John Daversa Quintet: Cuarantena: With Family At Home

Sammy Figueroa | Dafnis Prieto | Gonzalo Rubalcaba | John Daversa | Carlo de Rosa

John Daversa is a hornsman to be reckoned with. Among a zillion other accolades, the longtime Angeleno's 2019 big-band album...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2020

Azymuth: As Curvas Da Estrada De Santos/Zé E Paraná (Demos)

José Roberto Bertrami | João Américo Gomes Paraná | Alex Malheiros | Ivan Conti

The esteemed Brazilian jazz-funk trio Azymuth were founded back in 1973 and continue to this day, maintaining global renown with...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: November/2020

Gary Smulyan: Our Contrafacts

David Wong | Gary Smulyan | Rodney Green

Smulyan must be the number one US jazz baritone man these days. As such, he's in ready demand among his...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2020

The Generations Quartet: Invitation

Dave Liebman

The generations Quartet is a well-integrated band since it comprises Liebman with three generations of jazz musicians he has mentored...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2020

Doug Carn Featuring the Voice of Jean Carn: Spirit of the New Land

Jean Carn | Doug Carn | Charles Tolliver | Garnett Brown | Earl McIntyre | Buster Williams | George Harper | Alphonse Mouzon

You can search without much luck for the achievements of keyboardist and composer Doug Carn in some formidably scholarly jazz...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: November/2020

WorldService Project: Hiding in Plain Sight

Ben Powling | Arthur O’Hara | Luke Reddin-Williams | Kieran McLeod | Dave Morecroft

WorldService Project's personnel have changed markedly since their first embattled Brexit response, Serve (2018), but the assaultive, defiant intent remains....

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: November/2020

Bright Dog Red: Somethin’ Comes Along

Founded by drummer Joe Pignato, five-piece Bright Dog Red's mash-up of Maceo-style funk, old-school rap and jazz-rock riffage is an...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2020

BaBaZuLa: Hayvan Gibi

Mehmet Levent Akman | Periklis Tsoukala | Ümit Adakale | Osman Mura Ertel

In the time of Covid-19, this might be as close as you'll get to a genuine, flesh-and-blood show – a...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: November/2020

The Awakening: Hear, Sense And Feel

Steve Galloway | Ken Chaney | Ari Brown | Richard Evans | Arlington Davis Jnr | Frank Gordon | Reggie Willis

Although the legacy of John Coltrane, Phaorah Sanders and Yusef Lateef has been well documented in the past few decades,...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2020

The Awakening Orchestra: Vol II: To Call Her to a Higher Plain

Composer-bandleader Kyle Saulnier doesn't do things by half: the sequel to 2014s Vol I is ambitious yet lyrical with Nine...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2020