Chick Corea: Trilogy 2

Christian McBride | Chick Corea | Brian Blade

As the 78-year-old Chick Corea reminded UK audiences at this summer's Love Supreme festival, wear and tear doesn't touch the...

Reviewed by John Fordham in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Jimmy Cobb: Remembering U

Tadataka Unno | Jimmy Cobb | Roy Hargrove | Paolo Benedettini | Javon Jackson

Cobb, now 90 and still very active, has selected this engaging session as the debut release on his own label....

Reviewed by Peter Vacher in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Mike Stern-Jeff Lorber Fusion: Eleven

Not usually on the same page, this starry guitar-piano led outfit finds a halfway house between Lorber's smooth jazz inclinations...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Nguyên Lê: Overseas

Cuong Vu | Trung Bao | Alex Tran | Minh Dôn Môi | Ngô Hông Quang | Chris Minh Doky | Lê Thi Van Mai | Nguyên Hoông Anh | Nguyên Lê | Illya Amar

“I grew up knowing that I was a ‘Viêt Kiêu’ –an overseas Vietnamese, born on soil other than that of...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

e.s.t: e.s.t. Live in Gothenburg

Esbjörn Svensson | Magnus Öström | Dan Berglund

Considered by the pianist himself as one of the best concerts he ever played (with good reason), Live in Gothenburg...

Reviewed by Stuart Nicholson in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

King Crimson: Audio Diary 2014-2018

Tony Levin | Mel Collins | Chris Gibson | Jeremy Stacey | Robert Fripp | Pat Mastelotto | Jakko Jakszyk | Bill Rieflin | Gavin Harrison

When else could this review be written but 10 October 2019, the 50th anniversary of the release of In The...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Landgren/Wollny/Danielsson/Haffner: 4 Wheel Drive Live

Wolfgang Haffner | Nils Landgren | Lars Danielson | Michael Wollny

Super ensembles rarely gel, but there's no doubting the exultant chemistry of this quartet. With a chart-topping eponymous album in...

Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Carsten Dahl Trinity: Painting Music

Carsten Dahl | Stefan Pasbord | Nils Bo Davidsen

A precocious drumming talent, Carsten Dahl was already a student at Copenhagen's Rhythmic Music Conservatory, and being taught by the...

Reviewed by Robert Shore in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Various Artists: J Jazz: Deep Modern Jazz From Japan 1969-1983 Volume 2

Makoto Terashita | Harold Land | Nobu Hara | Teru Sakamoto | Koshuke Mne

BBE has already released some excellent jazz from Japan in the past few years and this high quality 2CD compilation...

Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020

Orchestra Entropy: Rituals

Maybe improv die-hards might approve of British saxophonist/band director Matt London's mission to create a free, democratic space for this...

Reviewed by Selwyn Harris in issue: Dec/Jan/2019/2020