Delfeayo Marsalis Uptown Jazz Orchestra: Jazz Party

Gregory Agid | Amari Ansari | T.J. Norris | Scott Frock | Christopher Butcher | David Pulphus | Ryan Hanseler | Raymond Weber Jr | Detroit Brooks | Willie Green

I was lucky enough to see this weighty ensemble in action on a rain-soaked outdoor stage at the French Quarter...

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: March/2020

Cannonball Adderley/Sérgio Mendes: Cannonball Adderley with Sérgio Mendes & the Bossa Rio Sextet

Dom Um Romao | Paulo Moura | Octavio Bailly Jr | Cannonball Adderley | Durval Ferreira | Pedro Paulo | Sérgio Mendes

Strange retitlings and strange bedfellows in the bonus material of these two CDs, but also some fine music. The main...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2020

John Coltrane/Cannonball Adderley: John Coltrane & Cannonball Adderley

Wynton Kelly | Jimmy Cobb | Paul Chambers | Cannonball Adderley | John Coltrane | Tadd Dameron | Philly Joe Jones

Strange retitlings and strange bedfellows in the bonus material of these two CDs, but also some fine music. The main...

Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: March/2020

Chet Baker: Plays and Sings

George Morrow | Russ Freeman | Red Mitchell | Bob Whitlock | Carson Smith | Jimmy Bond | Chet Baker | Bob Neel | Gérard Guston | Larry Bunker

There seems to have been a plethora of Chet Baker releases in the last year or two, and there is...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: March/2020

Louis Sclavis: Characters on a Wall

Benjamin Moussay | Christophe Laverne | Louis Sclavis | Sarah Murcia

“When I work on a fresco by Ernest Pignon-Ernest or a photo by Guy Le Querrec, I’m dealing with a...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: February/2020

Alison Balsom/Balsom Ensemble: Royal Fireworks

When the highlights of Alison Balsom’s last album, Jubilo, were its handful of works recorded not on a modern instrument...

Reviewed by Charlotte Gardner in issue: February/2020

Calum Gourlay Quartet: New Ears

Helena Kay | Kieran McLeod | James Maddren | Calum Gourlay

Glasgow-born double-bassist Calum Gourlay has been a familiar UK jazz presence for almost two decades – way back as a...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: February/2020

The New York All-Stars: Live Encounter

Eric Alexander | Aldo Zunino | Mike LeDonne | Erik Söderlind | Bernd Reiter | Seamus Blake | Ian Shaw

The all-stars of the title, tenor saxophonists Eric Alexander and Seamus Blake, proved their mettle on their previous release from...

Reviewed by Mike Hobart in issue: February/2020

Wayne Shorter: Wayning Moments

Marshall Thompson | Freddie Hubbard | Wynton Kelly | Eddie Higgins | Jimmy Cobb | Wayne Shorter | Paul Chambers | Lee Morgan | Bob Cranshaw | Cedar Walton

This 2CD set from Jazz Images (which include 10 photos by Francis Wolff of the musicians involved in the sessions,...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: February/2020

Miles Davis: More Miles

This is the May 1958 session by the Kind of Blue sextet (with Bill Evans) minus the alternate take of...

Reviewed by Alyn Shipton in issue: February/2020