Nir Felder: II

Felder has a direct approach, his electric guitar countering a robust lead with a warmly harmonised chorus-y sound and ‘live’...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Rava/Herbert/Guidi: For Mario (Live)

Matthew Herbert | Giovanni Guidi | Hugh Jones | Enrico Rava

Released on composer/electronica artist Matthew Herbert's Accidental label, For Mario includes a selection of tracks by a trio from various...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Sasha Mashin: Happy Synapse

This St Petersburg-born drummer spearheads a bustling session which sets itself up somewhere between hard bop and a freer improvising...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Chicago Yestet: Not There Yet

Led by trombonist Joel Adams, this easy-going 13-piece combines hip-hop, neo-soul and brass-led fusion with groove-jazz soloing but it leans...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Charles Tolliver/Music Inc. & Orchestra: Impact

Noel Pointer | Jon Faddis | Larry Greenwich | Virgil Jones | Garnett Brown | Jimmy Owens | Clint Houston | Julius Miller | Clifford Barbaro | Winston Collymore

Trumpeter Charles Tolliver was, with Stanley Cowell, the co-founder of the pioneering artist-owned Strata-East label, home of many crucial 1970s...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: August/2020

Kansas Smitty's: Things Happened Here

Joe Webb | Dave Archer | Pete Horsfall | Alec Harper | Ferg Ireland | Will Cleasby | Giacomo Smith

Kansas Smitty's is a Hackney bar as well as a band, a musical utopia whose name was conjured from speakeasy...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: August/2020

Maceo Parker: Soul Food – Cooking With Maceo

Nikki Glaspie | Ivan Neville | Maceo Parker | Tony Hall

One of James Brown's revered hornmen has amassed an impressive solo discography since the 1970s, and this latest release, his...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2020

Alexa Tarantino: Clarity

Young saxist/flautist's prettily-toned alto's familiar West Coast-ish bebop sound has the kind of retro latin-bop and modal jazz influences that...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: August/2020

Daniel Herskedal: Call for Winter

Daniel Herskedal

When an instrument not usually associated with improvisation is introduced into jazz, it is usually regarded as something of a...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: August/2020

William Parker: Trencadis

Leena Conquest | William Parker | Lisa Sokolov

This is a sampler of big things to come – a 10-track CD in advance of a 10-disc William Parker...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: August/2020