Sonny Rollins: Bossa Nova

Percy Heath | Dennis Charles | Sonny Rollins | Willie Rodriguez | Candido Camero | Jim Hall | Connie Kay | John Lewis | Bob Cranshaw | Ben Riley

Here’s another rather bizarre retitling. The album issued and reissued as What’s New for the past 58 years was indeed...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2020

Miles Perkin Quartet: The Point in Question

An impressive Canadian double bassist assembles an international lineup (Tom Arthurs, Benoit Delbecq and Jim Black) for a session that’s...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2020

Stephen Riley: Oleo

Jay Anderson | Adam Nussbaum | Stephen Riley | Joe Magnarelli

Danish label Steeplechase’s unerring commitment to acoustic post-bop has not waned over time. This release by tenor saxophonist Riley is...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: March/2020

Stanley Turrentine: Look Out

Otis Finch | Shirley Scott | Max Roach | Horace Parlan | Stanley Turrentine | George Duvivier | George Tucker | Les McCann | Herbie Lewis | Sonny Clark

Another of Jazz Images’ curious re-packings in which the headlining album is accompanied by three ‘bonus’ sessions which somehow don’t...

Reviewed by Simon Spillett in issue: March/2020

Yuriy Galkin: For its Beauty Alone

Matt Mitchell | Yuriy Galkin | Rudy Royston | David Binney

Bassist Yuriy Galkin lived in London for seven years having studied as a postgraduate at Royal Academy of Music, returning...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2020

Laszlo Gardony: La Marseillaise

Laszlo Gardony

Hungarian-born Laszlo Gardony moved to the US in 1983 to study at the then Berklee School of Music, after graduating...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: March/2020

JZ Replacement: Disrespectful

Jamie Murray | Zhenya Strigalev | Tim Lefebvre

JZ Replacement is a trio led by London residing drummer Jamie Murray (his debut as leader) and the formerly London-based,...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: March/2020

Raf Ferrari Quartet: Quattro

Claudio Sbrolli | Vito Stano | Guerino Rondolone | Raf Ferrari

Pianist and bandleader Raf Ferrari wrote a thesis on the music of Keith Jarrett at the University of Bologna, bassist...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: March/2020

Steve Beresford & John Butcher: Old Paradise Airs

Steve Beresford | John Butcher

This duo by Steve Beresford and John Butcher was recorded at Iklectik, a thriving community arts space near Waterloo Station...

Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: March/2020

Peter Apfelbaum and the Hieroglyphics Ensemble: Signs of Life

Sophie Alloway | Nick Mills | Vasilis Xenopoulos | Ross Stanley | Will Fry | Graeme Flowers | Rob Luft | Andrew Cleyndert | Kitty Whitelaw | Peter Jones

Multi-instrumentalist and former teenage prodigy Peter Apfelbaum’s Hieroglyphics Ensemble had been around for several years before the leader landed a...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: June/2020