Terry Gibbs: The Exciting Terry Gibbs Big Band!!!!!! Recorded Live At The Summit In Hollywood

Stu Williamson | Terry Gibbs | Jack Nimitz | Ray Triscari | Richie Kamuca | Al Porcino | Bob Edmondson | Pat Moran | Frank Rosolino | Frank Huggins

Two of the distinguishing features of Terry Gibbs’ big band, which lit up the West Coast jazz scene from 1959...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: May/2020

Bebel Gilberto: Agora

Bebel Gilberto

By turns hallucinatory and heart-stoppingly beautiful, Agora is quite unlike anything we’ve heard before from vocalist Gilberto. Produced by her...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2020

KjellvanderTonbruket: Doom Country

Led by ex-EST bassist Dan Berglund, the Swedish psych-fusion groovers Tonbruket provide an Americana-fuelled backdrop for fellow Swedish songwriter Kjellvander’s...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2020

The Necks: Three

Massimo Biolcati | Ferenc Nemeth | Lionel Loueke

The 21st album from these Australian sidewinders plays out like an epic triptych, each expansive panel showcasing a disparate strategy...

Reviewed by Spencer Grady in issue: May/2020

Charlie Parker: The Savoy 10-inch LP Collection

Curley Russell | Tommy Potter | Tiny Grimes | Max Roach | Bud Powell | Nelson Boyd | Miles Davis | Charlie Parker | Argonne Thornton | Jimmy Butts

Hot on the heels of last month’s American Jazz Classics CD of virtually the same material comes this reissue of...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2020

Shabaka & The Ancestors: We Are Sent Here By History

Mthunzi Mvubu | Mandla Mlangeni | Siyabonga Mthembu | Gontse Makhene | Thandi Ntuli | Nduduza Makhathini | Shabaka Hutchings | Ariel Zamonsky | Tumi Mogorosi

The British-South African ensemble picks up smartly from where it left off with 2016’s Wisdom Of Elders. In places there...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: May/2020

Kurt Elling: Secrets Are the Best Stories

Miguel Zenón | Chico Pinheiro | Clark Sommers | Johnathan Blake | Danilo Pérez | Kurt Elling | Rogério Boccato

For its lyrical depth, emotional sincerity, and stellar performances, Secrets Are The Best Stories must be considered one of the...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2020

Gary Bartz & Maisha: Night Dreamer Direct-To-Disc Sessions

Al MacSween | Shirley Tetteh | Tim Doyle | Jake Long | Twm Dylan | Axel Kaner-Lidstrom | Gary Bartz

Ever since his headline slot at We Out Here Festival last summer, US sax great Gary Bartz had been enjoying...

Reviewed by Thomas Rees in issue: May/2020

Gregory Porter: All Rise

Troy Miller | Jahmal Nichols | Gregory Porter | Chip Crawford

Following 2017’s heartfelt dedication to his lifelong idol, Nat King Cole & Me, this sixth studio album marks a welcome...

Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: May/2020

Miles Davis: Music From & Inspired by ‘Birth of the Cool’

John Scofield | Marcus Miller | Lenny White | Bernard Wright | Vince Wilburn Jr | Miles Davis | Quintin Zoto | Emilio Modeste | Jeremy Pelt | Antoine Roney

For obvious reasons, the award-winning documentary maker Stanley Nelson couldn’t have had a very easy task compiling this musical companion...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: May/2020