Brian Bromberg: Bromberg Plays Hendrix (2020 Remix and Remastered)

Bruce Stone | Tom McCauley | Vinnie Colaiuta | Brian Bromberg

Great fun on its original release a decade ago, Bromberg's re-visioning of Hendrix's music on a battery of basses –...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2020

Ellen Andrea Wang: Closeness

Rob Luft | Jon Falt | Ellen Andrea Wang

Of course, no album comes from nowhere. Even a pedigree of touring with Marilyn Mazur and Manu Katche, or curating...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: November/2020

Emi Makabe: Anniversary

This haunting, folk-pop inspired singer-songwriter who also plays shamisen is a bit like a Japanese Sandy Denny and has sensitive...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2020

Mick Foster: Live at The Vortex

Mick Foster

Like many baritone players, Foster seems able to fit into any number of different situations. I've seen him with the...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: November/2020

Rob Barron Trio: From This Moment On

Rob Barron | Jeremy Brown | Josh Morrison

I missed out on Barron's debut album What's In Store (reviewed in Jazzwise 214) done with the same rhythm-section plus...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2020

Michael Wollny: Mondenkind

Michael Wollny

Michael Wollny, now a family man who teaches in academe, put lockdown to good use in April with this exhilarating...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: November/2020

Raphaël Pannier: Faune

French drummer Pannier's dynamic debut features bassist François Moutin, saxophonist Miguel Zenon and pianist Aaron Goldberg and draws from his...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: November/2020

John Coltrane: Giant Steps (60th Anniversary Edition)

John Coltrane

I knew someone would eventually jump on this anniversary idea (it's been around in the classical and the wider arts...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: November/2020

Album Interview: Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: The Ever Fonky Lowdown

Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra | Camille Thurman | Wynton Marsalis | Wendell Pierce | Ashley Pezzotti | Christie Dashiell | Doug Wamble

A consistent strand running through Marsalis' vast discography is the ‘issues record’, with both historical references and topical resonances. Draw...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: November/2020

Jazz Plus Ensemble: Collective

Jonathan Berry | Joey Penaliggon | Luke Bentley | Daniel Garel, | Tristan Bacon | Noah Lawrence | Matthew Jacobs | Laura Paul | Alexander Astbury | Laura Piggford

This youthful big band drawn from across the UK is part of the work of the Jazz Plus organisation, dedicated...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: November/2020