Jon Balke: Discourses

Jon Balke

Known for his enduring work with the singular Magnetic North Orchestra and Batagraph or earlier as a member of the...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: July/2020

James Brandon Lewis & Chad Taylor: Live in Willisau

James Brandon Lewis | Chad Taylor

Saxophonist James Brandon Lewis is steeped in gospel, schooled in jazz and released his debut album with Gerald Cleaver and...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: July/2020

Verneri Pohjola: The Dead Don't Dream

Verneri Pohjola | Antti Lötjönen | Mika Kallio | Miikka Paatelainen | Pauli Lyytinen | Tuomo Prättälä

After a series of albums that seemed more like search parties looking for a direction to follow, Verneri Pohjola finally...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: July/2020

Antônio Carlos Jobim: Wave

Lewis Eley | Harvey Shapiro | Urbie Green | Dom Um Romão | Paul Gershman | Leo Kruczek | Charles McCracken | Jerome Richardson | Claudio Slon | Antonio Carlos Jobim

Taped at Rudy Van Gelder's studios in 1967, and produced by that prolific jazz hitmaker Creed ‘CTI’ Taylor, Wave has...

Reviewed by Kevin Whitlock in issue: June/2020

George Colligan Trio: Live in Arklow

David Redmond | Darren Beckett | George Colligan

American pianist George Colligan's Live In Arkiow represents that formerly belittled jazz encounter, the star soloist with the local rhythm...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: June/2020

Enrico Pieranunzi: Common View

Jorge Rossy | Jasper Somsen | Enrico Pieranunzi

The leader or co-leader on countless albums and known for his affiliations with important US soloists like Chet Baker and...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: June/2020

Dizzy Gillespie Quintet: Treffpunkt Jazz 1961

Leo Wright | Bob Cunningham | Lalo Schifrin | Mel Lewis | Dizzy Gillespie

Readers with long memories will remember that this edition of Dizzy's group toured Europe on a double bill alongside former...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: June/2020

Master Oogway: Earth & Other Worlds

If Terje Rypdal and Albert Ayler jammed with Cream it might give some idea of what this youthful Norwegian so-called...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020

Pacific Mambo Orchestra: The III Side

Julio de La Cruz | Jon Faddis | Mike Rinta | Louis Fasman | Christelle Durandy | Jason Thor | Herman Olivera | Jamie Dubberly | Jeanne Geiger | Jeff Lewis

Pacific Mambo Orchestra is the sort of wish-list outfit Latinophiles dream about. On this third album, the West Coast juggernaut...

Reviewed by Jane Cornwell in issue: June/2020

Andy Milne & Unison: The Remission

The Canadian pianist Andy Milne, an ex-sideman for Steve Coleman, plays elegantly enigmatic lines, with something of the spacy rhythmic...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: June/2020