Portrait/The Double

Pianists Steve Plews and Vladimir Miller pay tribute to two Russian giants – composer Mussorgsky and author Dostoevsky – with...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021

Mauro Gargano Trio: Feed

This Puglia-based bassist leads an expressive piano trio featuring Norwegian pianist Alessandro Sgobbio and French drummer Christophe Marguet and their...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021

Kali Trio: Loom

This Swiss-based group create some compelling prog-based rhythms underneath their lengthy, vaporous soundscapes. Imagine David Torn, Jack DeJohnette and Mike...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021

Art Pepper: Gettin' Together

Bill Perkins | Paul Chambers Pierre Michelot | Wynton Kelly | Jimmy Rowles | Mel Lewis | Ben Tucker | Conte Candoli | Jimmy Cobb | Art Pepper

This must be the umpteenth reissue of Pepper’s second summit with a Miles Davis’ 1960 rhythm section in recent years....

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: August/2021

J⊘rgen Emborg & Steve Swallow: Over The Rainbow

Alex Riel | J⊘rgen Emborg | Lisbeth Diers | Steve Swallow | Fredrik Lundin

In 1992 the US electric bass phenomenon Steve Swallow accepted an invitation to take part in the band of pianist-composer...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021

Leni Stern: Dance

Leo Genovese | Elhadji Alioune Faye | Leni Stern | Mamadou Ba | Harouna Samake

"Some people say it sounds more Latin. Some people say it sounds more like Weather Report," German-born, New York-based guitarist...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: August/2021

Rodrigo Nassif Trio: Estrada Nova

This Brazilian acoustic guitarist-composer favours infectious streetwise folk-grooves that are an unusual cocktail of mostly Argentinian and Brazilian roots music...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2021

Young Pilgrims: We're Young Pilgrims

Jonathan Silk | Richard Foote | Sean Gibbs | Chris Maddock | Kieran McLeod | Mike Adlington | Michael Owers | Euan Palme | Sam Wooster

Brass bands come in all shapes, sizes and flavours nowadays, and Young Pilgrims' second album release positions them firmly at...

Reviewed by Eddie Myer in issue: August/2021