Spanish Harlem Orchestra: The Latin Jazz Project

George Delgado | Bob Franceschini | Héctor Colón | Mitch Frohman | Jorge Castro | Jimmy Haslip | Joe Locke | Doug Beavers | Gerardo ‘Jerry’ Madera | Manuel ‘Maneco’ Ruiz

Hot on the heels of the Grammy-winning Anniversary comes the jazziest album yet from the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, the three-time...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: July/2020

Phil Haynes' Day Dream trio: Originals

Veteran drummer Phil Haynes is mostly about brushwork here, and him and bandmates Steve Rudolph and Drew Gress are in...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2020

Various Artists: Gilles Peterson Presents: MV4

Niles ‘Asheber’ Hailstones | Fatima | Nubya Garcia | Hak Baker | Pete Cunningham | James Mollison | Mutale Chashi | Ishmael Ensemble | Dylan Jones | Marijus Aleksa

A Gilles Peterson radio session at the BBC's Maida Vale studio went past its broadcast remit in 2018, as a...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2020

Francesco Cataldo: Giulia

Adam Nussbaum | Francesco Cataldo | Pietro Leveratto | Marc Copland

There's an elegant facility to Cataldo's acoustic guitar work that's immediately attractive. The opening ‘I Tuoi Colori’ sets the tone:...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: July/2020

Charlie Parker: The Complete Savoy Masters

Slam Stewart | Tommy Potter | Tiny Grimes | Bam Brown | Rubberlegs Williams | Max Roach | Bud Powell | Trummy Young | Nelson Boyd | Clyde Bernhardt

The other side of the Parker diptych begun above, this Savoy collection begins a few months earlier with the altoist...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: July/2020

Whit Dickey Trio: Expanding Light

Brandon Lopez | Rob Brown | Whit Dickey

Drummer Whit Dickey has been a fixture on the New York free-jazz scene since the mid-90s, making his name through...

Reviewed by Daniel Spicer in issue: July/2020

Let Spin: Steal The Light

Moss Freed | Chris Williams | Ruth Goller | Finlay Panter

Despite Teo Macero's pinhole surgery on Miles Davis's tape mountains, economics and philosophies of authenticity have minimised jazz post-production. This...

Reviewed by Nick Hasted in issue: July/2020

Kenny Warren: In the Heat

Mathias Pichler | Nathan Ellman-Bell | Kenny Warren

Kenny Warren's puckish phrasing and brittle tone place him in a lineage that begins with Don Cherry. This album is...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2020

Waaju: Grown

Sam Rapley | Ben Brown | Joe Downard | Ernesto Marichales | Tal Janes

London band Waaju describe their music as Afro-Latin crossed with UK jazz – a catchall for a huge range of...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: July/2020

Charlie Parker/Dizzy Gillespie/Bud Powell/Charles Mingus/Max Roach Jazz at Massey Hall: Jazz at Massey Hall

Max Roach | Bud Powell | Charlie Parker | Charles Mingus | Dizzy Gillespie

As we all know, the universe is continually expanding. Almost matching its rate of growth are the number of anonymous,...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: July/2020