David Larsen: The Mulligan Chronicles

Dean Johnson | David Larsen | Bill Mays | Dave Glenn | Ron Vincent

Larsen, a well-qualified US baritone saxophonist and educator, has the music of Gerry Mulligan in his sights for his upcoming...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2021

AP Big Band: Plays Radiohead

Roberto Nieva | Miguel Lamas | Guillermo Baez | Fran Sánchez | Ernesto Millán | Raúl Gil | Omar Arcalde | Tony Molina | Roberto Lorenzo Elekes | Aarón Pozón

Clive Deamer, drummer for Get the Blessing and sometimes Radiohead, once told me how jazz figured in the latter's thinking,...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: May/2021

Sarah Moule: Stormy Emotions

Sarah Moule | Mark Lockheart | Nigel Price | Neville Malcolm | Paul Robinson | Rod Youngs | Simon Wallace | Charlie Cawood | Mick Hutton

A winning combination of first-rate songwriting, a compelling storytelling gift and a band which expertly charts the narrative ebb and...

Reviewed by Peter Quin in issue: May/2021

Harald Lassen: Human Samling

Tore Flatjord | Harald Lassen | Stlan Andersen | Bram De Looze | Sander Erlksen Nordahl

This new disc from Scandinavian saxophonist Harald Lassen has already picked up the equivalent of a Grammy nomination (a Spellemann)...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: May/2021

Charlie Parker/Fats Navarro: Complete Live at Birdand

Art Taylor | Fats Navarro | Al Haig | Red Rodney | Tommy Potter | Bud Powell | Charlie Parker | Curley Russell | Charles Mingus | Art Blakey

There will be plenty of older fans who will affectionately remember the old CBS double LP of this material from...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: May/2021

Jim Hall: Jazzpar Quartet + Four

Jim Hall

This record dates from the time that guitarist Jim Hall was awarded the Danish Jazzpar Prize, when, like all winners,...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: May/2021

Poison Gardner: Noisen With Poison – The Complete Recordings 1945-1950

Poison Gardner | Chuck Barksdale | Jimmy Miller | Alton Redd | Fat Man Hamilton | Bumps Myers | Maxwell Davis | Chuck Hamilton | Bill Gaither | Buddy Floyd

Pianist Leon ‘Poison’ Garner (1907-1970) was an ever-present figure on and around LA's legendary Central Avenue in its mid-century heyday...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2021

Makram Al Hosn: Transmigration

A Lebanese 11-piece along with guest Joe Locke draw from Birth of the Cool-era/cabaret-swing ensemble jazz through to more Middle...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2021

Katriona Taylor: Blind Passion

Dave Jones | John Crawford | Vasilis Xenopoulos | Peter Hammond | Katriona Taylor | Chris Nickolls | Robin Banerjee | Dominic Ashworth

There's a long tradition of blind and visually-impaired jazz musicians, from Art Tatum, Lennie Tristano and George Shearing through to...

Reviewed by Jon Clay in issue: May/2021

Jimmy Hastings – John Horler Quintet: The Right Moment

John Horler | Phil Lee | Jimmy Hastings | Jeff Clyne | Harold Fisher

As Hastings tells it, this co-led jazz quintet had a short life, but a musically merry one. So a recording...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: May/2021